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A Chronicle of Major Events of Falun Dafa (3rd Edition)

PureInsight | March 15, 2004

Throughout the course of history, historians have always recorded the significant events. Now that Falun Dafa has been disseminated in the human realm, Falun Dafa disciples who have been following their Teacher and helping with Fa-rectification have the responsibility of recording each major Falun Dafa event in the human realm that has occurred during the Fa-rectification period and leaving the Falun Dafa Chronicle to future generations. We have compiled a preliminary Falun Dafa Chronicle, and ask for practitioners' feedback in order to complete and correct the Falun Dafa Major Events chronicle.

[PureInsight.org editor's note on the 3rd edition: Soon after we have finished publishing the translation of the 1st Edition on January 26, 2004, Zhengjian.org published the 3rd edition, on March 2, 2004, based on readers' feedback. Thus we decided to skip the 2nd edition and publish the 3rd edition, which is more complete and correct. We welcome additional feedback from readers to further complete and correct the chronicle so that we can provide a complete history of Falun Dafa to future generations.]

[Note: All Falun Dafa books and articles refer to their Chinese version unless otherwise specified.]

Date Event
May 13, 1951 The founder of Falun Gong, Mr. Li Hongzhi was born in Princess Ridge City (or Gongzhuling City in Chinese), Jilin Province, China.
May 13 - 22, 1992 The first session of Falun Dafa lecture classes was conducted at the Fifth Middle School, Changchun City, China. About 180 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
May 25 - June 3, 1992 The second session of Falun Dafa classes in Changchun was conducted at the Fifth Middle School, Changchun City, China. About 250 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
June 25 - July 4, 1992 The first set of Falun Dafa classes in Beijing was conducted at the auditorium of the National Building Materials Bureau located at the Ganjiakou Business Center in Beijing. About 240 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: China Qigong Research Association
July 15 - July 24, 1992 The second set of Falun Dafa classes in Beijing was held at the Second Artillery Auditorium, South Lishi Road, Beijing. About 600 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: China Qigong Research Association
August 26 - September 4, 1992 The third set of Falun Dafa classes in Changchun was conducted at the Changkong Recreation Center, Changchun City. About 550 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
September 7, 1992 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Changchun.
September 8 - 17, 1992 The fourth set of Falun Dafa classes in Changchun was conducted at the Provincial Committee Auditorium, Changchun City. About 700 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
September 18 - 25, 1992 The third set of Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Second Artillery Auditorium, Beijing. Sponsoring Organization: China Qigong Research Association
September 1992 Falun Gong was officially accepted as a direct branch of the China Qigong Research Association, and received a nationwide permit to teach Falun Dafa in China.
October 1992 A Falun Dafa class in Taiyuan was conducted at the Labor Union Auditorium of the Mining Machinery Factory, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. Sponsoring Organization: The Mining Machinery Factory Labor Union, Taiyuan City
October 27 - November 5, 1992 The fourth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Second Artillery Auditorium, Beijing. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
November 16 - 25, 1992 A Falun Dafa class in Guan County was conducted at the Guan County Brewery Factory's Auditorium, Guan County, Shandong Province. About 150 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guan County Qigong Association
November 30 - December 9, 1992 The fifth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at Third Academy of the Yungang Space Division, Beijing. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
December 12 - 21, 1992 Mr. Li Hongzhi and some of his students attended the 1992 Oriental Health Expo in Beijing. The expo was held at the National Trade Building, Dabeiyao, Beijing. Masses of people who attended the expo were amazed by the miraculous healing effect of Falun Gong. Mr. Li Hongzhi received more awards at the expo than any other Qigong master.
January 3 - 12, 1993 The sixth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Nuclear Equipment Factory's Auditorium, Dabeiyao, Beijing. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
February 7 - 14, 1993 The seventh Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Army's Second Artillery Auditorium, Beijing. About 5,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
February 15 - 22, 1993 The eighth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the auditorium of the Chinese Department of Aerospace's Third Academy at Sanfeng, Beijing. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
February 23 - March 4, 1993 The ninth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Nuclear Equipment Factory's Auditorium, Beijing. 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
March 15 to 24, 1993 The first Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at the Wuchang 701 Auditorium, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. About 300 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Association
March 29 - April 7, 1993 The second Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at the Hankou City Committee's Auditorium, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Association
April 1993 China Falun Gong published and distributed by the Military Affairs Friendship and Culture Publishing Company
April 13 - 22, 1993 The first Falun Dafa class in Guangzhou was conducted at the Xiangxiao Factory Labor Union, Goangzhou City, Guangdong Province. About 200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: The Guangzhou Baolin Qigong School
April 29 - May 6, 1993 The tenth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Wukesong Space Division Second Academy Auditorium, Beijing. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
May 8 - 17, 1993 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Linqing Party School's Auditorium, Linqing City, Shandong Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Linqing City Human Body Research Association
May 25 - June 4, 1993 The first Falun Dafa class in Guiyang was conducted at Guiyang City, Guizhou Province. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guizhou Province Qigong Research Association
June 5 - 15, 1993 The second Falun Dafa class in Guiyang was conducted at Guiyang City, Guizhou Province. Sponsoring Organization: Guizhou Province Qigong Research Association
June 1993 The Chinese Qigong magazine published a special report on Falun Gong and Mr. Li Hongzhi.
June 19 - 26, 1993 The fifth Falun Dafa class in Changchun was conducted at the Changchun City Provincial Committee's Auditorium. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
June 27 - July 4, 1993 The sixth Falun Dafa class in Changchun was conducted at the Mingfang Palace Auditorium of Jilin University, Changchun City. About 1,200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
July 14 - 23, 1993 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Qiqihar Post and Telecommunication Auditorium, Helongjiang Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qiqihar City Qigong Research Association
July 25 - August 3, 1993 The eleventh Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Public Security University, Beijing. About 2,200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
July 30, 1993 Under the approval of the Chinese Qigong Research Association, the Chinese Falun Gong Research Association was established.
