Wang Yanming (王彦明) — Media Profile & Archive

This archive preserves the source chronology and provenance for the profile of Wang Yanming (王彦明), a Falun Gong practitioner from Daqing, Heilongjiang, serving a 3.5-year sentence.

See also: the Person profile for Wang Yanming.

Source chronology

February 2024 — Minghui.org case report

https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2024/2/12/215441.html
Minghui.org reported that Wang Yanming, 54, a Daqing City, Heilongjiang resident, had been sentenced to 3.5 years for practicing Falun Gong. It reported:

• He worked as a driver at the Daqing No. 10 Oil Production Plant and took up Falun Gong in September 1997; he had been arrested, harassed, and detained multiple times before this case.
• Latest arrest on June 28, 2023, at his workplace, by the High-tech Development Zone Domestic Security Office, on the claim that surveillance footage recorded him putting up Falun Gong posters near his home.
• Home raid; Falun Gong books, bookmarks, and informational DVDs confiscated; arrest approved by the High-tech Development Zone Procuratorate on July 25.
• Hearing on September 25 before the High-tech Development Zone Court, with no family present; sentence of 3.5 years plus a 20,000-yuan fine; appeal upheld by the Daqing City Intermediate Court on November 8, 2023.
• Dismissed by his employer on January 18, 2024; held at the Daqing City Second Detention Center at the time of writing.

2024 — U.S. human rights report excerpt (Falun Gong section)

https://falunau.org/2024-human-rights-report-condemns-ccp/
Excerpt records the same Wang Yanming case: detained in Daqing in June 2023, sentenced on September 25, 2023, to three years and six months with a 20,000-yuan fine. A separate summary publication; the underlying case facts are the same.

February 2024 — Falun Dafa Australia “56 practitioners sentenced” roundup

https://falunau.org/reported-february-2024-sentenced/
Reprints the Minghui case narrative, adding only that he lost both the appeal and his job. Syndicated copy; canonical source is the Minghui.org article above.

August 2026 — Rights Defense Network monthly roster, Issue 131 (2026-08-31)

Wang Yanming listed at roster index 1257, in the 3-years-6-months band, among currently held political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. This is a dated source claim; the roster is a single-lineage listing, not independently verified custody evidence.

Provenance and grading

• Minghui.org: movement publication (Falun Gong’s own media); detailed, internally consistent case reporting with named dates, institutions, and people; no independent corroboration beyond the excerpt below.
• U.S. human rights report excerpt via Falun Dafa Australia Information Centre: confirms sentence length and dates from a separate publication.
• Rights Defense Network monthly roster: primary monitor of the prisoner population; single lineage for the current-custody claim.
• 2026-08-31 snapshot: the sole dated basis for “currently in custody.”

Conflicts and limitations

• Chinese characters 王彦明 come from the Issue 131 roster’s ZH/EN positional mapping; no Chinese-language primary report located that prints the characters alongside this case.
• No PRC court document located for the September 2023 judgment; no detention-facility information beyond the February 2024 “Daqing City Second Detention Center” report.
• Arrest/sentencing narrative rests on Minghui’s reporting; present it as reported, not as a court finding.