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A Chronicle of Major Events of Falun Dafa

"Throughout the course of history, historians have always recorded the significant events. We have compiled a preliminary Falun Dafa Chronicle, and ask for practitioners' feedback in order to complete and correct the Falun Dafa Major Events chronicle."

[Note: All Falun Dafa books and articles refer to their Chinese version unless otherwise specified.]

Date	Event
May 13, 1951	The founder of Falun Gong, Mr. Li Hongzhi was born in Princess Ridge City (or Gongzhuling City in Chinese), Jilin Province, China.
May 13 - 22, 1992	The first session of Falun Dafa lecture classes was conducted at the Fifth Middle School, Changchun City, China. About 180 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
May 25 - June 3, 1992	The second session of Falun Dafa classes in Changchun was conducted at the Fifth Middle School, Changchun City, China. About 250 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
June 25 - July 4, 1992	The first set of Falun Dafa classes in Beijing was conducted at the auditorium of the National Building Materials Bureau located at the Ganjiakou Business Center in Beijing. About 240 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: China Qigong Research Association
July 15 - July 24, 1992	The second set of Falun Dafa classes in Beijing was held at the Second Artillery Auditorium, South Lishi Road, Beijing. About 600 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: China Qigong Research Association
August 26 - September 4, 1992	The third set of Falun Dafa classes in Changchun was conducted at the Changkong Recreation Center, Changchun City. About 550 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
September 7, 1992	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Changchun.
September 8 - 17, 1992	The fourth set of Falun Dafa classes in Changchun was conducted at the Provincial Committee Auditorium, Changchun City. About 700 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
September 18 - 25, 1992	The third set of Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Second Artillery Auditorium, Beijing. Sponsoring Organization: China Qigong Research Association
September 1992	Falun Gong was officially accepted as a direct branch of the China Qigong Research Association, and received a nationwide permit to teach Falun Dafa in China.
October 1992	A Falun Dafa class in Taiyuan was conducted at the Labor Union Auditorium of the Mining Machinery Factory, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. Sponsoring Organization: The Mining Machinery Factory Labor Union, Taiyuan City
October 27 - November 5, 1992	The fourth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Second Artillery Auditorium, Beijing. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
November 16 - 25, 1992	A Falun Dafa class in Guan County was conducted at the Guan County Brewery Factory's Auditorium, Guan County, Shandong Province. About 150 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guan County Qigong Association
November 30 - December 9, 1992	The fifth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at Third Academy of the Yungang Space Division, Beijing. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
December 12 - 21, 1992	Mr. Li Hongzhi and some of his students attended the 1992 Oriental Health Expo in Beijing. The expo was held at the National Trade Building, Dabeiyao, Beijing. Masses of people who attended the expo were amazed by the miraculous healing effect of Falun Gong. Mr. Li Hongzhi received more awards at the expo than any other Qigong master.
January 3 - 12, 1993	The sixth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Nuclear Equipment Factory's Auditorium, Dabeiyao, Beijing. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
February 7 - 14, 1993	The seventh Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Army's Second Artillery Auditorium, Beijing. About 5,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
February 15 - 22, 1993	The eighth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the auditorium of the Chinese Department of Aerospace's Third Academy at Sanfeng, Beijing. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
February 23 - March 4, 1993	The ninth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Nuclear Equipment Factory's Auditorium, Beijing. 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
March 15 to 24, 1993	The first Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at the Wuchang 701 Auditorium, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. About 300 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Association
March 29 - April 7, 1993	The second Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at the Hankou City Committee's Auditorium, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Association
April 1993	China Falun Gong published and distributed by the Military Affairs Friendship and Culture Publishing Company
April 13 - 22, 1993	The first Falun Dafa class in Guangzhou was conducted at the Xiangxiao Factory Labor Union, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. About 200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: The Guangzhou Baolin Qigong School
April 29 - May 6, 1993	The tenth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Wukesong Space Division Second Academy Auditorium, Beijing. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
May 8 - 17, 1993	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Linqing Party School's Auditorium, Linqing City, Shandong Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Linqing City Human Body Research Association
May 25 - June 4, 1993	The first Falun Dafa class in Guiyang was conducted at Guiyang City, Guizhou Province. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guizhou Province Qigong Research Association
June 5 - 15, 1993	The second Falun Dafa class in Guiyang was conducted at Guiyang City, Guizhou Province. Sponsoring Organization: Guizhou Province Qigong Research Association
June 1993	The Chinese Qigong magazine published a special report on Falun Gong and Mr. Li Hongzhi.
June 19 - 26, 1993	The fifth Falun Dafa class in Changchun was conducted at the Changchun City Provincial Committee's Auditorium. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
June 27 - July 4, 1993	The sixth Falun Dafa class in Changchun was conducted at the Mingfang Palace Auditorium of Jilin University, Changchun City. About 1,200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Human Body Research Association
July 14 - 23, 1993	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Qiqihar Post and Telecommunication Auditorium, Helongjiang Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qiqihar City Qigong Research Association
July 25 - August 3, 1993	The eleventh Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Public Security University, Beijing. About 2,200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
July 30, 1993	Under the approval of the Chinese Qigong Research Association, the Chinese Falun Gong Research Association was established.
August 4 - 11, 1993	The 12th Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Second Academy's Auditorium of Wukesong Air and Space Department, Beijing. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
August 15 - 21, 1993	The third Falun Dafa class in Guiyang was conducted at Guiyang City, Huizhou Province. About 1,700 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guizhou Province Qigong Research Association
August 27 - September 5, 1993	The thirteenth Falun Dafa class in Beijing was conducted at the Changxindian 27th Locomotive Factory's Auditorium, Beijing. About 560 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Qigong Principles and Standards Committee of China Qigong Research Association
August 31, 1993	The Valor Foundation at the Public Security Ministry in China wrote a thank-you letter to the Chinese Qigong Scientific Research Institute, expressing its heartfelt gratitude towards Mr. Li Hongzhi, who voluntarily treated and healed the awarded representatives with no charge at the Third National Valor Awards.
September 12 - 22, 1993	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Jiangbei District Government's Auditorium, Chongqing, Sichuan Province. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Chongqing City Health Qigong School
September 21, 1992	The People's Public Security Daily published by the Public Security Ministry in China, published a news report titled, "Falun Gong Healed Valor Award Winners," which says that people who had received the Valor Award but were afflicted with illnesses or injuries "have seen their health greatly improved after [Mr. Li Hongzhi's] treatment."
September 25 - October 2, 1993	The third Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at Wuchang city, Wuhan. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Research Association
October 3 - 10, 1993	The fourth Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at the Hankou City Committee's Auditorium, Wuhan. About 1,200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Research Association
October 11 - 18, 1993	The fifth Falun Dafa class in Wuhan was conducted at the Qingshan Region, Wugang Auditorium, Wuhan. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Wuhan City Qigong Research Association
October 25 - November 3, 1993	The second Falun Dafa class in Guangzhou was conducted at the auditorium of the Federation of Trade Unions' headquarters, Guangzhou City. About 700 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guangzhou City Baolin Qigong School
November 21 - December 1, 1993	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at Hefei City, Anhui Province. About 510 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Anhui Province Qigong Association
December 11 - 20, 1993	Mr. Li Hongzhi and some of his students attended the 1993 Oriental Health Expo in Beijing. The expo was held at the Sanyuanqiao International Exhibition Center in Beijing. Mr. Li Hongzhi attended the expo as a member of the Expo Organizing Committee. Mr. Li Hongzhi gave Fa lectures on December 15, 17 and 20. At the end of the expo, Mr. Li was awarded the top prize of the expo, "Greatest Contributor to the Progress Being Made in the Cutting Edge Science." He also received the "Special Gold Prize" of the expo and was named the "Most Popular Qigong Master."
December 1993	China Falun Gong, The Revised Edition was published and distributed by the Military Affairs Friendship and Culture Publishing Company
December 27, 1993	Mr. Li Hongzhi was awarded an Honors Proclamation by the Valor Foundation at the Public Security Ministry in China.
January 6 - 15, 1994	The third Falun Dafa class in Guangzhou was conducted at the headquarters of the Federation of Trade Unions, Guangzhou City. About 800 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guangzhou Baolin Qigong School
January 17 - 26, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Jianshe Road Peoples' Auditorium, Heping District, Tianjin. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Tianjin Science and Technology Consulting Company, Qigong Development Division.