August 4 - 11, 1993 The 12th Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Second Academy's Auditorium of Wukesong Air and Space Department, Beijing. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
August 15 - 21, 1993 The third Falun Dafa class in Guiyang was conducted at Guiyang City, Huizhou Province. About 1,700 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guizhou Province Qigong Research Association
August 27 - September 5, 1993 The thirteenth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Changxindian 27th Locomotive Factory's Auditorium, Beijing. About 560 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
August 31, 1993 The Valor Foundation at the Public Security Ministry in China wrote a thank-you letter to the Chinese Qigong Scientific Research Institute, expressing its heartfelt gratitude towards Mr. Li Hongzhi, who voluntarily treated and healed the awarded representatives with no charge at the Third National Valor Awards.
September 12 - 22, 1993 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Jiangbei District Government's Auditorium, Chongqing, Sichuan Province. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Chongqing City Health Qigong School
September 21, 1992 The People's Public Security Daily published by the Public Security Ministry in China, published a news report titled, "Falun Gong Healed Valor Award Winners," which says that people who had received the Valor Award but were afflicted with illnesses or injuries "have seen their health greatly improved after [Mr. Li Hongzhi's] treatment."
September 25 - October 2, 1993 The third Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at Wuchang city, Wuhan. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Research Association
October 3 - 10, 1993 The fourth Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at the Hankou City Committee's Auditorium, Wuhan. About 1,200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Research Association
October 11 - 18, 1993 The fifth Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at the Qingshan Region, Wugang Auditorium, Wuhan. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Research Association
October 25 - November 3, 1993 The second Falun Dafa class in Guangzhou was conducted at the auditorium of the Federation of Trade Unions' headquarters, Guangzhou City. About 700 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guangzhou City Baolin Qigong School
November 21 - December 1, 1993 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at Hefei City, Anhui Province. About 510 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Anhui Province Qigong Association
December 11 - 20, 1993 Mr. Li Hongzhi and some of his students attended the 1993 Oriental Health Expo in Beijing. The expo was held at the Sanyuanqiao International Exhibition Center in Beijing. Mr. Li Hongzhi attended the expo as a member of the Expo Organizing Committee. Mr. Li Hongzhi gave Fa lectures on December 15, 17 and 20. At the end of the expo, Mr. Li was awarded the top prize of the expo, "Greatest Contributor to the Progress Being Made in the Cutting Edge Science." He also received the "Special Gold Prize" of the expo and was named the "Most Popular Qigong Master."
December 1993 China Falun Gong, The Revised Edition published and distributed by the Military Affairs Friendship and Culture Publishing Company
December 27, 1993 Mr. Li Hongzhi was awarded an Honors Proclamation by the Valor Foundation at the Public Security Ministry in China.
January 6 - 15, 1994 The third Falun Dafa class in Guangzhou was conducted at headquarters of the Federation of Trade Unions, Guangzhou City. About 800 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guangzhou Baolin Qigong School
January 17 - 26, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Jianshe Road Peoples' Auditorium, Heping District, Tianjin. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Tianjin Science and Technology Consulting Company, Qigong Development Division.
January 28 - February 5, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Jinan Jingshi Road Number 27 Young Cadres Academy, Shandong Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Youth Science and Technology Education Center, Shandong Province
February 11 - 18, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Kenli County Committee Reception's Auditorium, Shandong Province. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Shandong Kenli Huanghekou Economic Technology Development Regional Management Committee
February 20 - March 1, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Lingyuan Iron and Steel Company Federation of Trade Unions Auditorium, Liaoning Province. About 800 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Liaoning Lingyuan Iron and Steel Company Federation of Trade Unions.
March 3 - 12, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Shijiazhuang City Youth Palace, Hebei Province. About 800 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Hebei Shijiazhuang Yonglong Human Body Research Association
March 14 - 22, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Heping Bayi Auditorium, Tianjin. About 1,200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Tianjin Human Body Research Association and Tianjin Science and Technology Consulting Company Development Division
March 27 - April 4, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Dalian Foreign Languages Institute, Nanyuan Auditorium, Liaoning. About 600 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Liaoning Province Dalian Qigong Research Association
April 5 - 12, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Liaoning Province Jinzhou City Qigong Research Association
April 15 - 24, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at Hefei City, Anhui Province. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Anhui Province Qigong Research Association
April, May, August of 1994 Window to Art magazine published special reports on Falun Gong and Mr. Li Hongzhi in three monthly issues.
