Li Lanqing

李岚清

1932–present

Vice Premier of the State Council (1993–2003)
Head of the Leading Group for Handling the Falun Gong Issue

Biography

Li Lanqing (born 1932) is a senior CCP official who served as Vice Premier of the State Council from 1993 to 2003. Following the banning of Falun Gong in 1999, he was appointed head of the "Leading Group for Handling the Falun Gong Issue," responsible for coordinating the suppression effort across government bodies. The Leading Group was the superior body overseeing the 610 Office, providing political direction and policy guidance to extend the campaign's reach across the full apparatus of the state. He retired from the vice premiership in 2003.

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1999-07-22

Falun Gong Suppression

In July 1999, the Chinese government declared Falun Gong an illegal "evil cult" and launched a nationwide suppression campaign coordinated by the extra-legal 610 Office. The crackdown involved mass arrests, labour camp detention without trial, and deaths in custody documented by multiple international human rights organisations. Academic research has also documented totalistic characteristics of the movement itself, including its founder's claim to divine authority and anti-medicine teachings linked to preventable deaths among practitioners.

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