Zeng Qinghong and His CCP Organization

Zeng Qinghong is member of the Politburo Standing Committee of Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Secretary of Central Secretariat, and the president of the Chinese Central Communist Party College and the vice-Chairman of People's Republic of China. From 1999 to 2002, Zeng Qinghong was the head of the CCP Organization Department.[1]

On July 20, 1999, The Jiang Zemin regime started cracking down Falun Gong. On July 23, 1999, a person in charge of the CCP Organization Department (the head of the Department Zeng Qinghong or his representative) made a statement to a People's Daily reporter and requested that the entire CCP should participate in the movement of persecuting Falun Gong.[2] In January 2001, Zeng Qinghong spoke in the center group meeting of the CCP Organization Department and emphasized that Communist Party branches and departments at all levels should participate in the long-term combat with "Falun Gong".[3] On April 20, 2001, Zeng Qinghong spoke in the 4th Chinese Countryside "Three Represents" Important Thought Study and Education Conference and requested suppressing Falun Gong and brainwashing Falun Gong practitioners.[4] The "brainwashing" part, which is to carry out the genocide policy and to eliminate the Falun Gong group both physically and spiritually, is the most important content in suppressing Falun Gong.[5] Zeng Qinghong's speech was documented as the CCP Organization Department's "Document No. 11 [2001] Distributed by the CCP Organization Department" and was sent to everywhere in the country for studying.[6]

During the suppression, the CCP Organization Department, under the leadership of Zeng Qinghong, has also distributed documents to instruct the Party bodies at various levels on how to persecute Falun Gong. On January 21, 2001, the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the CCP Organization Department jointly issued "Notices on Displaying Functions of Root-level Communist Party Branches and Members in Combating with "Falun Gong' Evil Cult".[7] In May 2002, the CCP Organization Department, the CCP Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Justice jointly issued "Some Opinions on Strengthening the Leading Cadres' Studying and Applying the Law" (Document No 10 [2002], distributed by the Ministry of Justice). The document mentioned that leading cadres should apply the "Intensively Cracking Down" policy to comprehensively maintain public security, crack down "Falun Gong" ....[8] At the end of 2003, the State Council's Office of Preventing and Handling Evil Cults (a.k.a. 610 office), the CCP Organization Department, the Office of Central Civilization, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Agriculture, Youth League Central Committee and the Chinese Science Association decided to launch an anti-evil cults and education campaign throughout the countryside with the theme "Advocating science, loving the family, treasuring the life and opposing evil cults". This campaign aims at Falun Gong.[9]

The CCP Organization Department proclaims units and individuals that have severely persecuted Falun Gong practitioners. There are evidences that these units and individuals have tortured Falun Gong practitioners to death and disability. On February 26, 2001, the CCP Organization Department, the CCP Propaganda Department, the CCP Political and Judicial Committee, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Personnel and the State Council's Office of Preventing and Handling Evil Cult (a.k.a. the 610 office) jointly held a conference at the People's Great Hall in Beijing for reporting on the distinguished service in the struggle with the "Falun Gong".[10] At the same time a decision is made to proclaim pioneer units and individuals that crack down "Falun Gong".[11] The proclaimed units and individuals include, the Tian An Men Area Police Department of Beijing Public Security Bureau that openly beats Falun Gong practitioners in the public; Wang Xian-an, the CCP secretary of Central China Petroleum Exploration Bureau, who carrys out the "brainwashing" to persecute the Falun Gong practitioners; Su Jing, the head of the notorious Women' second division of Liaoning Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, where several Falun Gong practitioners were tortured to death, to disability, to mental disorder. The Masanjia Forced Labor Camp once stripped 18 female practitioners naked, then throw them into cells of the male criminal inmates. Also proclaimed is Ouyang Daixia of Shayang Forced Labor Camp of Hubei Province, who was using brainwashing to torture Falun Gong practitioners mentally and bodily. The proclaimed units and individuals then gave tour lectures around the country and were reported widely by the media. All these are critical elements that made the persecution severer.[12] Various areas also held the similar public lectures.[13] The CCP Organization Department also encourages the root-level Communist Party branches to participate in the campaign of persecuting Falun Gong.[14]

References
[1] Zeng Qinghong's Resume: member of the Politburo Standing Committee of Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Secretary of Central Secretariat, the president of the Chinese Communist Party College and the vice-Chairman of People's Republic of China, Male. Born in July, 1939. Birthplace: Ji-An, Jiangxi. 1999-2002: Head of the CCP Organization Department. ( (Back)

[2] People's Daily (July 24, 1999, 1st page) Firmly execute Central Party's decision and obey the national law: The person in charge of the CCP Organization Department spoke to the People's Daily reporter (July 23, 1999) (Back)

[3] Xinhua News Agency [Beijing, January 7, 2001] (Back)

[4] Commonly used Document Collection for root level Communist Party organization Work: Comrade Zeng Qinghong's speech in the 4th (expanded) Chinese Countryside "Three Represents" Important Thought Study and Education Conference (April 20, 2001). Distributed by the CCP Organization Department as Document No. 11. (Back)

[5] World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong: Investigation report on the genocide of eliminating Falun Gong cultivation group bodily and spiritually. ( 8-brainwash_report.pdf ) (Back)

[6] Dabu County Labor Bureau's educational program for studying essential ideas in the "Three Represents" (Back)

[7] Notice from the Central Discipline Inspection Committee and the Central Organization Department regarding root-level party organizations and party members showing their full effect in the struggle with the "Falun Gong" evil cult organization (Back)

[8] Suggestions from the Central Organization Department, Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Justice regarding the enhancing of leader-cadres' studying and applying the laws (May 29, 2002, Justice 2002, no. 10). (Back)

[9] WOIPFG "Report on the Campaign of "Anti-cult Alert Education' in China". At the end of 2003, the State Council's Office for Preventing and Handling Evil Cult Problems (a. k. a., the 610 Office), the Central Organization Department, the Office of Civilization Construction, Ministry of Education, Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Agriculture, the Communist Youth League of China, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly initiated a campaign in all of China's rural areas. Bearing the theme "to uphold science, care for the family, love life and oppose evil cult," the campaign was targeted at Falun Gong. (8-proof_anti_cult_campaign_report_public_bob__report.pdf) (Back)

[10] Xinhua News Agency Beijing February 26, 2001 daily news (reporter: Yin Hongzhu and Wang Leiming): (Back)

[11] Xinhua News Agency Beijing February 26, 2001 daily news. (Back)

[12] China News Services Wuhan, Hubei March 10, 2001; Yangtzi Evening News Nanjing, Jiangsu March 3, 2001. (Back)

[13] China News Services News from Changchun on September 25, 2001. (Back)

[14] Weifang's Outline of Party History creatively utilizes the Party's history to learn from the past in combating evil cult. (Back)