Pen name Wen Yu
Sex Male
Birth date 1960-07-03
Birth place Shanghai City
Resident place Beijing City
Education B. A in Chinese Literature at Fudan University (1982), M.A. in Sociology at Nankai University (1887), Ph.D. in Sociology at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. (ICPC honorary member)
Profession Research professor at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, deputy director of Public Policy Research Center, executive director of the China Development Strategy & Policy Research Institute, Special Guest Commentator of CCTV.
Date of arrest 2005-04-? (detained)
Organ of arrest Beijing National Security Bureau
Cause of arrest Related to the case of Ching Cheong. Lu and Ching regularly exchanged information on the political and social situation in China for their scientific and journalistic work. Ching also helped Lu get around 60 articles published in the Straits Times.
Charge Espionage
Date of sentence 2006-12-18, 2007-04-? (appeal)
Organ of sentence Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court (closed trial), Beijing High People’s Court (appear)
Sentence 20-year imprisonment
Defender Unknown
Place of jail Yancheng Prison, Sanhe City, Hebei Province, China
Situation in jail Health worsening
Date of release 2025-04
Family contact QU Liqiu (wife)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main case
References
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Lu-Jianhua,-sociologist-of-Academy-of-Sciences,-gets-20-years-8046.html
http://www.hkhkhk.com/main/messages/15618.html
http://www.ifex.org/china/2006/12/28/liu_jianhua_receives_20_year_sentence/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/05/AR2005080501505.html