「河南郑州：河南村镇银行储户再次发起抗议行动（2025.06.20）」6月20日，约50名河南村镇银行储户突破中共当局的重重封锁和拦截，在郑州如意湖畔再次发起维权行动，抗议河南当局侵占其存款。
2022年4月18日，河南省境内的四家村镇银行：禹州新民生村镇银行、上蔡惠民村镇银行、柘城黄淮村镇银行、开封新东方村镇银行，在几乎同一时间毫无预警地关闭线上取款和转账渠道，冻结了六十多万名储户超过400亿元人民币的存款。
储户们为讨回存款，在过去三年多时间里，组织了数十次抗议行动。期间，大量储户遭到中共警察的拘禁、殴打，甚至被以莫须有的罪名判刑并长期关押。
虽然至今未能取回存款，参与维权的人数也越来越少，但仍在坚持的储户表示：“钱要不要得回来是一回事，但是，不放弃是一种可贵的精神。而且不是那种下跪、哭天抢地的。”
Zhengzhou, Henan: Depositors of Rural Banks Launch Another Protest (June 20, 2025)
On June 20, around 50 depositors affected by the Henan rural bank scandal broke through heavy blockades imposed by Chinese authorities and held another protest at Ruyi Lake in Zhengzhou, demanding the return of their frozen savings.
The crisis began on April 18, 2022, when four rural banks in Henan—Yuzhou Xinminsheng Village Bank, Shangcai Huimin Village Bank, Zhecheng Huanghuai Village Bank, and Kaifeng Xindongfang Village Bank—suddenly and without warning suspended all online withdrawals and transfers. The move froze over 40 billion yuan (approximately 5.5 billion USD) in deposits, affecting more than 600,000 account holders.
Over the past three years, depositors have staged dozens of protests in efforts to reclaim their funds. During this period, many were detained, beaten, or even sentenced to long prison terms on questionable charges by Chinese police.
Although most depositors have still not recovered their money and participation in protests has dwindled, those who continue to speak out say:
“Whether we get our money back is one thing. But refusing to give up—that’s a kind of dignity. And it’s not about begging or putting on a show of tears.”