January 28 - February 5, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Jinan Jingshi Road Number 27 Young Cadres Academy, Shandong Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Youth Science and Technology Education Center, Shandong Province
February 11 - 18, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Kenli County Committee Reception's Auditorium, Shandong Province. About 400 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Shandong Kenli Huanghekou Economic Technology Development Regional Management Committee
February 20 - March 1, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Lingyuan Iron and Steel Company Federation of Trade Unions Auditorium, Liaoning Province. About 800 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Liaoning Lingyuan Iron and Steel Company Federation of Trade Unions.
March 3 - 12, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Shijiazhuang City Youth Palace, Hebei Province. About 800 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Hebei Shijiazhuang Yonglong Human Body Research Association
March 14 - 22, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Heping Bayi Auditorium, Tianjin. About 1,200 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Tianjin Human Body Research Association and Tianjin Science and Technology Consulting Company Development Division
March 27 - April 4, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Dalian Foreign Languages Institute, Nanyuan Auditorium, Liaoning. About 600 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Liaoning Province Dalian Qigong Research Association
April 5 - 12, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Liaoning Province Jinzhou City Qigong Research Association
April 15 - 24, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at Hefei City, Anhui Province. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Anhui Province Qigong Research Association
April, May, August of 1994	Window to Art magazine published special reports on Falun Gong and Mr. Li Hongzhi in three monthly issues.
April 29 - May 8, 1994	The seventh Falun Dafa class in Changchun was conducted at the Jilin University Mingfanggong Auditorium, Changchun City. About 1,000 people attended the day class and about 1,000 people attended the night class. Sponsoring Organization: Changchun City Qigong Research Association
May 14 - 15, 1994	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave Fa lectures and taught the Falun Gong exercises at the auditorium of the Policemen's College in Beijing. Sponsoring Organization: The Chinese Valor Foundation
May 20 - 27, 1994	A Dafa class was conducted at the Chongqing City Heavy Steel Third Factory Auditorium, Chongong, Sichuan Province. Sponsoring Organization: Chongqing City Health Qigong School
May 29 - June 5, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Sichuan Qigong Research Association
June 11 - 18, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Zhengzhou City Fengyu Sports Stadium, Henan Province. Sponsoring Organization: Zhengzhou Qigong Association
June 21 - 28, 1994	The second Falun Dafa class in the city of Jinan was conducted at the Jinan City Huangting Sports Stadium in Jinan, Shandong. About 4,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Shandong Province Youth Science and Technology Cultural Service Center
July 2 - 9, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Dalian City Locomotive Factory Sports Stadium in Dalian, Liaoning Province. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Dalian City Qigong Research Association
July 15 - 18, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the National Women's Volleyball Training Center Sports Stadium, Zhengzhou City, Hunan Province. About 500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Hunan Province Zhengzhou District Qigong Research Association
July 19 - 27, 1994	The fourth Falun Dafa class was conducted in the city of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guangzhou Baolin Qigong School
August 3, 1994	The Houston City Government in Houston, Texas, the United States issued a proclamation and honored Mr. Li Hongzhi as the "Honorary Citizen of Houston" as well as "Goodwill Ambassador"
August 5 - 12, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Harbin City Feichi Water Polo Stadium in Harbin City, Heilongjiang. About 1,500 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Harbin City Qigong Research Association
August 20 - 27, 1994	A Falun Dafa class was conducted at the Yanji Yanbian County Sports Stadium in Yanbian County, Jilin Province. About 1,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Yanji Qigong Research Association
September 1994	The Falun Gong Exercises instructional videotape was published by Beijing Television and Art Center Publishing Company.
September 18, 1994	Mr. Li Hongzhi explained the Fa to Falun Dafa Assistants at Changchun. Mr. Li gave a Fa lecture and explained the Fa for five and a half hours.
December 21 - 29, 1994	The fifth Falun Dafa class at Guangzhou was conducted at the Guangzhou Sports Stadium. About 6,000 people attended the class. Sponsoring Organization: Guangzhou City Human Body Research Association
December 31, 1994	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Dalian. About 6,600 people attended the lecture.
May 13, 1992 - December 21, 1994	In summary, during this period of time, Mr. Li Hongzhi was invited by various local governments and Qigong research institutes to teach a total of 54 sets of Falun Dafa classes in China. Each class lasted about 10 days. Several tens of thousands people participated in these classes.
December 1994	Zhuan Falun was published and distributed by China TV Broadcasting Agency Publishing Company
January 4, 1995	Mr. Li Hongzhi unveiled his new book, Zhuan Falun at a ceremony held in Beijing. He also gave a Fa lecture at the book unveiling ceremony.
March 13, 1995	Mr. Li Hongzhi was invited to Paris, France to spread his teaching by the Chinese ambassador to France and other officials at the Chinese Embassy in Paris, France. In the afternoon, Mr. Li was invited to give a Fa lecture at the Cultural Center of the Chinese embassy in France. This marked the beginning of Falun Dafa's being introduced outside of China.
March 13 - 19, 1995	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Dafa class in France. It was the first Falun Dafa class held outside China. Mr. Li taught the class at night.
April 14 - 20, 1995	The second Falun Dafa class outside of China was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was the last time that Mr. Li Hongzhi gave his Nine-Lectures class. In addition, Mr. Li gave three Fa lectures in Gothenburg, one Fa lecture in Stockholm, and one Fa lecture in Uddevalla. Each Fa lecture lasted for about half a day.
May 10 - 14, 1995	To commemorate the third anniversary of Falun Dafa being taught in public, Falun Dafa practitioners held "The First Falun Dafa Painting and Photography Exhibition" in Changchun City. There were a total of 655 pieces of artwork of different varieties at the exhibition. Over 6,000 people attended the exhibition. The Assistant Director of Qigong Scientific Research Institute in Jilin Province, the Chairman of the Jilin Provincial Sports Qigong Association, and the Secretary General of Qigong and Human Body Research Institute in Changchun City, as well as many other celebrities, attended the event.
May 13, 1995	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Dayushan, Hong Kong, which was included in Zhuan Falun (Volume II).
August 1995	Explaining the Content of Falun Dafa distributed by the Changchun Publishing Company
November 1995	Zhuan Falun (Volume II) was published and distributed by the China World Languages Publishing Company
January 1996	Beijing Youth Daily listed Zhuan Falun as one of the ten best-selling books in Beijing.
March 1996	Falun Dafa withdrew from the China Qigong Scientific Research Association.
March 21, 1996	Beijing Youth Daily published a list of best-selling books in Beijing City, with Zhuan Falun as one of them.
March 22, 1996	Beijing Evening Daily published a list of best-selling books in January and February, with Zhuan Falun on both lists.
1996	Mr. Li Hongzhi immigrated to the United States.
Since April 1996	The members of the former Chinese Falun Gong Research Association filed applications to the Ethnic Group Affairs Committee at the China National People's Congress, China Buddhism Association, and the United Front Bureau of the Chinese Central Government to establish a non-religious Falun Gong Academic Research Association. The United Front Bureau of the Chinese Central Government issued an official document stating that the application was denied and the agency didn't support the establishment of the Falun Gong association. The bureau also ordered the management of the six original applicants to relay the message in person to the applicants.
June 8, 1996	Beijing Daily announced April's best-selling book list, with Zhuan Falun as one of the best-sellers.
June 17, 1996	Guangming Daily, one of Chinese Communist government's official newspapers, published an editorial article titled, "A Loud and Long Alarm Must Be Sounded Against Pseudo-Science," which claimed Falun Gong to promote superstition, and to be "Pseudo-Science." This is the first time the Chinese Communist government attacked Falun Gong in public.
July 15, 1996	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Hong Kong and answered Falun Gong practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. Approximately 100 people attended the meeting.
July 24, 1996	The Chinese News Publishing Bureau, which is under the Propaganda Bureau at the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist government, issued an internal order to in all cities and provinces, prohibiting the publishing of Zhuan Falun and China Falun Gong, and other Falun Gong books due to their nature of "promoting superstition."
August 3, 1996	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Sydney and answered questions regarding cultivation. The lecture and Q&A were published as the book Falun Dafa - Lecture in Sydney.
August 20, 1996	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at the Narai Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Approximately 200 people attended the meeting.
