Yin Huibin (尹会彬) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves the source record for Yin Huibin (尹会彬), born 1969, a Christian pastor of Beijing Zion Church detained in Beihai, Guangxi, since October 2025 in the “10·9” crackdown on the church. The charges reported against him — fraud and illegal business operations — are allegations, not convictions; the case is at the trial stage with no verified verdict. Sources appear in chronological order with verification notes.
Source chronology
February 10, 2026 — Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience database: 尹会彬 / YIN HUIBIN. Database record: born 1969; male; Hebei native; Christian; former successful petroleum-trade entrepreneur; former Zion Church elder, now pastor in charge of the church’s practical affairs and outreach. Detained October 10, 2025 at his Beihai home; criminally detained October 12 on suspicion of “illegal use of an information network”; formally arrested November 18, 2025 with 17 others by the Yinhai District Procuratorate. Held at the Beihai No. 2 Detention Center. Record notes that as of July 2026, after Jin Mingri’s release, eight pastors remained detained including Yin Huibin, and that his charge was changed to fraud (诈骗罪). Verification: VERIFIED (record retrieved via the database’s public search, October 2026; record entered 2026-02-10).
December 17, 2025 — ChinaAid: “来自中国看守所的一封信：一位牧师谈信仰、拘押与克制的坚持” (A letter from a Chinese detention center: a pastor on faith, detention, and restraint). Reported that Pastor Yin Huibin, detained October 10, 2025 in the coordinated action against Zion Church, sent a letter from detention describing his condition and state of mind; the case was then at the investigation stage. (This article states he was held at the Beihai No. 1 Detention Center; later records place him at the No. 2 facility — see CHRD record above.) Verification: VERIFIED (page fetched; content matches the case).
December 30, 2025 — China Political Prisoner Concern (CPPC): 尹會彬 (CPPC #01487). Biographical and case record: 1969, Hebei, Christian, former successful entrepreneur, former Zion Church elder and now pastor in charge of church affairs and outreach, victim of the “10·9 Zion Church case,” conscience prisoner in custody. Case chronology matches the CHRD record (Oct 10, 2025 detention; Oct 12 criminal detention; Nov 18, 2025 arrest approval; Beihai No. 2 Detention Center). Verification: VERIFIED (page fetched). NOTE: this record’s text is the apparent source of the CHRD database entry above — the two are not independent sources.
August 31, 2026 — 维权网 (Weiquanwang), Issue-131 monthly report. Lists 尹会彬 in the Guangxi “109 锡安教案” cluster and in the Y-name index. The report’s case paragraph states that the 18 arrested pastors were reduced to nine detained after June 18, 2026 releases; charges were changed to “illegal business operations” and “fraud” and the case was sent to the Yinhai District Procuratorate; Jin Mingri was released on July 4 and flew to the United States; on July 17 the remaining eight were indicted (six, including Yin Huibin, on fraud); the case was moved to the Yinhai District court and entered the trial stage; and that Yin’s wife was pregnant at the time of his detention and their third child was born June 4, 2026. Verification: VERIFIED (full report fetched from chinahrc.org/content/43092/).
October 7, 2026 — FreeChina.live: “Eight Zion Church Leaders Remain Detained After Pastor Ezra Jin’s Release.” Reported, citing Christian Post interviews with Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri and ChinaAid, that eight pastors and co-workers (Wang Lin, Gao Yingjia, Wang Zhong, Yin Huibin, Liu Zhenbin, Lin Shucheng, Wang Cong, Wu Qiuyu) remained in custody in Guangxi as of September 2026, held at the Beihai No. 2 Detention Center. Jin was detained October 10, 2025 and released July 3, 2026 after 266 days. A September 28 Christian Post report, citing ChinaAid, said the eight remained in custody as of September 10 on allegations described as fraud and illegal business operations. Verification: VERIFIED (live page read via WP REST).
Attribution note. Claims about charges, proceedings, and family circumstances above come from advocacy groups (CPPC, ChinaAid), the CHRD prisoner database, and the Weiquanwang roster. They are allegations or advocacy accounts; none has been confirmed by an official court document, which is not publicly available. No source consulted records a conviction or sentence for Yin Huibin.