「生意惨淡难以为继，长沙数百商户集体罢市要求降租（2026.05.20）」5月20日，湖南长沙雨花区高桥建材市场数百名商户因长期生意惨淡、经营难以为继，集体罢市停业，要求市场管理方降低租金。

Strike Demanding Rent Reduction (2026.05.20)

On May 20, hundreds of merchants at the Gaoqiao Building Materials Market in Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, collectively shut down their stalls in protest, demanding that market management reduce rents after prolonged sluggish business left them unable to sustain their operations.

5月20日，云南大理天龙八部影视城老板欠下上百名演员三个月工资跑路，员工集体罢工。

On May 20, the owner of the Tianlong Babu Film and Television City in Dali, Yunnan allegedly fled after owing more than a hundred actors three months of unpaid wages, triggering a collective strike by employees.

「河南尉氏县发生重大公共卫生事件，医院诊所人满为患（2026.05.19-21）」5月19日至21日，河南省开封市尉氏县发生重大公共卫生事件，全县城居民大范围出现上吐下泻等中毒症状，学生群体尤为严重。全县各医院人满为患，诊所门口排起长龙。据多名当地网友透露，事件疑因自来水管破裂、污水倒灌所致，全县停水时间已超过24小时。亦有网友认为不排除人为投毒的可能。20日，当地官方媒体发布通报，称已成立调查组，但随即关闭评论区。除此之外，当地政府未见任何实质性救助行动与应对措施。

On May 19–21, a major public health incident struck Weishi County, Kaifeng, Henan Province, with large numbers of residents across the county developing symptoms consistent with poisoning — including vomiting and diarrhea. Students were among the worst affected. Hospitals throughout the county were overwhelmed, and long queues formed outside clinics. According to multiple local residents posting online, the suspected cause is a burst water main that allowed sewage to contaminate the supply, leaving the entire county without running water for more than 24 hours; some online commenters have also raised the possibility of deliberate poisoning. On May 20, local state media announced the formation of an investigation team — then disabled the comments section of the post. Beyond that announcement, no substantive relief measures or emergency response actions have been reported from local authorities.

5月19日，上海高院外，维权的黄浦区外滩190街坊被强拆户遭保安暴力驱逐。由于房屋被当局低价强拆，190街坊的被强拆户们此前曾多次维权。

On May 19, outside the Shanghai High Court, residents of Compound 190 on the Bund, Huangpu District — who had had their homes forcibly demolished — were violently expelled by security guards while attempting to petition for redress. The residents of Compound 190 have staged multiple previous protests after their properties were forcibly seized and demolished by authorities at below-market compensation.

「广州上百“泛华保险”投资人连日集会，多人遭抓捕（2026.05.18-19）」5月18日至19日，广东广州天河区珠江新城的泛华控股集团总部外，来自中国多地的上百名投资人连续两天集会维权，高喊“泛华还钱”等口号，要求兑付投资款。19日，多名投资人在抗议现场被便衣警察初抓走。据悉，曾被称为“亚洲保险中介第一股”的泛华控股集团，在以“内部福利”“高回报、低风险”等为诱饵，向泛华体系内保险代理人及相关投资者兜售了大量“员工持股计划”理财产品后，于2024年出现兑付危机并最终爆雷，涉及金额约90亿元人民币，受影响人数约8000人。

Hundreds of “Fanhua Insurance” Investors Rally for Consecutive Days in Guangzhou; Multiple People Arrested (2026.05.18-19)

From May 18 to 19, hundreds of investors from various parts of China gathered for two consecutive days outside the headquarters of Fanhua Holding Group in Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, to protest and defend their rights. Shouting slogans such as “Fanhua, return our money,” they demanded the redemption of their investment funds. On May 19, multiple investors were initially seized and taken away by plainclothes police at the protest site.

It is reported that Fanhua Holding Group, once dubbed “Asia’s first insurance intermediary stock,” allegedly used lures like “internal benefits” and “high returns with low risks” to sell a massive volume of “employee stock ownership plan” wealth management products to insurance agents within the Fanhua system and related investors. The company hit a redemption crisis in 2024, which ultimately led to a financial collapse. The crash involves an estimated amount of 9 billion RMB and affects approximately 8,000 people.

5月19日，上海市社保保险事业管理中心，大量维权的外来人员综和保险购买者被警察强行塞进大巴车抓走。2011年6月30日前，非上海户籍的打工者由于无法参加上海职工保险，只能购买外来人员综合保险。2025年，上海出台了综合保险转社会保险的政策，但十年综合保险只能折算两年工龄，因此引发综合保险购买者不满，已发起多次维权行动，要求按1:1转社保。公开资料显示显示，约有400万人在就业期间被缴纳了外来人员综合保险。

On May 19, at the Shanghai Social Insurance Administration Center, a large number of migrant workers enrolled in the city’s Comprehensive Insurance Scheme who were protesting were forcibly pushed onto buses and taken away by police.

Before June 30, 2011, non-Shanghai hukou workers were not allowed to participate in Shanghai’s standard employee social insurance system and could only enroll in the Comprehensive Insurance Scheme for migrant workers. In 2025, Shanghai introduced a policy allowing comprehensive insurance to be converted into standard social insurance. However, ten years of comprehensive insurance contributions can only be converted into two years of pension seniority, sparking strong dissatisfaction among participants. Since then, multiple protest actions have been launched demanding a 1:1 conversion into social insurance.

Public records show that around 4 million workers were enrolled in the migrant workers’ Comprehensive Insurance Scheme during their employment.

5月18日，由于拿不到工资，福建泉州晋江南霞美村宇强鞋厂的数百名工人堵了工厂大门。

On May 18, hundreds of workers at the Yuqiang Shoe Factory in Nanxiamei Village, Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, blocked the factory gates after failing to receive their wages.

5月18日，河北高碑店市烂尾楼“玫瑰园二期”的上百名业主到市政府要房并要求见市长，但他们只见到了大量特警。

On May 18, more than one hundred homeowners from the unfinished “Rose Garden Phase II” housing project in Gaobeidian, Hebei, gathered at the city government demanding the delivery of their homes and requesting a meeting with the mayor, but were met instead by a large number of special police officers.