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Four uniformed urban inspectors were detained after footage of them gambling surfaced online. Photo: Thepaper.cn

Chinese inspectors detained for gambling after video posted online

24 Jun 2018 - 6:57PM

Crack unit unveils secret weapon to put the dampers on hawkers

25 Jan 2018 - 6:01PM

Officials probe claims that 100 stray dogs buried alive in northern China

28 Apr 2014 - 7:37PM

Chengguan officials seriously injured after assault by large crowd

24 Apr 2014 - 5:59PM

The crowd surrounded the officials. Photo: Screenshot via Weibo

Hubei man beaten by more than 10 chengguan after calling them 'thugs'

11 Dec 2013 - 6:30PM

Eighteen chengguan officers hospitalised after acid attack

21 Oct 2013 - 9:53AM

Death of sugar cane seller reignites debate on reforming chengguan

30 Sep 2013 - 6:10PM

The body of Xu Lizhong seen lying amid onlookers in Yiyang, Hunan province, on Sunday. Screenshot via Sina Weibo.

Taiwanese celebrity Annie Yi adopts executed hawker’s son as godson

26 Sep 2013 - 4:53PM

Shenyang hawker hoped for justice ahead of execution for double killing

26 Sep 2013 - 1:10PM

Street hawker at heart of controversial chengguan homicide case executed

25 Sep 2013 - 8:17PM

Xia Junfeng (left) with his son and wife, Zhang Jing. Photo: Xinhua

Chengguan beat graduate in Nanjing for filming house demolition

10 Aug 2013 - 10:56AM

A man films local urban management officers. Photo: Screenshot from Sina

Heat foils Wuhan man’s plan to fake chengguan beating death

5 Aug 2013 - 6:26PM

Watermelon farmer died of 'malformed' vascular hemorrhage, says Hunan police

2 Aug 2013 - 12:08PM

Chengguan violence escalates with police beating

27 Jul 2013 - 3:54AM

Bystanders documented the Qinghai policeman's beating by chengguan on Tuesday. Screenshot from Sina Weibo.

Chengguan blamed for beating another vendor

In the latest incident, four or five chengguan allegedly bashed a hawker over the head with their walkie-talkies and even bricks - then refused to take him to hospital even though his head was covered in blood, People's Daily reported.

22 Jul 2013 - 4:43AM

A vendor in Harbin allegedly beaten up by urban enforcers, causing more anger online against thuggery. Photo: SCMP

Six face charges of 'intentional injury' in death of watermelon vendor

Six urban management officers were sent to a detention centre in Chenzhou city for causing "intentional injury" to the street vendor Deng Zhengjia, 56, who died as a result of his injuries, Xinhua reported, citing officials from the Linwu county government.

17 Jan 2018 - 12:49PM

Six urban enforcers held over Hunan watermelon seller death

19 Jul 2013 - 6:25PM

Could a Hunan hawker be the one to ignite China's very own Arab Spring?

The killing of watermelon seller Deng Zhengjia this week in China has led netizens to draw parallels with the death of Tunisian vegetable vendor Mohamed Bouazizi, which triggered regime change across the Middle East.

21 Jul 2013 - 8:27AM

Fury as Hunan watermelon seller is 'beaten to death by chengguan'

The death of a Hunan watermelon vendor has reignited public outrage against the chengguan - urban management officials - force in China as the latest incident of what some call excessive violence has triggered a protest in the south-central province.

19 Jul 2013 - 4:55AM

Wuhan street vendor was 'undercover' chengguan security officer, say authorities

The official, or chengguan as they are more commonly known, was caught selling ceramic mugs on a sidewalk in the Wuhan's Hongshan district on Sunday.

18 Jul 2013 - 2:59PM

Social order officers' violence hits home

Stories about chengguan - officers employed by city urban administrative and law enforcement bureaus - beating up street vendors are nothing new, but when a video showing one in Yanan , Shaanxi , stamping on a vendor's head was circulated online last week, it sparked surprise and anger.

18 Jul 2013 - 2:59PM

A street hawker in Guizhou province was allegedly beaten to death by chengguan in 2011.

Video: Chinese officers filmed stamping on bike shop owner's head are sacked

29 Aug 2013 - 4:13AMvideocam

A series of screenshots from the video show an assault by chengguan in Yanan, Shaanxi, in April.

Opinion | China's rule enforcers say they're 'misunderstood'

An "urban management official", or chengguan, has probably one of the most unrewarding jobs in China. Short of being police officers, these municipal employees are tasked with enforcing city rules such as bans on hawking or begging.

29 Aug 2013 - 4:13AM

Yunnan chengguan accused of beating blind, homeless man

18 Jul 2013 - 2:59PM

Guangzhou security official attacked by knife-wielding hawker

The official, identified as Su Jiaquan, was stabbed seven times and had knife wounds on her head, face, hands and forearms. The attacker, and other hawkers at the scene, fled immediately.

18 Jul 2013 - 3:00PM

Photo from nandu.com, of the injured chengguan official in hospital.

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Chengguan

Chengguan are an urban management force installed in almost every city on mainland China. They mostly clamp down on illegal street vendors but also enforce rules on city sanitation, landscaping and parking. Chengguan officers have been increasingly criticised after some of them used bullying tactics that have resulted in injuries and sometimes death.

last updated:

9 September, 2024