October 12, 1996	Mr. Li Hongzhi made a public speech in Houston, Texas. Approximately 1,000 people attended the conference. Falun Dafa was officially introduced in the United States on that day. On that day, the Houston city government made Mr. Li Hongzhi an Honorary Citizen of Houston as well as a Goodwill Ambassador, and proclaimed October 12, 1996 as Li Hongzhi Day in Houston.
October 19, 1996	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at the Falun Dafa conference in New York, USA and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. Approximately 2000 people attended the conference.
October 25 - November 2, 1996	The first international Falun Dafa Conference was held in Beijing, China. On November 2, Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at the conference.
November 26, 1996	Mr. Li Hongzhi answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation in Sydney, Australia.
The Beginning of 1997	The Chinese Public Security Ministry carried out an investigation throughout China trying to collect criminal evidence of Falun Gong as "an evil cult." But the police at all levels in China came back with the same report: "Haven't found any problem." Hence the investigation stopped.
March 1997	Mr. Li Hongzhi's book, The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa was published.
1997	Falun Dafa (Lecture in Sydney) was published and distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
March 17, 1997	Dalian Daily, a local Chinese newspaper, published an article titled "The Elderly Good Samaritan Makes Contribution Quietly." The news article described how an elderly man, Sheng Lijian, built a road that was over 1,100 meters long for his village on his own after he started to practice Falun Gong.
March 22 - 23, and April 6, 1997	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave Fa lectures and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation in New York and San Francisco, USA. Approximately 2,500 people attended the Fa conference in San Francisco. The lectures were included in Falun Dafa - Lectures in the US.
April 1997	Mr. Li Hongzhi published Falun Buddha Law Essentials for Further Advancement, a collection of Mr. Li's 56 articles written from June 1992 to February 1997.
July 1997	Mr. Li Hongzhi's Explaining the Content of Falun Dafa is published. It is a collection of Mr. Li Hongzhi's speeches at a ceremony held in Beijing announcing the publishing of Zhuan Falun, and Q&A's from Falun Dafa Nine-Lecture classes in the cities of Changchun, Zhenzhou, Jinan, Yanqin and Guangzhou.
July 1997	Falun Dafa (Lectures in the United States) published and distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
July 14, 1997	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in Hong Kong and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. Approximately 150 people attended the lecture.
September 1997	The Chicago Times published a series of articles, "Humans and Science: The Enlightenment of Falun Gong." The articles said that Falun Dafa inspired mankind to explore new science.
November 16, 1997	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at the Sixing Elementary School in Taipei, Taiwan and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. It marked Mr. Li Hongzhi's official introduction of Falun Dafa to Taiwan.
November 20, 1997	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at Wufeng Technical School in Taiwan and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation.
November and December of 1997	Members of the former Falun Gong Research Association filed a report to the Chinese Ministry of Civil Administration and the Chinese Public Security Ministry. The report indicated that they had agreed to abide by the decision made by the government and would not continue to pursue their application to form a formal Falun Dafa Association.
December 25 - 31, 1997	Falun Gong practitioners from North America, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and many countries and regions attended the international Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Beijing, China.
February 21, 1998	Dalian Evening, a Chinese newspaper, published a story that praised the courageous action of Yuan Hongcun, a Falun Gong practitioner at the Dalian Naval Vessels Academy. He rescued a child who had fallen under a crack in ice that was 3-meter thick in the Dalian Freedom River.
March 29 - 30, 1998	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture in New York, USA. Approximately 3,500 people attended the conference. The Fa lecture and Q&A was published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the First Conference in North America).
March 30, 1998	Beijing Daily reported a story where a Falun Gong practitioner made an anonymous donation of 180,000 RMB to science and technology research in China.
May 30 - 31, 1998	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Frankfurt, Germany. The Fa lecture and Q&A was later published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the Conference in Europe).
May 1998	The Chinese National General Athletic Bureau conducted an overall investigation on Falun Gong. In September 1998, a group of medical experts did a statistical sampling survey of the 12,553 Falun Gong practitioners in Guangdong Province. The results showed that the healing effect of practicing Falun Gong was as high as 97.9%.
May 1998	Beijing TV's "Fast Forward" program aired an interview with He Zuoxiu, a member of the Chinese Academy of Science, who attacked Falun Gong as being superstitious in the same segment where a reporter from the station interviewed practitioners at an exercise site in Beijing's Yu Yuantan Park and had practitioners describe the benefits of Falun Gong. After the show aired, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from Beijing and Hebei province either wrote letters or directly visited the TV station to point out that He Zuoxiu's attack on Falun Gong was inaccurate.
May 1998	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at a Falun Dafa experience sharing conference at Toronto University in Toronto, Canada, and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation.
June 2, 1998	After performing an internal investigation, Beijing TV acknowledged that its previous negative program on Falun Gong was the biggest mistake that the station had ever made since its establishment. Beijing TV station later broadcast another TV program with a Falun Gong practitioner's interview in order to correct the mistake. The producer of the previous program was let go.
June 20 - 22, 1998	After Qilu Evening News published an article slandering Falun Dafa, over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Jinan went to the newspaper to clarify the truth about Falun Gong.
July 19, 1998	China Economy Times published an article titled, "I Can Stand Up!" This article reported a story of Xie Xiufen, a housewife from Handan city in Hebei province, who had been paralyzed for over 16 years, but was able to walk after she started practicing Falun Gong.
July 21, 1998	The 1st Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security issued Document [1998] No. 555, "Notice of the Investigation of Falun Gong," which claimed that Falun Gong was an "evil cult." The Ministry of Public Security carried out a series of investigations on Falun Gong that were known as "finding [Falun Gong] guilty first and then collecting evidence." These actions included, but were not limited to, tapping Falun Gong assistants' phones, tailing Falun Gong assistants, closing down Falun Gong practice sites, forcefully dispersing the practitioners during group exercise practice, ransacking practitioners' houses, confiscating their personal properties, and other things.
July 26, 1998	Mr. Li Hongzhi met Falun Dafa Assistants at the Assistants' Fa Conference at Changchun, where he gave a Fa lecture and answered questions regarding cultivation. The lectures and Q&A were compiled and later published in the book, Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Changchun Assistants' Fa Conference).
August 11, 1998	Beijing Daily published an article describing Beijing citizens practicing various exercises, especially Falun Gong, in the morning. The article included a photo of Falun Gong practitioners practicing the Falun Gong exercises.
August 22 - 23, 1998	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture at a Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Singapore and answered Falun Dafa practitioners' questions regarding cultivation. The Fa lecture becomes the book, Falun Dafa - Lecture at the Singapore Fa Conference.
In the second half of 1998	In response to letters from people who reported the police's unjust treatment of Falun Gong practitioners, Qiao Shi, the formal chairman of the People's National Congress, led other retired senior members of the congress to perform a thorough investigation on Falun Gong that lasted several months. The investigation concluded that "Falun Gong has hundreds of benefits for the Chinese people and China, and does not have one single bad effect." The retired leaders submitted the investigation report to the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee.
August 23, 1998	The China Youth Daily published an article titled, "The Festival of Life," which introduced a Falun Gong team of 1,500 people who gave an outstanding demonstration of Falun Gong at the 1998 Shenyang Asian Sports Festival. The article also described Falun Gong's good effects on its practitioners' health and included two photos that showed Falun Gong practitioners participating in the commencement ceremony.
September 4 - 5, 1998	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Geneva, Switzerland. The Fa lecture and Q&A was published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the Conference in Switzerland).
October 20, 1998	The Chinese National Sports Bureau sent a team to Changchun and Harbin to investigate Falun Gong. After the investigation, the leader of the team confirmed Falun Gong's effects on good health and its positive role in improving social stability and spiritual civilization.
November 1, 1998	China Leshan Evening published a photograph report that said over 1,300 Dafa practitioners participated a Falun Dafa experience-sharing conference in Leshan and Meishan.
November 10, 1998	China Yangcheng Evening published an article titled, "Both the Elderly and the Young Practice Falun Gong," that reported 5,000 practitioners participating in the large-scale morning exercises. The article also told a story about Ms. Lin Chanying, a statistician at Guangzhou Leather Diwei Co. Ltd., who had been paralyzed and lost control of 70% of her body but had her walking ability restored after she started to practice Falun Gong.
November 24, 1998	A Shanghai TV station broadcast two reports on Falun Gong's immense popularity in Shanghai as well as other countries in all over the world. In one of the reports, the TV station said that there were already one hundred million people practicing Falun Gong in China.
