This archive is a companion to her political prisoner profile: Zhang Zhilan (张志兰) — Political Prisoner Profile.
Zhang Zhilan (张志兰) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive collects the verified media and documentation record for the case of Zhang Zhilan (张志兰), the Tangshan Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to seven years and six months in prison in August 2021.
Case chronology
- 1966 — Zhang Zhilan born. Resident of Nanqingtou Village, Xiaozhanggezhuang Town, Fengrun District, Tangshan, Hebei. (CHRD prisoner-of-conscience record)
- 2007 — Begins practicing Falun Gong. (CHRD record)
- August 12, 2020 — Arrested at home around 7 a.m. during a Tangshan-wide police sweep detaining more than fifty practitioners; held at the Tangshan No. 1 Detention Center. (Minghui, January 18, 2022)
- July 20, 2021 — Tried at the Luannan County Court with twelve other practitioners. (Minghui, January 18, 2022)
- August 27, 2021 — Sentenced to seven years and six months in prison with a 20,000-yuan fine. Charge not disclosed in available reporting. (Minghui, January 18, 2022; CHRD record)
- January 13, 2022 — Tangshan Intermediate Court upholds the verdict without a hearing. (Minghui English edition, January 24, 2022)
- February 11, 2028 — Sentence term end date per the CHRD record.
- August 31, 2026 — Listed in the seven-year-sentence band of 维权网’s monthly report on mainland political and conscience prisoners, Issue 131. (维权网 Issue 131, Chinese and English editions)
Source records
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — individual record for 张志兰 / “ZHANG ZHI LAN” (female, born 1966; charge unknown; 7y6m sentence; term through February 11, 2028; detention location unknown; record entered August 31, 2021). Retrieved via direct database query, October 10, 2026.
- Minghui (Chinese) — 河北唐山刘维立等四位法轮功学员被中院维持冤判 (January 18, 2022). Detailed case account: the August 2020 sweep, detention, trial, sentences, and upheld appeals. URL: https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2022/1/18/河北唐山刘维立等四位法轮功学员被中院维持冤判-436960.html
- Minghui (English) — “Four Hebei Residents’ Appeals Against Wrongful Prison Terms Rejected” (January 24, 2022). English account of the appeals and upheld verdicts. URL: https://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2022/1/24/198275p.html
- 维权网 Issue 131 — 《中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告（2026年8月31日）第131期》: 张志兰 in the 判刑7年，86人 band; “Zhang Zhilan” in the parallel “Sentenced to 7 years, 86 people” band.
Evidentiary notes and limitations
- No official court verdict or PRC state-media report for Zhang Zhilan’s case was located; the specific charge was not disclosed in the available record (recorded as 未知/Unknown).
- Sentence length: the detailed Chinese record and the CHRD database give seven years and six months; the English Minghui summary rounds to “seven years,” and 维权网’s band listing uses seven years. The seven-year-six-month figure is used here as the authoritative term.
- Custody status over time: the January 2022 English report noted her post-appeal custody status was still being confirmed at that time. Her subsequent listing among currently detained prisoners in the August 2026 维权网 report, with an active sentence term through February 2028, supports current imprisonment. Her current facility is not identified.
- The detailed case narrative rests on Minghui (Chinese and English editions) and the CHRD Prisoners of Conscience record, which cites the Minghui Chinese article. Characterizations of the proceedings in those sources are the sources’ characterizations, not independently verified findings.
- No conflicting identity records were found: the CHRD database contains exactly one record for 张志兰, and variant-character searches (张芝兰, 张芷兰) returned zero records.
- Live site check (October 10, 2026): no dedicated profile or archive page for Zhang Zhilan exists on FreeChina.live; the name appears only in the mainland political-prisoners directory listing.
Person profile: Zhang Zhilan (张志兰) — Political Prisoner Profile