April 29 - May 8, 1994 The seventh Falun Dafa class in Changchun was conducted at the Jilin University Mingfanggong Auditorium, Changchun City. About 1,000 people attended the day class and about 1,000 people attended the night class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Qigong Research Association
May 14 - 15, 1994 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave Fa lectures and taught the Falun Gong exercises at the auditorium of the Policemen's College in Beijing. Sponsoring Organization: The Chinese Valor Foundation
May 20 - 27, 1994 A Dafa class was conducted at the Chongqing City Heavy Steel Third Factory Auditorium, Chongong, Sichuan Province. Sponsoring Organization: Chongqing City Health Qigong School
May 29 - June 5, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Sichuan Qigong Research Association
June 11 - 18, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Zhengzhou City Fengyu Sports Stadium, Henan Province. Sponsoring Organization: Zhengzhou Qigong Association
June 21 - 28, 1994 The second Falun Dafa class in the city of Jinan was conducted at the Jinan City Huangting Sports Stadium in Jinan, Shandong. About 4,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Shandong Province Youth Science and Technology Cultural Service Center
July 2 - 9, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Dalian City Locomotive Factory Sports Stadium in Dalian, Liaoning Province. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Dalian City Qigong Research Association
July 15 - 18, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the National Women's Volleyball Training Center Sports Stadium, Zhengzhou City, Hunan Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Hunan Province Zhengzhou District Qigong Research Association
July 19 - 27, 1994 The fourth Falun Dafa class was conducted in the city of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guangzhou Baolin Qigong School
August 3, 1994 The Houston City Government in Houston, Texas, the United States issued a proclamation and honored Mr. Li Hongzhi as the "Honorary Citizen of Houston" as well as "Goodwill Ambassador"
August 5 - 12, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Harbin City Feichi Water Polo Stadium in Harbin City, Heilongjiang. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Harbin City Qigong Research Association
August 20 - 27, 1994 A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Yanji Yanbian County Sports Stadium in Yanbian County, Jilin Province. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Yanji Qigong Research Association
September 1994 The Falun Gong Exercises instructional videotape was published by Beijing Television and Art Center Publishing Company.
September 18, 1994 Mr. Li Hongzhi explained the Fa to Falun Dafa Assistants at Changchun. Mr. Li gave a Fa lecture and explained the Fa for five and a half hours.
December 21 - 29, 1994 The fifth Falun Dafa class at Guangzhou was conducted at the Guangzhou Sports Stadium. About 6,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guangzhou City Human Body Research Association
December 31, 1994 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Dalian. About 6,600 people attended the lecture.
May 13, 1992 - December 21, 1994 In summary, during this period of time, Mr. Li Hongzhi was invited by various local governments and Qigong research institutes to teach a total of 54 sets of Falun Dafa classes in China. Each class lasted about 10 days. Several tens of thousands people participated in these classes.
December 1994 Zhuan Falun was published and distributed by China TV Broadcasting Agency Publishing Company
January 4, 1995 Mr. Li Hongzhi unveiled his new book, Zhuan Falun at a ceremony held in Beijing. He also gave a Fa lecture at the book unveiling ceremony.
March 13, 1995 Mr. Li Hongzhi was invited to Paris, France to spread his teaching by the Chinese ambassador to France and other officials at the Chinese Embassy in Paris, France. In the afternoon, Mr. Li was invited to give a Fa lecture at the Cultural Center of the Chinese embassy in France. This marked the beginning of Falun Dafa's being introduced outside of China.
March 13 - 19, 1995 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Dafa class in France. It was the first Falun Dafa class held outside China. Mr. Li taught the class at night.
April 14 - 20, 1995 The second Falun Dafa class outside of China was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was the last time that Mr. Li Hongzhi gave his Nine-Lectures class. In addition, Mr. Li gave three Fa lectures in Gothenburg, one Fa lecture in Stockholm, and one Fa lecture in Uddevalla. Each Fa lecture lasted for about half a day.
May 10 - 14, 1995 To commemorate the third anniversary of Falun Dafa being taught in public, Falun Dafa practitioners held "The First Falun Dafa Painting and Photography Exhibition" in Changchun City. There were a total of 655 pieces of artwork of different varieties at the exhibition. Over 6,000 people attended the exhibition. The Assistant Director of Qigong Scientific Research Institute in Jilin Province, the Chairman of the Jilin Provincial Sports Qigong Association, and the Secretary General of Qigong and Human Body Research Institute in Changchun City, as well as many other celebrities, attended the event.
May 13, 1995 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Dayushan, Hong Kong, which was included in Zhuan Falun (Volume II).
August 1995 Explaining the Content of Falun Dafa distributed by the Changchun Publishing Company
November 1995 Zhuan Falun (Volume II) was published and distributed by the China World Languages Publishing Company
January 1996 Beijing Youth Daily listed Zhuan Falun as one of the ten best-selling books in Beijing.
March 1996 Falun Dafa withdrew from the China Qigong Scientific Research Association.
March 21, 1996 Beijing Youth Daily published a list of best-selling books in Beijing City, with Zhuan Falun as one of them.
March 22, 1996 Beijing Evening Daily published a list of best-selling books in January and February, with Zhuan Falun on both lists.
1996 Mr. Li Hongzhi immigrated to the United States.
Since April 1996 The members of the former Chinese Falun Gong Research Association filed applications to the Ethnic Group Affairs Committee at the China National People's Congress, China Buddhism Association, and the United Front Bureau of the Chinese Central Government to establish a non-religious Falun Gong Academic Research Association. The United Front Bureau of the Chinese Central Government issued an official document stating that the application was denied and the agency didn't support the establishment of the Falun Gong association. The bureau also ordered the management of the six original applicants to relay the message in person to the applicants.
June 8, 1996 Beijing Daily announced April's best-selling book list, with Zhuan Falun as one of the best-sellers.
June 17, 1996 Guangming Daily, one of Chinese Communist government's official newspapers, published an editorial article titled, "A Loud and Long Alarm Must Be Sounded Against Pseudo-Science," which claimed Falun Gong to promote superstition, and to be "Pseudo-Science." This is the first time the Chinese Communist government attacked Falun Gong in public.
July 15, 1996 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Hong Kong and answered Falun Gong practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. Approximately 100 people attended the meeting.
July 24, 1996 The Chinese News Publishing Bureau, which is under the Propaganda Bureau at the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist government, issued an internal order to in all cities and provinces, prohibiting the publishing of Zhuan Falun and China Falun Gong, and other Falun Gong books due to their nature of "promoting superstition."
August 3, 1996 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Sydney and answered questions regarding cultivation. The lecture and Q&A were published as the book Falun Dafa - Lecture in Sydney.
August 20, 1996 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at the Narai Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Approximately 200 people attended the meeting.