December 1998	The Inner Mongolia Cultural Publishing Company published Falun Dafa, which is a compilation of two books, Zhuan Falun and The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa.
December 31, 1998	Shenxin Times devoted a whole page of the newspaper to a special report on Falun Gong. The headlines in the page included the summary of Falun Gong, "Falun Gong's Mind Body Cultivation Becomes Popular in Pengchen; 3,000 Practitioners Enjoy Practicing Falun Gong," "Falun Gong Group Practice Sites in College; College Professors and Students Want to Learn Falun Gong," "Falun Gong's Miraculous Healing Power; Many Patients Benefited from Falun Gong," etc. The stories were accompanied by seven color photos of Falun Dafa experience-sharing conferences and group practices.
January 1999	Falun Dafa (Lecture at the First Conference in North America) was published and distributed by Qinghai People's Publishing Company.
January 1999	Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Conference in Europe) was published and distributed by Qinghai People's Publishing Company.
January 1999	Hong Yin was published and distributed by Qinghai People's Publishing Company. Hong Yin is a collection of 72 poems that Mr. Li Hongzhi wrote from December 1976 to November 1998.
February 21 - 22, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Los Angeles, USA. The Fa lecture and Q&A were published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the Western United States Fa Conference).
March 4, 1999	The main Falun Dafa Assistant Center in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province was named "An Organization Outstanding for Returning Lost Items."
March 27 - 28, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in New York, U.S.A. The lecture and Q&A were later published in the book, Falun Dafa Lecture in East America.
March 1999	Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Assistants' Fa Conference in Changchun) was published and distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
March 1999	Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Conference in Singapore) was published and distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
March 1999	Falun Buddha Fa (Lecture at the Conference in Switzerland) Published and Distributed by Falun Buddha Fa Publishing Company
April 11, 1999	He Zuoxiu published an article titled "Teenagers Should Not Practice Qigong" in Teenager Expo, quoting cases that had been included in a prior Beijing TV program and had already been found to be untrue.
April 18 - 24, 1999	Falun Gong practitioners in Tianjin went to the Tianjin Teacher's College (the publisher of Teenager Expo) and other related organizations to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. Within several days, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners arrived in Tianjin to help clarify the truth.
April 23 - 24, 1999	The Tianjin Public Security Bureau sent in 300 S.W.A.T. policemen, who used violence and excessive force to disperse Falun Gong practitioners who had gone to the Tianjin Teacher's College to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. The police arrested 45 Dafa practitioners. Some practitioners were injured by the police.
April 25, 1999	Over ten thousand Dafa practitioners from Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and other areas went to the National Appeal Bureau near Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound. Zhu Rongji, the Premier at the time, met with Falun Gong representatives. The Falun Gong representatives made three requests: 1) release the detained practitioners in Tianjin; 2) provide Falun Gong practitioners with an environment to practice Falun Gong freely; 3) allow the publishing of Falun Gong books. The detained Tianjin practitioners were released on the same day. All the Falun Gong practitioners who had gone to the National Appeal Bureau left around 9 PM without any incident.
The evening of April 25, 1999	Jiang Zemin, the then General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, wrote a letter to the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, claiming, "If the Chinese Communist Party cannot defeat Falun Gong, it will be the biggest joke on earth." This letter was passed on internally from the highest level of the Chinese Communist government to the bottom units.
April 27, 1999	Over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners in Dalian City gathered at the practice site at the Huabei Road in Dalian and held a group practice as a peaceful way to support fellow Falun Gong practitioners' appeal to the National Appeal Bureau in Beijing on April 25, 1999.
May 1 - 2, 1999	Approximately 2,500 Falun Gong practitioners from 12 countries attended the 1999 Australian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Sydney. Founder of Falun Dafa, Mr. Li Hongzhi, graced the conference with his presence. He gave a Fa lecture and answered Falun Gong practitioners' questions regarding cultivation practice. The Fa lecture's and Q&A were published as Falun Dafa (Lecture at the Australia Fa Conference.)
May 2, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi was interviewed by Chinese and English media at the Darling Harbour International Conference Center in Australia where he answered reporters' questions.
May 8, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in New Zealand. The lecture and Q&A were later published in the book Falun Dafa: Teaching the Fa in New Zealand.
May 23, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Toronto, Canada. The lecture's and Q&A were later published in the book Falun Dafa Teaching the Fa at the Fa Conference in Canada.
May 30, 1999	Overseas Falun Gong practitioners launched the Chinese (Minghui.org) and English (ClearWisdom.net) Falun Gong websites.
June 6, 1999	The Chinese Communist government interrogated over 100 Dafa practitioners who had attended the group appeal at the National Appeal Bureau on April 25, 1999.
June 7, 1999	Jiang Zemin gave a speech at the conference of the Political Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee claiming "The issue of Falun Gong has deep social and complex international implications" and "is the most serious political conflict since 1989's Student Movement at Tiananmen Square." This speech was secretly transmitted within the Chinese Communist Party on June 13, 1999.
June 10, 1999	"The 610 Office" was established to plan and execute a large-scale oppression against Falun Gong. After the persecution was launched, "the 610 Office" became a permanent organization at the ministerial level in the Chinese Communist government. There are over ten thousand local "610 Offices" of all levels all over China, which employ nearly one million people to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. These local "610 Offices" are heavily funded, and their authority overrides those of ordinary government agencies such as the public security offices, prosecutor's offices and people's courts. The local "610 Offices" only report to the local Chinese Communist Party Committee, and answer directly to their superior "610 Office." The duties of all "610 Offices" are to "instruct and coordinate public security, prosecuting, law, judicature, investigation, and security organizations to investigate, arrest and try Falun Gong practitioners in court."
June 14, 1999	The head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Affair's Office and the National Appeal Bureau issues statements that said people had the right to believe or not to believe in a Qigong practice, and said it was a false rumor that the government was about to oppress Falun Gong.
June 18, 1999	Over one thousand Falun Gong practitioners left Benxi, Liaoning Province, for Beijing to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the National Appeals Bureau. The Benxi police set up layers and layers of roadblocks to stop them from entering Beijing. As a result of the blockade, the No. 28 train to Beijing was stuck in Shenyang for over an hour. The police conducted an extremely thorough search, but more than 500 Falun Gong practitioners managed to break through the blockade and arrived in Beijing on Jung 19. The 500 some Falun Gong practitioners went to the National Appeals Bureau. Their action shocked the authority in the Chinese Central Government. This incident was later called "The 6.19 Incident."
June 25, 1999	The Mayor of Chicago, U.S.A. proclaimed June 25 "Chicago's Master Li Hongzhi Day." The Governor of Illinois issued a letter of commendation to Mr. Li Hongzhi. The Treasurer of the State of Illinois honored Mr. Li Hongzhi with an Outstanding Service Award. The Mayor of Chicago welcomed Mr. Li Hongzhi with a welcome letter. Mr. Li Hongzhi expressed his gratitude to the city and state officials in a public speech.
June 26, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a Fa lecture and answered questions about cultivation in Chicago, USA. The Fa lecture and Q&A were later published as Falun Dafa (Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Midwest-U.S. Fa Conference).
July 3 - 4, 1999	The 1999 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Paris, France.
July 14, 1999	Practitioners from Weifang made a peaceful appeal at Weifang's Appeal Bureau. On the morning of July 15, 1999, the municipal government in Weifang gave an official reply with the official seal, which stated that the Weifang government would refrain from publicly attacking Falun Gong in the newspaper, allow people to practice Falun Gong in public, allow Falun Gong practitioners to pass Falun Gong-related information by themselves, and would not attack or retaliate against those practitioners who went to appeal.
May 1992 - July 1999	People in more than 40 countries practice Falun Gong. The total number of Falun Gong practitioners increased from 7,000 to 100,000,000.
July 19, 1999	At a secret high-level government meeting, Jiang Zemin made an official announcement that he wants to comprehensively eradicate Falun Gong.
July 20, 1999	The Chinese Communist Party started to arrest Falun Gong practitioners, ransacked their homes, and confiscated their property nationwide, starting with Falun Gong assistants. On the same day, several tens of thousands Falun Gong practitioners who had heard the news went to the National Appeals Bureau to appeal for Falun Gong, but were arrested and detained in Beijing Fengtai Stadium, Shijingshan Stadium, and some other stadiums in the area.
