Person profile: Zhao Jie (赵婕) — Political Prisoner Profile
Zhao Jie (赵婕) — Media Profile & Archive
This page collects the published and documented sources on the case of Zhao Jie (赵婕), a Falun Gong practitioner from Deyang, Sichuan, sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment in February 2023. The archive preserves what the sources establish, how they were verified, and what remains unknown.
Case timeline from the sources. On the evening of March 25, 2020, Zhao Jie and fellow Falun Gong practitioner Yang Zhipeng were seized while distributing Falun Gong materials in a residential area, and both were placed under criminal detention on March 27, 2020. On February 17, 2023, the Jingyang District Court in Deyang sentenced Zhao to eight years in prison with a fine of 100,000 yuan. Her prison term runs to March 26, 2028. These facts are reported by Minghui and match the individual record for 赵婕 in the CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database, which also gives her birth year as 1971, her home city as Deyang, and notes that the charge and place of detention are not recorded.
Source records
- Zhao Jie sentenced to eight years; family calls for her release — Minghui, April 21, 2023. Reports the arrest, detention, trial, eight-year sentence, and fine, and carries the family’s appeal for release, including details about her parents’ situation. Minghui is a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; its characterization of the proceedings is its own. (Verification: read in full; URL working.)
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — individual record for 赵婕 (“ZHAO JIE”), entered May 3, 2023. Independent database entry corroborating name, birth year (1971), home city (Deyang), arrest date, eight-year sentence, and term end date; charge and detention location listed as unknown. Cites the Minghui article above. (Verification: database query result obtained directly; record text extracted.)
- 维权网, Monthly report on political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in mainland China, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026). Lists “Zhao Jie” in the “Sentenced to 8 years, 69 people” grouping and in the name index. A list-membership record only — not an individual case account. (Verification: local cached copy read; listing confirmed.)
Known gaps. The criminal charge is not established in any source located. No court judgment or official announcement of the sentence has been found. Her current place of detention is unknown. A separate CHRD record under the romanized name “ZHAO JIE” refers to a 1961-born woman from Fushun surnamed 赵杰 serving a different sentence — a different person, noted here to prevent confusion.
Person profile: Zhao Jie (赵婕) — Political Prisoner Profile