5月26日，由于跳河的访民太多，中共在国家信访局附近的永定河（注：访民口中的永定河，实为永定门护城河，非北京人口中的永定河）上安装了隔离网。
On May 26, authorities installed barrier netting over the Yongding River near the State Bureau for Letters and Calls — known among petitioners as the “Yongding River,” though it is in fact the Yongdingmen moat, not the Yongding River as Beijingers know it — following a surge in petitioners jumping into the water.