Wang Minghui (王明慧) — Media Profile & Archive

October 9, 2026

Person profile: Wang Minghui (王明慧) — Political Prisoner Profile

This archive collects media and documentation on the case of Wang Minghui (王明慧), a Falun Gong practitioner from Ya’an, Sichuan, sentenced in 2021 to seven years and four months in prison. Records are presented in chronological order.

2021

September 26, 2021 — Mingshan District Court (via later reporting): Wang Minghui was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison with a 10,000-yuan fine. She had been detained since August 29, 2020, tried twice by the court (January and July 2021), and held at the Tianquan County Detention Center. She appealed to the Ya’an Intermediate Court; the appeal outcome has not been publicly reported. The specific charge was not reported. (Details as reported by Minghui, September 9, 2022; no official judgment has been publicly located.)

2022

June 15, 2022 — Transfer to prison: Wang was transferred from the Tianquan County Detention Center to the Sichuan Provincial Women’s Prison (Chengdu Longquanyi Women’s Prison), where she is serving her sentence through December 28, 2027. (Reported by Minghui, September 9, 2022; corroborated by the CHRD Prisoners of Conscience Database.)
September 9, 2022 — Minghui: “Wang Minghui of Ya’an, Sichuan unjustly sentenced to over seven years, taken to prison.” The outlet’s correspondent report documents the August 29, 2020 detention by Mingshan domestic-security police, the home search, the arrest-warrant signing on September 18, 2020, the two trials, the September 26, 2021 sentencing, the appeal, and the June 15, 2022 transfer to the women’s prison. Also records biographical details: born 1968, small-restaurant owner with her husband, family of four. https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2022/9/9/449149.html
October 17, 2022 — CHRD Prisoners of Conscience Database: Individual record for 王明慧 / WANG MING HUI: female, born 1968, of Mingshan District, Ya’an, Sichuan, Falun Gong practitioner; taken away August 29, 2020; charge unknown; sentence 7 years 4 months; release date recorded December 28, 2027; held at Sichuan Provincial Women’s Prison; sourced to the Minghui report above. (Database record; see tenchu.org Prisoners of Conscience search.)

2026

August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Custody in Mainland China, Issue 131. Lists Wang Minghui (王明慧) in the §VII statistical group “Sentenced to 7 years and 4 months” (2 people: Wang Minghui, Qiu Xinnai), classifying the roster as political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in custody as of that date.

Evidentiary notes

The criminal charge against Wang Minghui has not been publicly reported; the CHRD record lists the charge as unknown. It must not be stated as fact.
The appeal outcome (to the Ya’an Intermediate Court) is unknown.
No official court judgment, procuratorate record, or state-media report for this case has been publicly located.
Same-name records for other 王明慧 individuals (Wang Minghai M1035, Wang Pengying M1037, Jiang Minghui M461) are distinct persons and are not part of this record.