October 12, 1996 Mr. Li Hongzhi made a public speech in Houston, Texas. Approximately 1,000 people attended the conference. Falun Dafa was officially introduced in the United States on that day. On that day, the Houston city government made Mr. Li Hongzhi an Honorary Citizen of Houston as well as a Goodwill Ambassador, and proclaimed October 12, 1996 as Li Hongzhi Day in Houston.
October 19, 1996 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at the Falun Dafa conference in New York, USA and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. Approximately 2000 people attended the conference.
October 25 - November 2, 1996 The first international Falun Dafa Conference was held in Beijing, China. On November 2, Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at the conference.
November 26, 1996 Mr. Li Hongzhi answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation in Sydney, Australia.
The Beginning of 1997 The Chinese Public Security Ministry carried out an investigation throughout China trying to collect criminal evidence of Falun Gong as "an evil cult." But the police at all levels in China came back with the same report: "Haven't found any problem." Hence the investigation stopped.
March 1997 Mr. Li Hongzhi's book, The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa was published.
1997 Falun Dafa (Lecture in Sydney) was published and distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
March 17, 1997 Dalian Daily, a local Chinese newspaper, published an article titled "The Elderly Good Samaritan Makes Contribution Quietly." The news article described how an elderly man, Sheng Lijian, built a road that was over 1,100 meters long for his village on his own after he started to practice Falun Gong.
March 22 - 23, and April 6, 1997 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave Fa lectures and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation in New York and San Francisco, USA. Approximately 2,500 people attended the Fa conference in San Francisco. The lectures were included in Falun Dafa - Lectures in the US.
April 1997 Mr. Li Hongzhi published Falun Buddha Law Essentials for Further Advancement, a collection of Mr. Li's 56 articles written from June 1992 to February 1997.
July 1997 Mr. Li Hongzhi's Explaining the Content of Falun Dafa is published. It is a collection of Mr. Li Hongzhi's speeches at a ceremony held in Beijing announcing the publishing of Zhuan Falun, and Q&A's from Falun Dafa Nine-Lecture classes in the cities of Changchun, Zhenzhou, Jinan, Yanqin and Guangzhou.
July 1997 Falun Dafa (Lectures in the United States) published and distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
July 14, 1997 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Hong Kong and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. Approximately 150 people attended the lecture.
September 1997 The Chicago Times published a series of articles, "Humans and Science: The Enlightenment of Falun Gong." The articles said that Falun Dafa inspired mankind to explore new science.
November 16, 1997 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at the Sixing Elementary School in Taipei, Taiwan and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. It marked Mr. Li Hongzhi's official introduction of Falun Dafa to Taiwan.
November 20, 1997 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at Wufeng Technical School in Taiwan and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation.
November and December of 1997 Members of the former Falun Gong Research Association filed a report to the Chiense Ministry of Civil Administration and the Chinese Public Security Ministry. The report indicated that they had agreed to abide by the decision made by the government and would not continue to pursue their application to form a formal Falun Dafa Association.
December 25 - 31, 1997 Falun Gong practitioners from North America, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and many countries and regions attended the international Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Beijing, China.
February 21, 1998 Dalian Evening, a Chinese newspaper, published a story that praised the courageous action of Yuan Hongcun, a Falun Gong practitioner at the Dalian Naval Vessels Academy. He rescued a child who had fallen under a crack in ice that was 3-meter thick in the Dalian Freedom River.
March 29 - 30, 1998 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in New York, USA. Approximately 3,500 people attended the conference. The Fa lecture and Q&A was published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the First Conference in North America).
March 30, 1998 Beijing Daily reported a story where a Falun Gong practitioner made an anonymous donation of 180,000 RMB to science and technology research in China.
May 30 - 31, 1998 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Frankfurt, Germany. The Fa lecture and Q&A was later published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the Conference in Europe).
May 1998 The Chinese National General Athletic Bureau conducted an overall investigation on Falun Gong. In September 1998, a group of medical experts did a statistical sampling survey of the 12,553 Falun Gong practitioners in Guangdong Province. The results showed that the healing effect of practicing Falun Gong was as high as 97.9%.
May 1998 Beijing TV's "Fast Forward" program aired an interview with He Zuoxiu, a member of the Chinese Academy of Science, who attacked Falun Gong as being superstitious in the same segment where a reporter from the station interviewed practitioners at an exercise site in Beijing's Yu Yuantan Park and had practitioners describe the benefits of Falun Gong. After the show aired, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from Beijing and Hebei province either wrote letters or directly visited the TV station to point out that He Zuoxiu's attack on Falun Gong was inaccurate.
May 1998 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at a Falun Dafa experience sharing conference at Toronto University in Toronto, Canada, and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation.
June 2, 1998 After performing an internal investigation, Beijing TV acknowledged that its previous negative program on Falun Gong was the biggest mistake that the station had ever made since its establishment. Beijing TV station later broadcast another TV program with a Falun Gong practitioner's interview in order to correct the mistake. The producer of the previous program was let go.
June 20 - 22, 1998 After Qilu Evening News published an article slandering Falun Dafa, over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Jinan went to the newspaper to clarify the truth about Falun Gong.
July 19, 1998 China Economy Times published an article titled, "I Can Stand Up!" This article reported a story of Xie Xiufen, a housewife from Handan city in Hebei province, who had been paralyzed for over 16 years, but was able to walk after she started practicing Falun Gong.
July 21, 1998 The 1st Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security issued Document [1998] No. 555, "Notice of the Investigation of Falun Gong," which claimed that Falun Gong was an "evil cult." The Ministry of Public Security carried out a series of investigations on Falun Gong that were known as "finding [Falun Gong] guilty first and then collecting evidence." These actions included, but were not limited to, tapping Falun Gong assistants' phones, tailing Falun Gong assistants, closing down Falun Gong practice sites, forcefully dispersing the practitioners during group exercise practice, ransacking practitioners' houses, confiscating their personal properties, and other things.