Since July 20, 1999	Falun Gong practitioners from U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan and China rushed to Washington D.C., the capital of USA, to clarify the truth about Falun Gong to the Chinese Embassy and the embassies of other countries, international organizations, the American congress, and call for their moral support for Falun Gong practitioners.
July 21, 1999	Practitioners from eastern Japan went to the Chinese Embassy in Japan and handed in an urgent appeal letter.
July 22, 1999	The persecution against Falun Gong officially began. The Chinese Communist Party newspaper, People's Daily published a long article entitled, "The Truth about Li Hongzhi" that slandered the founder of Falun Gong. The Ministry of Civil Administration made an official announcement to ban the Falun Dafa Research Association. The Ministry of Public Security announced "Six Prohibitions," including "prohibiting anyone, in any location to hang or post Falun Dafa banners, emblems, pictures and other types of Falun Gong signs; prohibiting anyone from distributing or promoting Falun Gong books, video and audio materials and other types of materials; prohibiting people from gathering to practice Falun Gong, promote Falun Gong, or engage in any other type of Falun Gong activities on any occasion; prohibiting the use of meditation, appeal, and other methods to protect or promote Falun Gong in gatherings, marches, or demonstrations; prohibiting anyone from making up or distorting facts, deliberately spreading rumors, or using other methods to stir up and damage societal order; prohibiting anyone from organizing, connecting with, or leading activities that are against the government's decisions." The Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee officially announced that, "The Communist Party members are forbidden to practice Falun Dafa." The Chinese Police nationwide continued to arrest Falun Gong practitioners, or abducted Falun Gong practitioners to local police stations, where they were made to watch brainwashing TV programs. The police also continued to ransack Falun Gong practitioners' homes, confiscated their Falun Gong books, burned Falun Gong books, videotapes, audio materials, etc. In the meantime, millions of Falun Gong practitioners began to walk towards Beijing and local government offices to peacefully appeal for Falun Gong. They ended up being either dispersed or arrested.
July 22, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "A Statement", calling governments all over the world, international organizations, and kindhearted people to help resolve the crisis that Falun Gong practitioners are experiencing. On the same day, Mr. Li Hongzhi was interviewed by BBC.
July 22, 1999	The International Human Rights Committee strongly condemned the Chinese government's oppression of Falun Gong.
July 1999	The 1999 Japan and U.S. Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Fa Conferences were held respectively while the Chinese Communist Government started to ban Falun Gong in China. Falun Gong practitioners participating in the Fa conferences in Japan and the U.S. urged the international community to offer practitioners in China immediate humanitarian support.
July 23, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi gave a speech at a press conference in New York. The Canadian government sent a letter to the Chinese Foreign Affairs Department, protesting the Chinese government's oppression of Falun Gong.
July 23, 1999	Falun Gong practitioners in Japan held a press conference in Tokyo that attracted dozens of media outlets
Since July 23, 1999	Falun Gong practitioners all over Germany wrote letters to the Chinese Embassy in Germany. The practitioners urged the Chinese government to stop the persecution against Falun Gong and called on Germany's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for support. They also held a press conference in Berlin.
July 24, 1999	Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference in Washington, DC near the Chinese Embassy. Many Chinese and Western reporters came to the press conference. Meanwhile, over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered at the National Mall between the National Gallery of Art and the Space Museum, and were interviewed by Chinese and English media.
July 24, 1999	The 1999 U.S. West Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in San Jose, California. More than 100 Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world and approximately 400 non-practitioners that wished to understand about Falun Dafa attended the conference. Reporters from more than 10 media outlets also attended the conference for news reports and interviews.
July 25, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi was interviewed in New York by the French International Radio Broadcasting Corporation.
July 27, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi sent a signed letter to the Chinese Embassy in the United States and asked it to forward the letter to the Chinese Communist government. The letter urged the Chinese government to immediately stop the persecution against Falun Gong and resolve the issue with peaceful talks.
July 27, 1999	The U.S. State Department made a statement, urging the Chinese Communist government to restrain its attitude toward Falun Gong.
July 27 - August 1, 1999	More than 200 Falun Gong practitioners from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut gathered at the public square in front of the United Nation's building in New York City, calling for the immediate end of the persecution against Falun Gong.
July 28, 1999	The Chinese Public Security Bureau issued an international arrest warrant for Mr. Li Hongzhi, accusing him of usurping the Chinese Communist regime. INTERPOL refused to cooperate with the Chinese Communist government. More than 5,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in front of the Dalian City Government, calling for an end of the persecution against Falun Gong.
July 29, 1999	Falun Gong practitioners in the U.S. gathered in Washington, DC to hold a press conference, calling the Chinese Communist government to end the persecution of Falun Gong.
July 29 - August 6, 1999	Falun Gong practitioners in Vancouver, Canada gathered in front of the Vancouver Art Museum for nine consecutive days, calling the world to learn the truth about Falun Gong. More than ten news media organizations came to interview practitioners and provided positive coverage for the event.
July 31, 1999	Mr. Li Hongzhi published a statement expressing his grave regret that the Chinese Government had issued an arrest warrant for him through the International Operative Organization.
July 31, August 7 - 8, 1999	Falun Gong practitioners in France gathered at the Human Rights Square across from the Elf Tower, calling the world to support and help Falun Gong. French Television, French Radio, International Radio Broadcast and RFA came to cover the story.
August 4, 1999	The United Citizens' Association of the United Nations condemned the Chinese Communist government's violations of human rights and fundamental freedom.
August 6, 1999	25 Congressmen in the United States co-signed a letter to Jiang Zemin, demanding him to stop persecuting Falun Gong.
August 7, 1999	The first Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference using English as the primary language was held in New Hampshire, the United States. Approximately 60 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
August 8, 1999	The Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, USA became the first mayor in the world to proclaim "Mr. Li Hongzhi Day" since Jiang Zemin started to persecute Falun Gong on July 20, 1999.
August 8, 1999	138 Falun Gong practitioners practiced Falun Gong together at the Wanlu Park in Haiko City, Hainan Province. Under the siege by the Chinese police, they insisted on finishing practice Falun Gong. This is later known as the "August 8th Incident in Haiko."
Mid-August of 1999	200 to 300 Falun Gong practitioners held a Falun Dafa experience sharing conference in Nanshang Village, Fangshan District, Beijing. The police abducted coordinators of the conference, including Mr. Yu Zhou and Ms. Xu Na after the conference.
August 14, 1999	More than 200 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to demonstrate the peaceful Falun Gong exercises to the public and held an experience sharing conference in public on the lawn of the National Mall. The Mayor of Washington, D.C. proclaimed the week from August 9 to 13 of 1999 as "Falun Dafa Week." The Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland proclaimed August 13, 1999 as "Mr. Li Hongzhi Day." The Governor of Maryland honored Mr. Li Hongzhi as an "Honorary Citizen of Maryland" and issued the honorary certificate on August 14, 1999. The Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania proclaimed August 16, 1999 as "Falun Dafa Day."
August 16, 1999	Chen Ying, a 17-year-old female student at Shuren High School, Jiamusi City, Heilongjian Province, was arrested by the police on her way to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. Due to the pressure from the police's verbal abuse, battering and threats, Chen Ying was forced to jump out of the train and died. This is the first case reported on Minghui.org where a Falun Gong practitioner was persecuted which resulted in death. This news was published on Minghui.org on October 25, 1999.
August 1999	The second Falun Dafa conference in Germany was held in Berlin.
August 29, 1999	The 1999 England Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. More than 300 Falun Gong practitioners from England, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, and France attended the conference.
September 1999	Over 2000 Falun Gong practitioners from New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, and other countries gathered in New Zealand to protest to Jiang Zemin during the APEC meeting in New Zealand.
September 18 - 19, 1999	The first Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. More than 200 Falun Gong practitioners from Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Sweden and China attended the conference.
October 9, 1999	The first Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference using English as the primary language in New Jersey and Philadelphia was held in Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Over 100 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
October 12, 1999	The 1999 Houston Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. Over 100 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
October 16, 1999	Minghui.org published the first case where a perfectly sane Falun Gong practitioner was thrown into a psychiatric institution as a form of persecution. Cheng Zhong, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiangsu Province, was abducted to the Third People's Hospital (a psychiatric hospital) in Wujin City, where he was subjected to injection of neurotoxic drugs and electric shock.
