Person profile: He Chaozheng （何朝正）.
This archive preserves the documented record on He Chaozheng （何朝正）, the Chongqing rights activist from Beibei, covering both his 2016–2018 criminal case and his 2024–present detention.
Case chronology — 2016–2018 (first criminal case)
- April 2016: Given 10 days’ administrative detention by Beibei police over petitioning.
- September 22, 2016: Petitions with Liu Gaosheng, Xiao Chenglin, and others at Xinhua Gate in Beijing; after being returned to Chongqing, all are given 5 days’ administrative detention. On September 30, 2016, He is criminally detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
- January–February 2017: Further administrative detentions (7 days, 10 days), then a second criminal detention on the same charge.
- March 31, 2017: Formally arrested.
- March 28, 2018: Trial at the Beibei District People’s Court.
- July 31, 2018: Sentenced to 1 year and 6 months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
- August 23, 2018: Released after serving the term.
Case chronology — 2024–present (second criminal case)
- May 20, 2024: Attends a citizens’ dinner at which attendees celebrate Lai Ching-te’s inauguration as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan); a video circulates online. (The reported link between this video and the June 28 detention is per rights monitors’ reporting, not an official statement.)
- June 28, 2024: Criminally detained by Beibei police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”; family home searched and family members also taken in, per the CPPC record.
- August 2, 2024: Formally arrested; held at the Beibei District Detention Center, Chongqing.
- November 12, 2025: Trial at the Yubei District People’s Court. Only two or three family members are allowed to observe; friends are turned away. No verdict has been reported.
Sources preserved
- CHRD (Chinese Human Rights Defenders) Prisoners of Conscience database — 何朝正 entry (entered August 17, 2024; bio updated through the November 2025 trial): the identity anchor — exact name match, birth date April 9, 1969, Beibei/Xiema address, sequential case record. Verified live via the CHRD database query. (No public permalink; a database entry.)
- China Political Prisoner Concern, CPPC00653 (https://cppc1989.blogspot.com/2018/04/cppc00653.html): the fullest single dossier — detention documents and photographs, trial coverage, and updates covering the 2024 re-detention and the November 2025 trial. Read in full; content matches CHRD on all anchors.
- 维权网 (Rights Defense Network), July 2, 2024 (https://www.chinahrc.org/content/35879/, “重庆维权人士何朝正被以涉嫌寻衅滋事罪刑事拘留”): reports the June 28, 2024 detention and its apparent link to the May 20 inauguration-congratulation video. Read in full; notes it republishes a syndicated copy, the original not independently located; content consistent with CHRD.
- 维权网 monthly report, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026): “He Chaozheng” ↔ 何朝正 entry; classification detained-awaiting-trial, Chongqing group. Roster evidence only.
Source not yet verified
- Radio Free Asia (Mandarin), March 29, 2018 — reported coverage of the opening of his trial (https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/9-03292018144623.html). The domain was unreachable in the verification pass and the article was not read; it is flagged for click-verification by the publisher before being cited as verified.
What remains unreported
- The verdict of the November 12, 2025 trial. No judgment has been published by any source; the case remains formally untried-and-undecided. Do not report any sentence for the current case.
- The specific evidentiary allegations behind the 2024 charge, beyond the reported link to the May 20 dinner video.
- The charge is the reported one (“picking quarrels and provoking trouble”); no official finding of guilt is asserted beyond the charges reported.
- No PRC official or state-media coverage of this case was located; no consular or diplomatic attention was found. Nothing official exists to report; no official statement is implied.
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