He Binggang (何冰钢) is a Shanghai software engineer and Falun Gong practitioner associated with the oGate internet-circumvention software. USCIRF records that he was detained on October 9, 2021 and sentenced on June 12, 2023 to six years in prison; his fiancée Zhang Yibo received five years in the same case.
2021–2023 case
Minghui reports that police entered He’s home on October 9, 2021 and seized electronic devices. The case was submitted to prosecutors in February 2022, He was indicted in March, and the Fengxian District Court accepted the case in June 2022. Sources report that the prosecution concerned development and maintenance of oGate, software used to circumvent internet censorship.
USCIRF, the U.S. State Department’s 2023 reports, Minghui and other reporting sources all record the June 12, 2023 sentences of six years for He and five years for Zhang Yibo. USCIRF lists He as “Not Released.”
Earlier imprisonment and reported abuse
USCIRF records earlier terms spanning 2000–2007 and 2010–2015. ClearHarmony reporting identifies He as a Fudan University master’s graduate and former manager of Yuwen Technology and describes the earlier prosecutions. USCIRF and U.S. State Department reporting state that He is physically disabled or lost the ability to walk as a result of reported abuse. These are source-attributed allegations, not independently verified medical findings.
Evidence limits
No PRC court judgment for the 2023 case was located. The exact prison serving the six-year term, release date and precise criminal-charge wording are not established in the sources reviewed. He Bing (何兵) and Cheng Yongbing are different people and are excluded.
Media Profile & Archive: He Binggang / 何冰钢 — Media Profile & Archive.