October 16 - 17, 1999	The 1999 Metropolitan New York Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in New York on the 3rd Anniversary of Teacher Li Hongzhi's Fa lecture in New York. Nearly 600 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
October 24, 1999	The first Northern Europe Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Stockholm, Sweden. About 100 Falun Gong practitioners from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway attended the conference.
October 25, 1999	Chinese Central Television's News Network program broadcast a French reporter's interview with Jiang Zemin, who claimed that, "Falun Gong is an evil cult." After the interview was broadcast on TV, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners went to Tiananmen Square and the People's Congress Hall to appeal for Falun Gong and were arrested by Chinese police.
October 26, 1999	All major Chinese Communist government media published Jiang Zemin's speech on October 25, 1999 under the title of "Falun Gong is an Evil Cult." It is regarded as the official announcement of the Chinese government against Falun Gong. Nearly 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners went to Tiananmen Square at the National Appeal's Bureau and were arrested.
October 27, 1999	People's Daily published the article "Falun Gong Is An Evil Cult" by a "special" commentator. About 600 Falun Gong practitioners were arrested when they displayed banners which said "Falun Dafa is good" on Tiananmen Square. Seventeen Falun Gong practitioners went up to the front gate of Tiananmen Square to hang Falun Gong banners. Fifteen of them were Falun Gong practitioners from Beijing. They were sentenced to four months to two years in jail. The other two Falun Gong practitioners were sent to the prisons in the cities of their residence.
October 28, 1999	About 30 Falun Gong practitioners held a secret press conference in Beijing where they identified themselves with their real names. They were photographed and interviewed by Western media outlets such as the AP, Reuters, RFA, and The New York Times. On the same day AP and Reuters published news articles about the interview. The New York Times, South China Morning News and several European newspapers published the interviews with large photos on the following day. Many of the Falun Gong practitioners who appeared at the secret press conference were later arrested. Ms. Ding Yan and Mr. Cai Mintao were tortured to death in year 2000. Ms. Gu Lina was sentenced to four years in jail. Mr. Jiang Chaohui and Ms. Zhang Ke were sentenced to three years in prison. Ms. Liu Dongmei was sentenced to three years in a forced labor camp. Ms. Lei Xiaoting was sentenced to two years in prison. The whereabouts of the other practitioners who attended the news conference is currently unknown.
October 30, 1999	The Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Congress passed legislation, "Banning Evil Cults, as well as Preventing and Punishing the Activities of Evil Cults." All the major media outlets in China published the Supreme Court and the Supreme People's Legislative Court's "An Explanation on How to Prosecute Criminal Activities of the Evil Cults with Existing Law." Although Falun Gong was not mentioned in the explanation, the general publishers were given the impression that the explanation would be used as a basis to oppress Falun Gong.
November 1, 1999	The legislative organizations in China made an announcement through the media that four members from the former Falun Dafa Research Association, including Li Chang, Wang Zhiwen, Ji Liewu, and Yao Jie, who had been in detention for several months were formally arrested.
November 6 - 7, 1999	The first Australian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference using English as the primary language was held in Gold Coast. More than 250 Falun Gong practitioners from Australia, Guangzhou (China), Hong Kong, Canada, and New Zealand attended the conference.
November 12, 1999	Four Falun Gong practitioners, including Song Yuesheng, Cheng Yuan, Jiang Shilong, Liang Yulin, were given two to twelve years in prison. Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners were sentenced to three years in forced labor camps. It was the first time that China sentenced Falun Gong practitioners to prison in public.
November 18 - 19, 1999	The United States House and Senate Congress passed Resolutions 217 and 218, respectively, urging the Chinese Communist government to end the persecution of Falun Gong.
November 19 - 25, 1999	Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners from thirteen provinces in China, the United States, Sweden, and other places gathered in Guangzhou, China for a Falun Dafa experience-sharing Fa conference. On November 25, a day before the Fa conference, the police broke into the home of one of the practitioners and arrested seventeen Falun Gong practitioners. One practitioner emailed all the experience-sharing papers to Minghui.org and threw the laptop containing the information out of the building before the police were able to get their hands on the laptop. The 15 Falun Gong practitioners' experience-sharing papers, as well as the opening speech and the closing speech for the Fa conference, were later published at Minghui.org and widely circulated among Falun Gong practitioners worldwide. The closing speech was written by a practitioner while in prison.
November 28, 1999	The 1999 Seattle Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Seattle. More than 700 Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world attended the conference and held a joint press conference [to call for the end of the persecution against Falun Gong in China.]
December 3, 1999	Falun Gong practitioners learned that the Mid-Level People's Court in Beijing would try Li Chang, Wang Zhiwen, Ji Liewu, Yao Jie in court. Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners went to the courthouse asking to be allowed to listen to the trial proceedings and were arrested.
December 4 - 5, 1999	The first Melbourne Australia Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held.
December 6, 1999	52 Falun Gong practitioners in Fangshan District, Beijing were thrown into to the Zhoukoudian Psychiatric Institution in Beijing.
December 12, 1999	More than 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners from 20 some countries attended the 1999 Hong Kong Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference, the group appeal [to end the persecution against Falun Gong in China],and the group demonstration of the peaceful Falun Gong exercises to the public. They also delivered a letter of appeal to the Chinese government.
December 18, 1999	About 108 Falun Gong practitioners in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China held the 1999 Guangzhou Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference.
December 25, 1999	The 1999 Singapore Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. About 130 Falun Gong practitioners from Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, as well as non-practitioners interested in Falun Gong, attended the conference.
December 25 - 26, 1999	The 1999 Taiwan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in the sports stadium of Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan. Approximately 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan, the United States, Australia, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as many non-practitioners interested in Falun Gong, attended the conference.
December 26, 1999	The First Mid-Level People's Court announced the members of the former Falun Dafa Research Association, including Li Chang, Wang Zhiwen, Ji Liewu, and Yao Jie, guilty of "Obstructing Justice with an Evil Cult Practice" and sentenced them to 18, 16, 12 and 7 years in prison respectively. On the same day, thousands of Falun Gong practitioners went to the courthouse asking to be allowed to listen to the trial proceedings and were arrested.
December 31, 1999 - January 1, 2000	Several thousands of Falun Gong practitioners from all over China, 40 some Falun Gong practitioners from Japan, as well as dozens of Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan and Australia, were arrested while practicing Falun Gong exercises and displaying Falun Gong banners on Tiananmen Square.
January 1, 2000	The 2000 Boston Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. About 500 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
January 3, 2000	Despite tight security, a Falun Gong practitioner successfully hung a Falun flag above Mao Zedong's oversize portrait on the front gate of the Tiananmen Square for two minutes.
January 5, 2000	AFP reported that the Chinese intelligence network overseas has collected a blacklist of more than 1,000 overseas Falun Gong practitioners.
January 9, 2000	Three westerner practitioners from Australia delivered an appeal letter to headquarters of the Xinhua News Agency in Beijing. Afterwards they were detained, interrogated, and deported by the Chinese police. This is the first case of western Dafa practitioners going to China and appealing for Falun Gong.
January 19, 2000	Minghui.org published a photo of Mr. Li Hongzhi mediating amidst mountains. The annotation of the picture wrote: "Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Photo published on January 19, 2000)"
January 19, 2000	More than 100 Falun Gong practitioners from all over China and overseas gathered in Beijing and held the 2000 Beijing Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in downtown Beijing.
February 4 - 5, 2000	Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners from different area of China, the United States, Japan, Australia and many other countries went to Tiananmen Square to peacefully appeal for Falun Gong and were arrested by the Chinese police using excessive violence.
February 12, 2000	The 2000 Latvia Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Riga, its Capital City.
February 12 - 13, 2000	The 2000 Canada Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Montreal, Canada. More than 260 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
February 19 - 20, 2000	The 2000 northern California Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference and group Fa study was held in University of California, Berkeley. Nearly 400 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
February 20, 2000	The 2000 southern California Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held.
March 20 - 21, 2000	Over 500 Falun Gong practitioners from all over the world gathered outside the United Nations in Geneva during the 56th session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, practicing the Falun Gong exercises and calling for the end of persecution against Falun Gong. They also held a Falun Dafa experience sharing conference and a press conference.
March 23, 2000	The Amnesty International in Hong Kong strongly condemned China's oppression against spiritual movements in China, including Falun Gong.
April 2000	On behalf of the World Citizens Association, Falun Gong practitioners made a keynote speech on the issue of the Chinese government's oppression against female Falun Gong practitioners at the 56th session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.
