Person profile: Chen Shigui (陈世贵)
Chen Shigui (陈世贵) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves the key source records documenting the case of Chen Shigui (陈世贵), a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinniu District, Chengdu, sentenced to seven years and six months in prison in December 2020.
Source records
- 明慧网 (Minghui), August 1, 2021 — “成都中级法院非法维持对三位好人的七至九年冤判”. Reports that on December 28, 2020, the Chengdu Jinniu District Court tried Mao Kun, Du Rong, Zhang Zhenhua, and Chen Shigui, sentencing Chen to seven and a half years with a 6,000-yuan fine, and that all four appealed in court. It further reports that in early July 2021 the families received the Chengdu Intermediate Court’s judgment upholding the sentences of Chen, Du Rong, and Zhang Zhenhua without a retrial hearing, and describes the July 10, 2019 detention at Mao Kun’s home by Jinniu District state-security and Chadianzi police officers. URL: https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2021/8/1/…-428970.html
- Prisoners of Conscience database (tenchu.org/pocd), record for 陈世贵 / “CHEN SHI GUI”, entered April 19, 2021. Records: male; last taken into custody July 10, 2019; sentence 7 years 6 months; term through January 9, 2027; charge and detention location listed as unknown; background: Jinniu District, Chengdu, Sichuan; Falun Gong practitioner.
- 维权网 (Rights Defense Network) Issue 131 monthly report, August 31, 2026. Lists 陈世贵 in the seven-and-a-half-year sentence group among mainland political prisoners and prisoners of conscience classified as currently in custody.
Source chronology
2019-07-10 — detention at Mao Kun’s home, Chengdu · 2020-12-28 — trial and sentencing, Chengdu Jinniu District Court · 2021-04 — database entry · 2021-07 — second-instance judgment upholding the sentence · 2026-08-31 — Issue 131 roster listing (in custody).
Provenance and limitations
The detailed trial reporting comes from Minghui, a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; its account of police conduct and of the trial process is reported as the outlet’s account and has not been independently corroborated. The database record independently confirms the identity, detention date, sentence length, and term end date. No official court document or mainland state-media coverage of the case has been located. Claims above are attributed to their sources; the specific criminal charge and the current detention facility are not asserted beyond what the sources state.
Person profile: Chen Shigui (陈世贵)