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About Gao Qinrong
- Gao Qinrong (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Gao QÃnróng; born c.
- 1955) is a Chinese journalist who was imprisoned for eight years after reporting on a fraudulent irrigation project in his home province of Shanxi.
- In 2007, he won the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award.Gao worked as a reporter for the Xinhua News Agency in Shanxi.
- In 1998, he reported in the Shanxi Youth Daily that officials in the city of Yuncheng had arranged a fake irrigation project worth US$35 million to improve their prospects for promotion.
- Initially circulated only with the Communist Party officials, the report soon drew national and international attention.Gao was arrested on 4 December 1998.
- Ten days later, he was charged with crimes including embezzlement, fraud and pimping.
- On 28 December, he was found guilty in a secret trial and sentenced to a 12-year jail term.In prison, he ran a newspaper.
- Coverage of Gao's case brought renewed attention to the challenges facing Chinese journalists.Gao was released early, in December 2006, having served eight years of his sentence.
- Chinese state media described his case as example of the authorities' willingness to battle corruption, with one newspaper stating: "That the local reporter Gao Qinrong was framed and imprisoned after revealing the frightful spectacle of local corruption is a highly irregular situation."Gao is married to Dui Maoying, who lobbied officials for his release throughout his imprisonment.
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