Case summary
Zhang Yibo (张轶博), born 1979, is a Shanghai-based Falun Gong practitioner and former finance manager at a Shanghai foreign-invested communications company who held U.S. permanent resident status. Detained October 9, 2021 in a mass arrest tied to the oGate firewall-circumvention software project, she was sentenced to five years in June 2023 and served her term in the Shanghai Women’s Prison. The term ended October 8, 2026; her current status is unconfirmed.
Media and documentary record
- June 21, 2023 — Falun Dafa Information Center. “Falun Gong Practitioners Zhang Yibo and He Binggang Sentenced in Shanghai.” Reports that Zhang and her fiancé He Binggang were sentenced on June 12, 2023 to five and six years respectively over alleged involvement in developing and maintaining oGate, with their faith cited as a contributing factor in the verdict; notes their cases are documented in the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s political prisoner database. Read the article
- July 5, 2023 (record entry) — Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience database. Full individual case record: age, residence, occupation, U.S. permanent residency, 2009–2010 detention and 1.5-year sentence, 2021 arrest timeline, medical condition in detention, 2023 sentence, appeal, prison location. Database
- August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131. Roster band listing: 张轶博 among 111 people reported serving 5-year sentences.
Contradictions and gaps
- Sentencing court: the CHRD case record says the Fengxian District Court issued the June 12, 2023 sentence with the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Court upholding it on appeal; the Falun Dafa Information Center attributes the sentence to the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Court directly. Unresolved — both versions are recorded.
- Post-sentence status: the five-year term ended October 8, 2026; no public record of release or current whereabouts found.
- Official record: no PRC court document or state-media report on the case found publicly. The U.S. angle (U.S. permanent residency) and the CECC documentation are noted via the Falun Dafa Information Center account; no U.S. government statement found.
- The Epoch Times article cited inside the CHRD record (March 16, 2022) could not be opened for verification.