Beijing’s “9.3 Military Parade” has concluded with a reported cost of 36 billion yuan. Shanghai human rights activist Song Jiahong revealed that the Shanghai city government spent an estimated total of 1 billion yuan on maintaining stability during the parade, implementing two special contingency plans to achieve zero incidents of petitioning.
The Chinese Communist Party increased spending on the military, security forces, and subsidies for nearby factories, tourist attractions, and businesses to maintain stability during the parade, incurring significant expenses.
In response to the military parade on September 3, the Shanghai city government implemented two special contingency plans to crackdown on petitioners in Beijing, but the goal of zero incidents was not fully achieved as some Shanghai petitioners were still present in Beijing on September 3.
To prevent petitioners from entering Beijing, numerous petitioners from Shanghai were tracked as hostile forces and detained in black prisons. Shanghai deployed interception teams to Beijing, reportedly involving a large number of personnel. Calculating five personnel per grassroots unit (town government and street office), Shanghai has 216 grassroots units. Following stability requirements, at least a 10% increase in mobilized personnel was necessary, resulting in a total of 1,188 government personnel involved in interception in Beijing.
According to Song Jiahong, the stability expenses were based on the 2025 budget of the Sanlin Town Government in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, totaling 10.368 billion yuan for all 216 grassroots units in Shanghai.
Despite stringent security measures in Beijing during the parade, incidents still occurred. On September 3, a petitioner jumped into the Yongding River. Another petitioner, Wu Jufang from Nanjing, fled to Beijing to avoid stability measures. She sought help online, revealing that she had been away from home for 21 days, leaving behind her elderly mother who needed care.
On September 2, petitioner Hai Dongqing from Shaanxi was intercepted by six waves of police officers at Xidan Subway Station in Beijing. He described being continuously checked by undercover police officers and being under surveillance from the moment he arrived on the platform.
Similarly, Shanghai petitioner Zhao Weiping from Changning District was intercepted in Beijing and taken to a local police station for being identified as a “long-term petitioner in Beijing” through facial recognition technology at Baishi Qiao South Subway Station entrance, where Shanghai government staff handled the case due to the deployment of interception personnel in Beijing for the “9.3 Military Parade.”
Wang Gongyu, a displaced resident and petitioner from Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, was intercepted and threatened by authority figures in Shanghai’s Putuo District on September 3, suffering violence by interception personnel in July, leading to severe injuries.
On the morning of September 3, Liu Shuzhen, a 95-year-old disabled petitioner, was detained by police in Shanghai’s People’s Park during a rights protest. She had previously been intercepted after petitioning in Beijing in July and held in custody in Pudong New Area for over a month.
On the same day, Shen Aibin, a petitioner from Wuxi, was physically assaulted by a police officer. Additionally, a female petitioner named Li from Fujian was intercepted in Beijing and left on the roadside on her return, ignored by police when she sought help.
Song Jiahong informed Epoch Times that most petitioners who were intercepted in Beijing and returned to Shanghai are currently detained in black prisons set up by local governments on Chongming Island and Xishan Scenic Area in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.
Ding Juying, a petitioner from Pudong New Area, Shanghai, has been held in a black prison for nearly five months since April 12, 2025. Her husband, Ni Mingqi, complained via the government hotline 12345, but the Tangzhen Government replied that they had not restricted Ding Juying. When contacted, Ding Juying confirmed being confined in Fanyu Xiaoyuan on Hengsha Island in Chongming District.
Additionally, Qin Yirong, a petitioner from Yangpu District, Shanghai, was detained at Tianyuan Zhuang Nongjiale in Chongming after suffering food poisoning on August 30, with no immediate threats to her life following hospital treatment.
Chen Meihua, a petitioner from Jing’an District, was kidnapped while disposing of garbage in early August and held in a black prison in Xishan, Suzhou. Unable to endure the unreasonable retaliation, she pleaded to return home on August 10, citing the need to care for her cancer-stricken elder brother.