April 13, 2000	At least 200 Falun Gong practitioners gathered on Tiananmen Square urging the U.N. Commission on Human Rights to pass a resolution to condemn China's human rights abuses. The practitioners were all arrested.
April 15, 2000	Several tens of Falun Gong practitioners held the 2000 Hebei Province Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference at an undisclosed location.
April 16, 2000	More than 90 Falun Gong practitioners in in undisclosed city in Hubei Province, China held the 2000 Hubei Province Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference at an undisclosed location.
April 22, 2000	The first New York Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in 2000 was held in the Sheraton Hotel in Mahatton of New York City. Over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
April 25, 2000	3,000 policemen were dispatched to patrol Tiananmen Square. More than one hundred Dafa practitioners went to Tiananmen Square to appeal and were arrested. Dafa practitioners overseas held various activities to commemorate the anniversary of April 25, 1999's group appeal.
May 13, 2000	Falun Dafa Associations in more than ten countries and cities overseas decided to make May 13 "World Falun Dafa Day." Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners who went to appeal on Tiananmen Square were arrested.
May 22, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published his first poem since the persecution began, "The Knowing Heart," which was written on October 12, 1999.
May 2000	Falun Gong practitioners launched a new web site, XinSheng.net.
June 16, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Towards Consummation" on Chinese Minghui.org.
June 17, 2000	The 2000 Chicago Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held.
June 18, 2000	Nearly 500 Falun Gong practitioners in Daqin City, Heilongjian Province practiced Falun Gong exercise together in front of the Daqin Petroleum Administration Bureau.
June 25, 2000	The 2000 Taiwan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in the sports stadium of Sanxing Elementary School, Taipei, Taiwan. Over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference. The founder of Falun Dafa, Mr. Li Hongzhi, faxed a letter of congratulations on the success of the conference.
June 29, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "In Reference to a Prophecy" on Minghui.org.
July 2, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Using at Will" on Minghui.org.
July 5, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Drive Out Interference" on Minghui.org.
July 21, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "An Announcement" on Minghui.org.
July 22, 2000	Over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners from over 10 countried, including Canada, Singapore, Australia, Japan, France, Taiwan and the United States, attended the 2000 Washington, DC Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference.
July 2000	Adrienne Clarkson, the Governor General of Canada, wrote a letter in support of Falun Dafa Week.
August 10, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Rationality" on Minghui.org.
August 12, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Drive Out Interference" on Minghui.org.
August 12 - 22, 2000	Falun Dafa books were featured in an annual book fair in New Delhi, India.
August 2000	The Falun Dafa Information Center was established in New York, USA.
August 2000	Herb Gray, the Deputy Prime Minister, Sheila Copps, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, A. Anne McLellan, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and many other Canadian government officials wrote a total of 70 letters of congratulations for Falun Dafa Week in Canada.
August 26 - 27, 2000	The second Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Over 300 Falun Gong practitioners from nearly 20 cities of Russia and Sweden attended the conference.
August 29, 2000	Beijing Falun Gong practitioners Zhu Kemin and Wang Jie filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court in China against Jiang Zemin, Zen Qinhong, and Luo Gan for violating the Chinese Constitution and persecuting Falun Gong. In the lawsuit, they also made six demands, including withdrawing the arrest warrant against Mr. Li Hongzhi, withdrawing Ministry of Public Security's "Six Prohibitions," releasing illegally detained Falun Gong practitioners, and bringing Jiang, Zen and Luo to justice.
September 4, 2000	The second New York Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in 2000 was held in the Marriott Hotel in the World Trade Center of Mahatton, New York City. Over 1,500 Falun Gong practitioners from North America, Asian and Europe attended the conference.
September 7, 2000	Zhu Keming and Wang Jie were arrested in Beijing.
September 2000	Nearly 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners from over 30 countries gathered in New York, appealing in front of the Chinese delegates during the U.N. Millennium Summit. They held a series of activities, including a press conference, a march and group practices of the Falun Gong exercises.
September 17, 2000	The 2000 Pan-Australia Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Sydney, Australia. More than 400 from Australia, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, New Zealand, Taiwan and China attended the conference.
September 22 - the dawn of 23, 2000	Falun Gong practitioners in all districts and counties of Beijing simultaneously posted a notice "Jiang Zemin cannot escape the historic consequences of persecuting Falun Gong" all over urban, suburban, and greater Beijing.
October 1, 2000	Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners in China were arrested at Tiananmen Square for appealing for Falun Gong.
October 6, 2000	Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners in China were arrested at Tiananmen Square for appealing for Falun Gong.
October 8, 2000	World Falun Dafa Radio, a radio station created by Falun Gong practitioners, began to broadcast from San Francisco, USA.
October, 2000	In order to force detained Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their faith in Falun Gong, The Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Shenyang, Liaoning Province stripped female Falun Gong practitioners naked and threw them into male inmates' cells.
October, 2000	More than thirty congressmen and college professors in the US and UK nominated Mr. Li Hongzhi and his Dafa disciples as the candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mid-October of 2000	More than 80 Falun Gong practitioners in an undisclosed county held a Falun Dafa experience sharing conference.
October 15, 2000	The 2000 Houston Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held on the 4th Anniversary of "Mr. Li Hongzhi Day" in Houston, Texas, the United States.
October 21, 2000	More than eight hundred Falun Gong practitioners held a Falun Dafa cultivation experience-sharing conference in San Francisco, USA. It's the first time that Mr. Li Hongzhi appeared in public since the summer of 1999 and gave a Fa lecture at a Fa conference. This speech was included in his book Guiding the Voyage.
October 22, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Suffocate the Evil" on Minghui.org.
October 16 - 22, 2000	The 2000 U.S. West Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. The week of October 16, 2000 was proclaimed as "Falun Dafa Week."
October 26, 2000	On the 1-year anniversary of Falun Gong being labeled as an evil cult by the Chinese Communist government, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners went to appeal on Tiananmen Square and were arrested.
October 26, 2000	Falun Gong practitioners in Singapore held the first 2000 Singapore Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference with the theme of "Clarifying the Truth and Promote Falun Dafa to Governments Worldwide." Nearly 200 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
October 28, 2000	Falun Gong practitioners produced FGM TV programs and broadcast them via satellite and cable TV in North America. These TV programs could be viewed in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
October 29, 2000	The 2000 Seoul Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Seoul, Korea. More than 100 Falun Gong practitioners from Seoul, Taegu (Korea) and Guangzhou attended the conference.
October 30, 2000	Channel 30, an international TV channel in Virginia, U.S.A broadcast "Falun Gong, the Real Story, Part One" for the first time.
November 2, 2000	The People's Court in China sentenced Liang Jiantian to life in prison and Liu Jinsong to 20 years in prison for printing and selling Falun Gong books.
November 3, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Teaching the Fa at the Western U.S. Fa Conference" on Minghui.org.
November 18, 2000	To welcome the new epoch, Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing held a Falun Dafa experience sharing conference in Beijing. The Falun Dafa Association in Singapore held the a Singapore Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference aimed to clarify the facts about Falun Gong to the general public. More than 500 people attended the conference.
November 19, 2000	Zhengjian.org web site was launched.
November, 2000	"Friends of Falun Gong USA" was founded.
November 19, 2000	Falun Gong practitioners in Shandong Province, China held the 2000 Shandong Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference. Several tens of Falun Gong practitioners from nine different areas attended the conference.
November 29, 2000	"Australian Friends of Falun Gong" was founded.
December 2000	Falun Gong's Challenge to China was published. The author of the book, Danny Schechter, is a veteran journalist and an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster. This is the first English book that explores the issues of Falun Gong in depth.
December 9, 2000	The Great Lakes Fa Conference in North America was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mr. Li Hongzhi appeared at the Fa conference and gave a Fa lecture. The lecture was included in his book Guiding the Voyage.
December 18, 2000	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Teaching the Fa at the Great Lakes Fa Conference in North America" on Minghui.org.
December 23, 2000	More than 3,000 Falun Gong practitioners from 18 countries and regions attended a Falun Dafa experience-sharing Fa conference in Taipei, Taiwan. This is the first international Fa conference held in Taiwan. Taiwan's Vice President Ms. Luu Xiulian attended the conference and gave a welcome speech.
