Identification
Zhang Zhenhua (张珍华) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Sichuan Province, China. According to the Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) database of prisoners of conscience in mainland China, she was detained on July 10, 2019, and sentenced on December 28, 2020, by the Chengdu Jinniu District Court to eight years in prison with an 8,000-yuan fine; the specific charge was not stated. Her projected release date is July 9, 2027.
Detention and sentencing
On the afternoon of July 10, 2019, Zhang Zhenhua was visiting the home of a friend, Mao Kun, in Chengdu, together with fellow practitioners Du Rong (杜荣) and Chen Shigui (陈世贵), when state-security police of the Jinniu District branch of the Chengdu public security bureau and officers of the Chadianzi police station took them into custody. On December 28, 2020, the Chengdu Jinniu District Court tried Zhang Zhenhua together with Mao Kun, Du Rong, and Chen Shigui, sentencing Zhang Zhenhua to eight years in prison with an 8,000-yuan fine. All four defendants appealed. In early July 2021, the families received the Chengdu Intermediate Court’s judgment upholding the sentences of Zhang Zhenhua, Du Rong, and Chen Shigui without a new hearing; Mao Kun had died in custody in April 2021.
The Rights Defense Network’s (维权网) monthly report on political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in mainland China, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026), lists Zhang Zhenhua among the people sentenced to eight years who remained in custody.
Status
As of October 2026, Zhang Zhenhua is documented as serving her eight-year sentence, with a projected release date of July 9, 2027. (Sources: CHRD database record entered April 26, 2021; Rights Defense Network Issue 131, August 31, 2026; Minghui report, August 1, 2021.)
Related
A media profile and source archive for this case is published alongside this profile: Zhang Zhenhua (张珍华) — Media Profile and Status Archive Related published case: Chen Shigui (陈世贵), a co-defendant in the same group case.
Sources
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Database of Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China, record poc_z_00256 for 张珍华 / ZHANG ZHEN HUA — https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/pocs/1777
- Minghui (Falun Dafa information site), “Chengdu Intermediate Court upholds seven-to-nine-year sentences” (August 1, 2021) — https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2021/8/1/成都中级法院非法维持对三位好人的七至九年冤判-428970.html (opened and read 2026-10-10)
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), “Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China,” Issue 131 (August 31, 2026) — https://www.chinahrc.org/content/43092/