July 26, 1998 Mr. Li Hongzhi met Falun Dafa Assistants at the Assistants' Fa Conference at Changchun, where he gave a Fa lecture and answered questions regarding cultivation. The lectures and Q&A were compiled and later published in the book, Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Changchun Assistants' Fa Conference).
August 11, 1998 Beijing Daily published an article describing Beijing citizens practicing various exercises, especially Falun Gong, in the morning. The article included a photo of Falun Gong practitioners practicing the Falun Gong exercises.
August 22 - 23, 1998 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at a Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Singapore and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. The Fa lecture becomes the book, Falun Dafa - Lecture at the Singapore Fa Conference.
In the second half of 1998 In response to letters from people who reported the police's unjust treatment of Falun Gong practitioners, Qiao Shi, the formal chairman of the People's National Congress, led other retired senior members of the congress to perform a thorough investigation on Falun Gong that lasted several months. The investigation concluded that "Falun Gong has hundreds of benefits for the Chinese people and China, and does not have one single bad effect." The retired leaders submitted the investigation report to the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee.
August 23, 1998 The China Youth Daily published an article titled, "The Festival of Life," which introduced a Falun Gong team of 1,500 people who gave an outstanding demonstration of Falun Gong at the 1998 Shenyang Asian Sports Festival. The article also described Falun Gong's good effects on its practitioners' health and included two photos that showed Falun Gong practitioners participating in the commencement ceremony.
September 4 - 5, 1998 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Geneva, Switzerland. The Fa lecture and Q&A was published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the Conference in Switzerland).
October 20, 1998 The Chinese National Sports Bureau sent a team to Changchun and Harbin to investigate Falun Gong. After the investigation, the leader of the team confirmed Falun Gong's effects on good health and its positive role in improving social stability and spiritual civilization.
November 1, 1998 China Leshan Evening published a photograph report that said over 1,300 Dafa practitioners participated a Falun Dafa experience-sharing conference in Leshan and Meishan.
November 10, 1998 China Yangcheng Evening published an article titled, "Both the Elderly and the Young Practice Falun Gong," that reported 5,000 practitioners participating in the large-scale morning exercises. The article also told a story about Ms. Lin Chanying, a statistician at Guangzhou Leather Diwei Co. Ltd., who had been paralyzed and lost control of 70% of her body but had her walking ability restored after she started to practice Falun Gong.
November 24, 1998 A Shanghai TV station broadcast two reports on Falun Gong's immense popularity in Shanghai as well as other countries in all over the world. In one of the reports, the TV station said that there were already one hundred million people practicing Falun Gong in China.
December 1998 The Inner Mongolia Cultural Publishing Company published Falun Dafa, which is a compilation of two books, Zhuan Falun and The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa.
December 31, 1998 Shenxin Times devoted a whole page of the newspaper to a special report on Falun Gong. The headlines in the page included the summary of Falun Gong, "Falun Gong's Mind Body Cultivation Becomes Popular in Pengchen; 3,000 Practitioners Enjoy Practicing Falun Gong," "Falun Gong Group Practice Sites in College; College Professors and Students Want to Learn Falun Gong," "Falun Gong's Miraculous Healing Power; Many Patients Benefited from Falun Gong," etc. The stories were accompanied by seven color photos of Falun Dafa experience-sharing conferences and group practices.
January 1999 Falun Dafa (Lecture at the First Conference in North America) was published and distributed by Qinghai People's Publishing Company.
January 1999 Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Conference in Europe) was published and distributed by Qinghai People's Publishing Company.
January 1999 Hong Yin was published and distributed by Qinghai People's Publishing Company. Hong Yin is a collection of 72 poems that Mr. Li Hongzhi wrote from December 1972 to November 1998.
February 21 - 22, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Los Angeles, USA. The Fa lecture and Q&A were published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the Western United States Fa Conference).
March 4, 1999 The main Falun Dafa Assistant Center in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province was named "An Organization Outstanding for Returning Lost Items."
March 27 - 28, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in New York, U.S.A. The lecture and Q&A were later published in the book, Falun Dafa Lecture in East America.
March 1999 Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Assistants' Fa Conference in Changchun) was published and distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
March 1999 Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Conference in Singapore) was published and distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
March 1999 Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Conference in Switzerland) Published and Distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
April 11, 1999 He Zuoxiu published an article titled "Teenagers Should Not Practice Qigong" in Teenager Expo, quoting cases that had been included in a prior Beijing TV program and had already been found to be untrue.
April 18 - 24, 1999 Falun Gong practitioners in Tianjin went to the Tianjin Teacher's College (the publisher of Teenager Expo) and other related organizations to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. Within several days, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners arrived in Tianjin to help clarify the truth.
April 23 - 24, 1999 The Tianjin Public Security Bureau sent in 300 S.W.A.T. policemen, who used violence and excessive force to disperse Falun Gong practitioners who had gone to the Tianjin Teacher's College to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. The police arrested 45 Dafa practitioners. Some practitioners were injured by the police.
April 25, 1999 Over ten thousand Dafa practitioners from Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and other areas went to the National Appeal Bureau near Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound. Zhu Rongji, the Premier at the time, met with Falun Gong representatives. The Falun Gong representatives made three requests: 1) release the detained practitioners in Tianjin; 2) provide Falun Gong practitioners with an environment to practice Falun Gong freely; 3) allow the publishing of Falun Gong books. The detained Tianjin practitioners were released on the same day. All the Falun Gong practitioners who had gone to the National Appeal Bureau left around 9 PM without any incident.
