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About ICPC

Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) is a nongovernmental, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization beyond borders based on free association of those who write, edit, translate, research and publish literature work in Chinese and dedicated to freedom of expression for the workers in Chinese language and literature, including writers, journalists, translators, scholars and publishers over the world. ICPC is a member organization of International PEN, the global association of writers dedicated to freedom of expression and the defence of writers suffering governmental repression. Through the worldwide PEN network and its own membership base in China and abroad, ICPC is able to mobilize international attention to the plight of writers and editors within China attempting to write and publish with a spirit of independence and integrity, regardless of their political views, ideological standpoint or religious beliefs. Continue reading

Where There Is Life, There Is Hope – Briefings on the Ninth Congress of ICPC and Its Administration Changes

Where There Is Life, There Is Hope

– Briefings on the Ninth Congress of ICPC and Its Administration Changes

From April 29 to May 13, 2020, the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) held online the ninth congress of its Membership Assembly. 82 of its 153 voting members signed up to attend the congress. The membership assembly held four plenary sessions, approved the work and financial reports submitted by the Board of Directors, and elected the new Board according to its Charter. Among 11 candidates, nine were elected as the directors. They are Mr. ZHAO Shiying, Mr. LI Hai, Mr. ZHAO Changqing, Ms. LI Jianhong, Mr. XU Yonghai. Ms. LIU Di, Mr. LIU Zhengqing, Mr. Song TAN and Mr. PEI Yiran. Mr. DU Daobin and Mr. SUN Honglu were elected as alternate directors. Eight of them are based in China mainland though the human rights situation there have been getting worse with 13 of their colleagues of ICPC members still imprisoned, including Mr. ZHANG Guiqi (aka LU Yang), the 12th candidate who have been detained for suspision of “inciting subversion” by the police in Shandong Province since May 1 before the ICPC election. Continue reading

255. Chen Jieren

Name                       Chen Jieren

Penname                Xiao Shan

Sex                             Male

Birth date               1970-04-12

Birth place             Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province

Resident place     Chenzhou City, Hunan Province

Education              Bachelor of Laws, Tsinghua University (2001)

Profession             President of Hualin Management Consulting Co., Ltd., Beijing City, freelance writer and journalist, former civil servant and reporter Continue reading

185. XIE FENGXIA

Xie fengxiaPenname                      XIE Wenfei

Sex                                    Male

Birth date                   1977-04-07

Birth place                  Chenzhou City, Hunan Province

Resident place          Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province Continue reading

254. Chen Qiushi

Name                      Chen Qiushi

Penname               

Sex                              Male

Birth date                1985-09-19

Birth place            Daxinganling area, Heilongjiang Province

Resident place      Beijing City

Education               Graduate from Law School at Heilongjiang University (2007)

Profession            Citizen journalist, video blogger, former lawyer at Beijing Longan Law Firm Continue reading

253. Qin Yongpei

Name                      Tan Yongpei

Penname               

Sex                              Male

Birth date                1969-09-12

Birth place             Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Resident place      Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Education               Graduate from Statistics Major at Guangxi School of Finance and Economics Continue reading

252. IMINJAN SEYDIN

Name                      Iminjan Seydin

Penname              

Sex                              Male

Birth date                1965-04-28

Birth place             Ustun Atush , Atush City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Resident place      Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Education               B.A. in History, Xinjiang University (1990) Continue reading

219. GUI MINHAI

Gui MinhaiPenname                Ah Hai

Sex                              Male

Birth date              1964-05-05

Birth place             Ning City, Zhejiang Province

Resident place       Düsseldorf, Germany (Swedish citizen)

Education                B.A. in History at Peking University (1985), M.A. in Humanities (1990) and Ph.D in History (1996) at University of Gothenburg Continue reading