Case details and biography of Liu Ruping, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinan, Shandong, sentenced to 3 years and 6 months

（Rights Defense Network Information Center report）On July 28, 2026，this website learned the case details and biography of Liu Ruping, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinan, Shandong, who was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months，and they are reported as follows：

Liu Ruping：A male Falun Gong practitioner from Jinan, Shandong，born in 1961，and 65 years old in 2026。Liu Ruping was formerly director of the Legal Research Office of the Party School of Changqing District, Jinan City，and also a full-time lawyer at Shuntian Law Firm。His wife, Zhang Chenglan, is an engineer at the Economic and Information Technology Bureau of Changqing District, Jinan City。

On September 29, 2025，Liu Ruping, Zhang Chenglan, and more than 40 other Falun Gong practitioners from Jinan, Shandong Province, were arrested by police from the Changqing District Public Security Bureau，and at least 19 Falun Gong practitioners were criminally detained and subsequently held in custody。Liu Ruping and Zhang Chenglan were brought before the Changqing District Court on March 13, 2026。On April 15, 2026，Liu Ruping was sentenced to 3 and a half years，while Zhang Chenglan was sentenced to 3 years，and the two were fined a total of 18,000 yuan。This is already Liu Ruping's third prison sentence and Zhang Chenglan's second prison sentence。They were also both subjected to persecution through re-education through labor。Liu Ruping's sentence runs until March 28, 2029：