The evening of April 25, 1999 Jiang Zemin, the then General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, wrote a letter to the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, claiming, "If the Chinese Communist Party cannot defeat Falun Gong, it will be the biggest joke on earth." This letter was passed on internally from the highest level of the Chinese Communist government to the bottom units.
April 27, 1999 Over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Dalian City gathered at the practice site at the Huabei Road in Dalian and held a group practice as a peaceful way to support fellow Falun Gong practitioners' appeal to the National Appeal Bureau in Beijing on April 25, 1999.
May 1 - 2, 1999 Approximately 2,500 Falun Gong practitioners from 12 countries attended the 1999 Australian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Sydney. Founder of Falun Dafa, Mr. Li Hongzhi, graced the conference with his presence. He gave a Fa lecture and answered Falun Gong practitioners' questions regarding cultivation practice. The Fa lecture's and Q&A were published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the Australia Fa Conference.)
May 2, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi was interviewed by Chinese and English media at the Darling Harbour International Conference Center in Australia where he answered reporters' questions.
May 8, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Sydney, Australia. The lecture and Q&A were later published in the book Falun Dafa: Teaching the Fa in New Zealand.
May 23, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Toronto, Canada. The lecture's and Q&A were later published in the book Falun Dafa Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Canada.
May 30, 1999 Overseas Falun Gong practitioners launched the Chinese (Minghui.org) and English (ClearWisdom.net) Falun Gong websites.
June 6, 1999 The Chinese Communist government interrogated over 100 Dafa practitioners who had attended the group appeal at the National Appeal Bureau on April 25, 1999.
June 7, 1999 Jiang Zemin gave a speech at the conference of the Political Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee claiming "The issue of Falun Gong has deep social and complex international implications" and "is the most serious political conflict since 1989's Student Movement at Tiananmen Square." This speech was secretly transmitted within the Chinese Communist Party on June 13, 1999.
June 10, 1999 "The 610 Office" was established to plan and execute a large-scale oppression against Falun Gong. After the persecution was launched, "the 610 Office" became a permanent organization at the ministerial level in the Chinese Communist government. There are over ten thousand local "610 Offices" of all levels all over China, which employ nearly one million people to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. These local "610 Offices" are heavily funded, and their authority overrides those of ordinary government agencies such as the public security offices, prosecutor's offices and people's courts. The local "610 Offices" only report to the local Chinese Communist Party Committee, and answer directly to their superior "610 Office." The duties of all "610 Offices" are to "instruct and coordinate public security, prosecuting, law, judicature, investigation, and security organizations to investigate, arrest and try Falun Gong practitioners in court."
June 14, 1999 The head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Affair's Office and the National Appeal Bureau issues statements that said people had the right to believe or not to believe in a Qigong practice, and said it was a false rumor that the government was about to oppress Falun Gong.
June 18, 1999 Over one thousand Falun Gong practitioners left Benxi, Liaoning Province, for Beijing to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the National Appeals Bureau. The Benxi police set up layers and layers of roadblocks to stop them from entering Beijing. As a result of the blockade, the No. 28 train to Beijing was stuck in Shenyang for over an hour. The police conducted an extremely thorough search, but more than 500 Falun Gong practitioners managed to break through the blockade and arrived in Beijing on Jung 19. The 500 some Falun Gong practitioners went to the National Appeals Bureau. Their action shocked the authority in the Chinese Central Government. This incident was later called "The 6.19 Incident."
June 25, 1999 The Mayor of Chicago, U.S.A. proclaimed June 25 "Chicago's Master Li Hongzhi Day."
The Governor of Illinois issued a letter of commendation to Mr. Li Hongzhi. The Treasurer of the State of Illinois honored Mr. Li Hongzhi with an Outstanding Service Award.
The Mayor of Chicago welcomed Mr. Li Hongzhi with a welcome letter. Mr. Li Hongzhi expressed his gratitude to the city and state officials in a public speech.
June 26, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Chicago, USA. The Fa lecture and Q&A were later published as Falun Dafa (Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Midwest-U.S. Fa Conference).
July 3 - 4, 1999 The 1999 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Paris, France.
July 14, 1999 Practitioners from Weifang made a peaceful appeal at Weifang's Appeal Bureau. On the morning of July 15, 1999, the municipal government in Weifang gave an official reply with the official seal, which stated that the Weifang government would refrain from publicly attacking Falun Gong in the newspaper, allow people to practice Falun Gong in public, allow Falun Gong practitioners to pass Falun Gong-related information by themselves, and would not attack or retaliate against those practitioners who went to appeal.
May 1992 - July 1999 People in more than 40 countries practice Falun Gong. The total number of Falun Gong practitioners increased from 7,000 to 100,000,000.
July 19, 1999 At a secret high-level government meeting, Jiang Zemin made an official announcement that he wants to comprehensively eradicate Falun Gong.
July 20, 1999 The Chinese Communist Party started to arrest Falun Gong practitioners, ransacked their homes, and confiscated their property nationwide, starting with Falun Gong assistants. On the same day, several tens of thousands Falun Gong practitioners who had heard the news went to the National Appeals Bureau to appeal for Falun Gong, but were arrested and detained in Beijing Fengtai Stadium, Shijingshan Stadium, and some other stadiums in the area.
Since July 20, 1999 Falun Gong practitioners from U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan and China rushed to Washington D.C., the capital of USA, to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the Chinese Embassy and the embassies of other countries, international organizations, the American congress, and call for their moral support for Falun Gong practitioners.
July 21, 1999 Practitioners from eastern Japan went to the Chinese Embassy in Japan and handed in an urgent appeal letter.
