Chen Xiaobin

Chen Xiaobin (陈晓彬) was a Falun Gong practitioner from Jieyang City, Guangdong Province. She, her husband Wu Meiping, and their son Wu Xuqin were repeatedly targeted by authorities for their shared faith from 1999 onward. She was arrested in May 2017, sentenced to two and a half years in prison in 2019, and released in November 2019. Her health never recovered from the detention, and she died on May 1, 2023, at the age of 48.

Two decades of targeting

The family first drew official attention in 1999, when the elder Mr. Wu traveled to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong and was disabled by a police beating; he later recovered and was sent to the Sanshui Forced Labor Camp. In November 2002, Chen and her husband were arrested and taken to a brainwashing center, leaving their three children — the oldest only seven — unattended. The couple were arrested again in 2003 and held at a local lockup.

The 2017 WeChat case

On May 22, 2017, police from the Dongsheng Police Station arrested the family’s son, Wu Xuqin, at his workplace, a small company in Jiexi County. Police had been monitoring the company after discovering Falun Gong-related information on its WeChat account. Officers then went to the family home, ransacked it, sealed the door, and arrested Chen. Eight practitioners were detained that day.

Trial, sentence, release

Chen was among five practitioners — company owner Wu Chunxiong, Wu Xuqin, Tang Jianqun, Chen, and Cai Linhua — indicted by the Rongcheng District Procuratorate on January 29, 2019 and tried by the Rongcheng District Court on March 19, 2019. In mid-May 2019, the court sentenced Chen and Cai Linhua each to two and a half years; Wu Chunxiong received eight and a half years, Tang Jianqun eight years, and Wu Xuqin seven and a half years. All five appealed, and the Jieyang City Intermediate Court upheld the verdicts in late October 2019. Chen and Cai served their terms at the Jieyang City Detention Center and were released on November 21, 2019, having completed their sentences.

Death

Minghui reported on June 14, 2023 that Chen, then 48, had struggled with poor health after her release and died on May 1, 2023, three and a half years after serving her term. Her son was still serving his sentence at the time of the report.

Status note

Her name appears in the 维权网 (Rights Defense Network) Issue 131 roster of reported current-custody cases dated August 31, 2026. No evidence of any re-arrest after her November 2019 release was located, and her death was reported in detail in June 2023. The roster entry is therefore treated as a likely stale carry-over and is not relied on for her status. This profile is built on the Minghui and Falun Dafa reporting record; Minghui is affiliated with the Falun Gong movement, and its reports should be read with that affiliation in mind.

Sources

Minghui (English edition), June 14, 2023 — “Guangdong Woman Dies 3.5 Years After Serving 2.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong”: reports that Chen Xiaobin (陈晓彬), 48, of Jieyang, died on May 1, 2023, after years of poor health following her release; prints her Chinese characters, the 2.5-year term, and the November 2019 release. Full report
Minghui (English edition), June 3, 2019 — “Five Guangdong Residents Sentenced to Prison for Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Their Faith”: covers the 2017 arrests and case background. Full report
Minghui (English edition), July 1, 2019 — “60 Falun Gong Practitioners in China Sentenced to Prison in May 2019 for Refusing to Renounce Their Faith”: covers the mid-May 2019 sentences. Full report
Minghui (English edition), January 1, 2020 — “Mr. Wu Chunxiong and Four Other Practitioners Sentenced to Prison”: covers the appeal outcome and the November 21, 2019 release. Full report
Minghui (English edition), June 13, 2017 — “Eight Practitioners Arrested” (Additional Persecution News): covers the May 22, 2017 arrests. Full report
daiphap.org — “774 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith in 2019” (sentencing list, PDF): corroborates the Chinese characters 陈晓彬, the 2.5-year term, and the May 2019 timing. Sentencing list (PDF)
维权网 Issue 131 current-custody roster, August 31, 2026 (cited via chinatruth.net mirror): lists 陈晓彬 among the reported current-custody cases — treated as a likely stale carry-over given the 2023 death report; cited as a conflicting source only, with the conflict preserved. Roster mirror