Identification
Yang Jie (杨洁） is a Falun Gong practitioner from Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Born in 1970, she formerly worked for the Zhongwei Life Insurance Company. In 2010 she married fellow practitioner Zheng Yongxin (郑永新）. According to the Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) database of prisoners of conscience in mainland China, she was detained on October 25, 2020, and sentenced on May 6, 2023, by the Shapotu District Court to six years in prison with a fine of 20,000 yuan; the specific charge was not stated. Her projected release date is October 24, 2026. The database lists her current status as serving a prison sentence.
Detention and sentencing
Yang Jie has been detained multiple times since 1999 in connection with her Falun Gong practice, including a two-year labor-camp term beginning November 2000 and a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence imposed in December 2005. On October 25, 2020, she was arrested by police of the Shapotu branch of the Zhongwei Public Security Bureau as part of a group detention of local practitioners. On May 6, 2023, the Shapotu District Court sentenced nine practitioners from the group: Yang Jie received six years in prison and a 20,000-yuan fine — the longest term among the nine — while Zheng Yongxin received five years and ten months. (Source: Minghui report, May 20, 2023.)
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 Yang Jie among the people sentenced to six years who remained in custody.
Status
As of October 2026, Yang Jie is documented as serving her six-year sentence, with a projected release date of October 24, 2026. (Sources: CHRD database record updated October 6, 2026; Rights Defense Network Issue 131, August 31, 2026.)
Related
This profile is for the Yang Jie from Zhongwei, Ningxia (born 1970). A separate person also named Yang Jie, from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, is documented independently and must not be confused with her.
Sources
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Database of Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China, record for 杨洁 / Yang Jie — https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/pocs/3105
- Minghui, “Nine Falun Gong Practitioners in Zhongwei City, Ningxia Illegally Sentenced” (May 20, 2023) — https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2023/5/20/461058.html
- Minghui case file for 杨洁 — https://library.minghui.org/victim/i1604.htm
- 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/
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