July 22, 1999 The persecution against Falun Gong officially began. The Chinese Communist Party newspaper, People's Daily published a long article entitled, "The Truth about Li Hongzhi" that slandered the founder of Falun Gong. The Ministry of Civil Administration made an official announcement to ban the Falun Dafa Research Association. The Ministry of Public Security announced "Six Prohibitions," including "prohibiting anyone, in any location to hang or post Falun Dafa banners, emblems, pictures and other types of Falun Gong signs; prohibiting anyone from distributing or promoting Falun Gong books, video and audio materials and other types of materials; prohibiting people from gathering to practice Falun Gong, promote Falun Gong, or engage in any other type of Falun Gong activities on any occasion; prohibiting the use of meditation, appeal, and other methods to protect or promote Falun Gong in gatherings, marches, or demonstrations; prohibiting anyone from making up or distorting facts, deliberately spreading rumors, or using other methods to stir up and damage societal order; prohibiting anyone from organizing, connecting with, or leading activities that are against the government's decisions." The Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee officially announced that, "The Communist Party members are forbidden to practice Falun Dafa." The Chinese Police nationwide continued to arrest Falun Gong practitioners, or abducted Falun Gong practitioners to local police stations, where they were made to watch brainwashing TV programs. The police also continued to ransack Falun Gong practitioners' homes, confiscated their Falun Gong books, burned Falun Gong books, videotapes, audio materials, etc. In the meantime, millions of Falun Gong practitioners began to walk towards Beijing and local government offices to peacefully appeal for Falun Gong. They ended up being either dispersed or arrested.
July 22, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi published "A Statement", calling governments all over the world, international organizations, and kindhearted people to help resolve the crisis that Falun Gong practitioners are experiencing. On the same day, Mr. Li Hongzhi was interviewed by BBC.
July 22, 1999 The International Human Rights Committee strongly condemned the Chinese government's oppression of Falun Gong.
July 1999 The 1999 Japan and U.S. Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Fa Conferences were held respectively while the Chinese Communist Government started to ban Falun Gong in China. Falun Gong practitioners participating in the Fa conferences in Japan and the U.S. urged the international community to offer practitioners in China immediate humanitarian support.
July 23, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a speech at a press conference in New York. The Canadian government sent a letter to the Chinese Foreign Affairs Department, protesting the Chinese government's oppression of Falun Gong.
July 23, 1999 Falun Gong practitioners in Japan held a press conference in Tokyo that attracted dozens of media outlets
Since July 23, 1999 Falun Gong practitioners all over Germany wrote letters to the Chinese Embassy in Germany. The practitioners urged the Chinese government to stop the persecution against Falun Gong and called on Germany's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support. They also held a press conference in Berlin.
July 24, 1999 Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference in Washington, DC near the Chinese Embassy. Many Chinese and Western reporters came to the press conference. Meanwhile, over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the National Mall between the National Gallery of Art and the Space Museum, and were interviewed by Chinese and English media.
July 24, 1999 The 1999 U.S. West Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in San Jose, California. More than 100 Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world and approximately 400 non-practitioners that wished to understand about Falun Dafa attended the conference. Reporters from more than 10 media outlets also attended the conference for news reports and interviews.
July 25, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi was interviewed in New York by the French International Radio Broadcasting Corporation.
July 27, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi sent a signed letter to the Chinese Embassy in the United States and asked it to forward the letter to the Chinese Communist government. The letter urged the Chinese government to immediately stop the persecution against Falun Gong and resolve the issue with peaceful talks.
July 27, 1999 The U.S. State Department made a statement, urging the Chinese Communist government to restrain its attitude toward Falun Gong.
July 27 - August 1, 1999 More than 200 Falun Gong practitioners from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut gathered at the public square in front of the United Nation's building in New York City, calling for the immediate end of the persecution against Falun Gong.
July 28, 1999 The Chinese Public Security Bureau issued an international arrest warrant for Mr. Li Hongzhi, accusing him of usurping the Chinese Communist regime. INTERPOL refused to cooperate with the Chinese Communist government. More than 5,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Dalian City Government, calling for an end of the persecution against Falun Gong.
July 29, 1999 Falun Gong practitioners in the U.S. gathered in Washington, DC to hold a press conference, calling the Chinese Communist government to end the persecution of Falun Gong.
July 29 - August 6, 1999 Falun Gong practitioners in Vancouver, Canada gathered in front of the Vancouver Art Museum for nine consecutive days, calling the world to learn the truth about Falun Gong. More than ten news media organizations came to interview practitioners and provided positive coverage for the event.
July 31, 1999 Mr. Li Hongzhi published a statement expressing his grave regret that the Chinese Government had issued an arrest warrant for him through the International Operative Organization.
July 31, August 7 - 8, 1999 Falun Gong practitioners in France gathered at the Human Rights Square across from the Elf Tower, calling the world to support and help Falun Gong. French Television, French Radio, International Radio Broadcast and RFA came to cover the story.
August 4, 1999 The United Citizens' Association of the United Nations condemned the Chinese Communist government's violations of human rights and fundamental freedom.
August 6, 1999 25 Congressmen in the United States co-signed a letter to Jiang Zemin, demanding him to stop persecuting Falun Gong.
August 7, 1999 The first Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference using English as the primary language was held in New Hampshire, the United States. Approximately 60 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
August 8, 1999 The Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, USA became the first mayor in the world to proclaim "Mr. Li Hongzhi Day" since Jiang Zemin started to persecute Falun Gong on July 20, 1999.
August 8, 1999 138 Falun Gong practitioners practiced Falun Gong together at the Wanlu Park in Haiko City, Hainan Province. Under the siege by the Chinese police, they insisted on finishing practice Falun Gong. This is later known as the "August 8th Incident in Haiko."
