Person profile: Zhang Kunshan (张昆山) — Political Prisoner Profile
This archive preserves the source records documenting the detention, trial, and imprisonment of Zhang Kunshan (张昆山), a Falun Gong practitioner and former steel-company worker from Lingyuan, Liaoning Province, sentenced to seven years in prison in 2021.
Case timeline (as reported)
- June 11, 2021 — Zhang Kunshan is detained in the morning in a coordinated sweep across Chaoyang City; his home is searched and Falun Gong materials seized. He is held at the Lingyuan City Detention Center.
- December 16, 2021 — The Lingyuan City Court tries his case by remote video, alongside fellow detained practitioners. He is sentenced to seven years in prison; an appeal is filed.
- May 2022 — A Falun Gong information center’s monthly sentencing roundup confirms Zhang Kunshan’s seven-year sentence.
- August 31, 2026 — His name appears in the 维权网 (Rights Defense Network) monthly report on political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in mainland China, in the group sentenced to seven years.
Source records
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — record for 张昆山 (“ZHANG KUN SHAN”). Lists: male, in his fifties as of 2022; detained June 11, 2021; charge unknown; sentence seven years; term to June 10, 2028; prison location unknown; resident of Lingyuan City, Chaoyang, Liaoning; former Lingyuan Iron and Steel Company worker; Falun Gong practitioner; detained in the June 11, 2021 coordinated arrests; tried December 16, 2021 by Lingyuan City Court via remote video. The record cites the Minghui report of May 4, 2022. (Database: tenchu.org/pocd — record entered June 9, 2022.)
- Minghui — “辽宁凌源市张昆山等七名法轮功学员被非法判刑” (May 4, 2022). Reports that Zhang Kunshan (male, in his fifties), Yu Shufen, Wang Zhongxue, Wu Yanling, Li Jing, Liu Sulan, and Wan Guiying — Falun Gong practitioners from Chaoyang — were tried by the Lingyuan City Court by remote video on December 16–17, 2021; Zhang Kunshan was sentenced to seven years and appealed. The report describes the June 11, 2021 coordinated arrests, the home search at Zhang’s residence, and notes that Zhang, Wang Zhongxue, Wu Yanling, and Wan Guiying were all Lingyuan steel-company people under the Mohudian police station’s jurisdiction, prosecuted in the same case. https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2022/5/4/辽宁凌源市张昆山等七名法轮功学员被非法判刑-442063.html
- Falun Dafa Information Center — “Reported in May 2022: 42 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith” (May 2022). Confirms: “Mr. Zhang Kunshan, in his 50s, was sentenced to seven years. He has appealed the verdict.” https://de.faluninfo.net/reported-in-may-2022-42-falun-gong-practitioners-sentenced-for-their-faith/
- 维权网 (Rights Defense Network) — Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026). Lists “Zhang Kunshan” among 86 people in the “Sentenced to 7 years” group.
Evidentiary limitations
- The specific criminal charge is not reported in any located source.
- The prison where Zhang Kunshan is serving his sentence is not reported.
- No official Chinese court or government record of the case has been located.
- The identity was confirmed through a single exact record in the CHRD database (no conflicting records found for the name or its variants); the Chinese name 张昆山 appears only in that record and the reports citing it.
- Minghui is a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet and the Falun Dafa Information Center is a Falun Gong-affiliated monitoring organization; their characterizations of the case are their own and are not independently verified.
Person profile: Zhang Kunshan (张昆山) — Political Prisoner Profile