Person profile: Zhang Shengquan (张盛全) — Political Prisoner Profile
This archive collects the documented record of the case of Zhang Shengquan (张盛全), the Chongqing practitioner detained in September 2018 with four others and sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment. Entries are ordered chronologically. The record is thin: the prisoners-of-conscience database entry is the only individual case record located, citing a Falun Gong–affiliated media report whose body could not be retrieved in this pass.
Case chronology in the sources
- Before 2018 — prior labor reeducation. The database record states Zhang had previously been subjected to two years of labor reeducation for his practice of Falun Gong.
- September 7, 2018 — detention. Zhang was detained in Chongqing together with Li Jiahui, Li Yuhua, Gao Hongwei, and Qin Xuemei, per the database record.
- By June 2021 — sentencing. The database record states that by June 2021 all five had been sentenced: Zhang Shengquan and Li Jiahui to nine years with 10,000-yuan fines; Gao Hongwei to six and a half years; Li Yuhua to eight and a half years (released to serve outside prison); Qin Xuemei to five and a half years. The charge, court, and exact sentencing date are not documented.
- June 29, 2021 — database entry. The prisoners-of-conscience database recorded the individual entry for 张盛全, citing the case report, with the 9-year sentence and a term ending 2027.9.6.
- August 31, 2026 — in-custody listing. The Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 monthly report of mainland in-custody political prisoners and prisoners of conscience lists 张盛全 / “Zhang Shengquan” in the “sentenced to 9 years” group. This is the most recent dated evidence of his continued imprisonment.
Source provenance and evidentiary notes
- The case narrative above rests entirely on the prisoners-of-conscience database individual record (entered June 29, 2021), which cites a Falun Gong–affiliated media report (Clearharmony, “重庆五名法轮功学员被非法判刑五至九年”). The report’s body could not be retrieved (server error on fetch); it is cited only via the database record and is flagged for click-verification before any quotation.
- Evidentiary limitations: the criminal charge is recorded as unknown; the sentencing court and exact sentencing date are undocumented; the prison is unconfirmed. None is asserted.
- Name-collision check: exactly one record for 张盛全 in the prisoners-of-conscience database (ZH and foreign-name queries); searches with co-defendant and date anchors surfaced no other detainee by this name.
Key sources
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 (2026-08-31) — Chinese edition · English edition
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database, individual record (entered 2021-06-29) — search page
- Clearharmony.net, “重庆五名法轮功学员被非法判刑五至九年” (cited by the database record; body not retrieved — flag for click-verification) — link