Mid-August of 1999 200 to 300 Falun Gong practitioners held a Falun Dafa experience sharing conference in Nanshang Village, Fangshan District, Beijing. The police abducted coordinators of the conference, including Mr. Yu Zhou and Ms. Xu Na after the conference.
August 14, 1999 More than 200 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to demonstrate the peaceful Falun Gong exercises to the public and held an experience sharing conference in public on the lawn of the National Mall. The Mayor of Washington, D.C. proclaimed the week from August 9 to 13 of 1999 as "Falun Dafa Week." The Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland proclaimed August 13, 1999 as "Mr. Li Hongzhi Day." The Governor of Maryland honored Mr. Li Hongzhi as an "Honorary Citizen of Maryland" and issued the honorary certificate on August 14, 1999. The Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania proclaimed August 16, 1999 as "Falun Dafa Day."
August 16, 1999 Chen Ying, a 17-year-old female student at Shuren High School, Jiamusi City, Heilongjian Province, was arrested by the police on her way to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. Due to the pressure from the police's verbal abuse, battering and threats, Chen Ying was forced to jump out of the train and died. This is the first case reported on Minghui.org where a Falun Gong practitioner was persecuted which resulted in death. This news was published on Minghui.org on October 25, 1999.
August 1999 The second Falun Dafa conference in Germany was held in Berlin.
August 29, 1999 The 1999 England Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. More than 300 Falun Gong practitioners from England, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, and France attended the conference.
September 1999 Over 2000 Falun Gong practitioners from New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and other countries gathered in New Zealand to protest to Jiang Zemin during the APEC meeting in New Zealand.
September 18 - 19, 1999 The first Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. More than 200 Falun Gong practitioners from Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Sweden and China attended the conference.
October 9, 1999 The first Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference using English as the primary language in New Jersey and Philadelphia was held in Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Over 100 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
October 12, 1999 The 1999 Houston Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. Over 100 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
October 16, 1999 Minghui.org published the first case where a perfectly sane Falun Gong practitioner was thrown into a psychiatric institution as a form of persecution. Cheng Zhong, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiangsu Province, was abducted to the Third People's Hospital (a psychiatric hospital) in Wujin City, where he was subjected to injection of neurotoxic drugs and electric shock.
October 16 - 17, 1999 The 1999 Metropolitan New York Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in New York on the 3rd Anniversary of Teacher Li Hongzhi's Fa lecture in New York. Nearly 600 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
October 24, 1999 The first Northern Europe Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Stockholm, Sweden. About 100 Falun Gong practitioners from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway attended the conference.
October 25, 1999 Chinese Central Television's News Network program broadcast a French reporter's interview with Jiang Zemin, who claimed that, "Falun Gong is an evil cult." After the interview was broadcast on TV, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners went to Tiananmen Square and the People's Congress Hall to appeal for Falun Gong and were arrested by Chinese police.
October 26, 1999 All major Chinese Communist government media published Jiang Zemin's speech on October 25, 1999 under the title of "Falun Gong is an Evil Cult." It is regarded as the official announcement of the Chinese government against Falun Gong. Nearly 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners went to Tiananmen Square at the National Appeal's Bureau and were arrested.
October 27, 1999 People's Daily published the article "Falun Gong Is An Evil Cult" by a "special" commentator. About 600 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested when they displayed banners which said "Falun Dafa is good" on Tiananmen Square. Seventeen Falun Gong practitioners went up to the front gate of Tiananmen Square to hang Falun Gong banners. Fifteen of them were Falun Gong practitioners from Beijing. They were sentenced to four months to two years in jail. The other two Falun Gong practitioners were sent to the prisons in the cities of their residence.
October 28, 1999 About 30 Falun Gong practitioners held a secret press conference in Beijing where they identified themselves with their real names. They were photographed and interviewed by Western media outlets such as the AP, Reuters, RFA, and The New York Times. On the same day AP and Reuters published news articles about the interview. The New York Times, South China Morning News and several European newspapers published the interviews with large photos on the following day. Many of the Falun Gong practitioners who appeared at the secret press conference were later arrested. Ms. Ding Yan and Mr. Cai Mintao were tortured to death in year 2000. Ms. Gu Lina was sentenced to four years in jail. Mr. Jiang Chaohui and Ms. Zhang Ke were sentenced to three years in prison. Ms. Liu Dongmei was sentenced to three years in a forced labor camp. Ms. Lei Xiaoting was sentenced to two years in prison. The whereabouts of the other practitioners who attended the news conference is currently unknown.
October 30, 1999 The Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Congress passed legislation, "Banning Evil Cults, as well as Preventing and Punishing the Activities of Evil Cults." All the major media outlets in China published the Supreme Court and the Supreme People's Legislative Court's "An Explanation on How to Prosecute Criminal Activities of the Evil Cults with Existing Law." Although Falun Gong was not mentioned in the explanation, the general publishers were given the impression that the explanation would be used as a basis to oppress Falun Gong.
November 1, 1999 The legislative organizations in China made an announcement through the media that four members from the former Falun Dafa Research Association, including Li Chang, Wang Zhiwen, Ji Liewu, and Yao Jie, who had been in detention for several months were formally arrested.
November 6 - 7, 1999 The first Australian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference using English as the primary language was held in Gold Coast. More than 250 Falun Gong practitioners from Australia, Guangzhou (China), Hong Kong, Canada, and New Zealand attended the conference.
November 12, 1999 Four Falun Gong practitioners, including Song Yuesheng, Cheng Yuan, Jiang Shilong, Liang Yulin, were given two to twelve years in prison. Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners were sentenced to three years in forced labor camps. It was the first time that China sentenced Falun Gong practitioners to prison in public.
November 18 - 19, 1999 The United States House and Senate Congre

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