Zhang Qiping (张启平) is a man from Yangqiao town, Linquan county, Fuyang city, Anhui Province, reported to be a Falun Gong practitioner. In his 70s as of 2025, he was detained in February 2024 and sentenced to three years and six months.
Detention and sentencing
On February 18, 2024, police officers from the Linquan County domestic-security division, the Yangqiao Town police station, and township personnel entered Zhang’s home, searched it, and confiscated his computer, printer, and Falun Gong informational materials, according to Minghui, a Falun Gong–affiliated outlet that tracks detentions of practitioners. He was taken to the Linquan County Detention Center, where he was denied family visits, according to the same report.
Zhang’s family later learned that he had been sentenced to three years and six months without being informed of the indictment or trial proceedings, according to Minghui. He was admitted to Suzhou Prison in Anhui Province. The CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database records his charge as unknown, his location as Anhui Province Suzhou Prison, and his sentence end date as August 17, 2027.
The Rights Defense Network (维权网) lists 张启平 among reported current prisoners, in the three-years-six-months sentence group of its August 2026 roster, in custody as of August 31, 2026.
Sources
- Minghui, “安徽法轮功学员张启平被秘密枉判三年半” (February 18, 2025); English version “Anhui Man Secretly Sentenced to 3.5 Years for His Faith in Falun Gong” (February 23, 2025). The characterization of the sentencing as secret is the family’s account via Minghui. Chinese version · English version
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Prisoners of Conscience database — record for 张启平 / “Zhang Qiping” (entry dated March 11, 2025). Database
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026) — lists 张启平 in the three-years-six-months group. Read the report
Media archive: Zhang Qiping / 张启平 — Media Profile & Archive