December 23 - 26, 2000	The 2000 Pan-Asia Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. More than 3,000 Falun Gong practitioners from the Five Continents attended the conference. The Vice President of Taiwan, Ms. Luu Xiulian attended the conference and gave a welcome speech. After the conference, Falun Gong practitioners had a parade, held a candlelight vigil and had a formation to form words "Falun Dafa" and "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" in Chinese characters.
December 28, 2000	The 3rd German Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Erbach, Germany.
December 30 - 31, 2000	The 2000 Western Canada Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Vancouver, Canada. More than 200 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
December 31, 2000	Dozens of Falun Gong practitioners in China unfurled a giant-size yellow banner that measured 99 meters wide and 1.5 meter tall with Mr. Li Hongzhi's 72 poems in Hong Yin in red print. On the same day, 1,500 Falun Gong practitioners appealed on Tiananmen Square and were arrested.
January 1, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Beyond the Limit of Forbearance" on Minghui.org.
January 1, 2001	Over 700 Falun Gong practitioners in China appealed on Tiananmen Square and were arrested.
January 4, 2001	Falun Gong practitioners launched "The Dragnet of the Law" (or Fa Wang Hui Hui in Chinese) web site dedicated to expose and record the depraved people assisting in the persecution against Falun Gong and their crimes at http://www.fawanghuihui.org.
January 10, 2001	Zhang Kunlun, a Falun Gong practitioner and a Canadian citizen, was released after serving two months of a three-year sentence in a forced labor camp. This is the first case where overseas Falun Gong practitioners successfully rescued a Falun Gong practitioner from China.
January 2001	"Friends of Falun Gong in Canada" was established.
January 13, 2001	The first "solemn declaration" declaring that his words and deeds under forced brainwashing are null and void using his real name was published on Minghui.org.
January 13 - 14, 2001	The 2001 Hong Kong Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. More than 1,200 Falun Gong practitioners from 23 countries worldwide attended the conference. After the conference, they had a parade to call for the end of the persecution, demonstrated the peaceful Falun Gong exercises in public, and had a formation to form the words "Truthfulness Compassion Forbearance" in Chinese characters.
January 14, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "A Congratulatory Message" to celebrate the Fa conference in Hong Kong on Minghui.org.
January 14, 2001	Over 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners from 23 countries attended a Falun Dafa experience-sharing Fa conference in Hong Kong and held a march protesting the persecution of Falun Gong.
January 23, 2001	The Tiananmen Self-Immolation Incident took place. The Xinhua News Agency, the official media of the Chinese Communist government, broadcast the news one hour after the self-immolation occurred, claiming that five Falun Gong practitioners set themselves on fire. Later they changed the number of people who had set themselves on fire from five to seven. On the same day, the Falun Dafa Information Center made an announcement entitled, "China Staged Self-Immolation Act; Xinhua News Framed Falun Gong with Slanderous Lies," calling for a third-party independent investigation to uncover the truth.
January 23, 2001	The first Kiev Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Kiev, Russia. More than 80 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
January 24, 2001	Falun Gong practitioners in Saipan held the 2001 Saipan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference.
January 27, 2001	The first Virginia Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Virginia, the United States. More than 200 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
January 27 - 28, 2001	Falun Gong practitioners in Orlando, Florida held the first Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference using English as the primary language in Orlando, Florida, the United States.
February 1, 2001	The Falun Dafa Association in Ireland was established.
February 4, 2001	The Washington Post published a report titled "Human Fire Ignites Chinese Mystery Motive for Public Burning Intensifies Fight Over Falun Gong" written by Philip P. Pan. The article pointed out that no one had ever known Liu Chunlin as a Falun Gong practitioner. Liu Chunlin was one of the people who died in the self-immolation in Tiananmen Square.
February 12, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Rectifying the Colossal Firmament" on Minghui.org.
February 17 - 18, 2001	The 2001 U.S. West Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, the United States. More than 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
March 3 - 4, 2001	The 2001 Pan-Japan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Osaka, Japan. More than 100 Falun Gong practitioners from all over Japan attended the conference.
March 4, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Coercion Cannot Change People's Hearts" on Minghui.org.
March 10, 2001	The 2001 New England Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, Massachusetts, the United States. Nearly 200 practitioners and guests from the New England area attended the conference.
March 14, 2001	Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom honored Mr. Li Hongzhi and the Falun Dafa Association, along with four other groups, as "defenders of religious rights."
March 19, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "A Message" addressed to the European Fa conference on Minghui.org.
March 18 - 20, 2001	The 2001 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland. More than 1,300 practitioners from Europe, Australia, Asia and North America attended the conference. Approximately 1,500 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Geneva, appealing for Falun Gong during the annual United Nations Human Rights Commission.
April 2001	"Friends of Zhao Ming," a non-profit rescue organization, was established. It started to collect signatures, and hold marches to call for the release of Zhao Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner and a postgraduate student in the Computer Science Department at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
April 5 - 6, 2001	Falun Gong spokesman, Mr. Zhang Erping, made a speech as the representative of Freedom House and the World Citizens' Association at the 57th Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.
April 10, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "A Suggestion" on Minghui.org.
April 10, 2001	Psychiatrists from the United States and the United Kingdom held a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, condemning the Chinese Communist government of imprisoning Falun Gong practitioners in psychiatric institutions.
April 15, 2001	The second Melbourne Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Melbourne, Australia. Nearly 200 practitioners from Melbourne and Sydney, as well as guests, attended the conference.
April 16, 2001	Ian Johnson, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, won a Pulitzer prize for international reporting for a series of stories written about the suppression of Falun Gong by the Chinese government. Zhang Xueling, a Falun Gong practitioner who had been featured prominently in Ian Johnson's reports, was sentenced to three years in prison that same week.
April 2001	The Baltic Falun Dafa Association was founded.
April 18, 2001	Four Falun Gong practitioners in Baiguo, Hebei Province, including Wang Huajun, Li Xuechun, Huang Jianyong and one unknown practitioner, were battered and tortured to death. Wang Huajun was first beaten unconscious, dragged to Jinyuan Square in front of the local city government, and was set on fire with gasoline. The police declared the crowd that had gathered that the crime this was a self-immolation suicide. The police dragged Li Xuechun and Huang Jianyong behind motorcycles that were driving at high speeds until they died.
April 22, 2001	The 2001 New York Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in the New York Ballroom at Sheraton Hotel in New York City, the United States. More than 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Hong Kong attended the conference.
April 24, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts Are Powerful" on Minghui.org.
April 25, 2001	The PureInsight website was launched.
April 27, 2001	Falun Dafa books were featured in the annual international book fair in Geneva, Switzerland.
May 3, 2001	Mr. George Bush, the President of the United States, condemned China for the first time for its religious persecution of Falun Gong.
May 2001	About 600 Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Hong Kong to protest against Jiang Zemin, who was in Hong Kong for a meeting. In addition, 95 Falun Gong practitioners were blocked from entering Hong Kong.
May 9 - 10, 2001	The 2001 Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Moscow, Russia. Nearly 100 Falun Gong practitioners from 23 cities and regions from the former Soviet Union attended the conference.
May 11, 2001	Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting (CIPB) honored Emmy-award winning producer Danny Schechter for his 56-minute documentary "Falun Gong's Challenge to China." The film opened in a theater in New York. A New York Times film critic said, "The film provides ample testimony that, contrary to China's position, Falun Gong is not an evil cult."
May 12, 2001	The first Missouri Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Saint Louis, Missouri, the United States in celebration of World Falun Dafa Day on May 13. Falun Gong practitioners from Saint Louis, Columbia, and James attended the conference and celebrated the "World Falun Dafa Day" the next day (May 13, 2001) at Art Museum of Forest Park in Saint Louis with caravan parade and demonstration of the peaceful Falun Gong exercises to the public.
May 13, 2001	About 300 Falun Gong practitioners appealed on Tiananmen Square and were arrested.
May 13, 2001	The 2001 Pan-Korea Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Taegu, Korea in celebration of World Falun Dafa Day.
May 19, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "The Disciples' Magnificence" on Minghui.org. Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners held a Falun Dafa experience-sharing Fa conference in Ottawa, Canada. Mr. Li Hongzhi appeared at the Fa conference and gave a Fa lecture. The Fa lecture was published in Guiding the Voyage. This is the first time that Mr. Li Hongzhi taught his students about "sending forth righteous thoughts."
May 20, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Teaching the Fa at the 2001 Canada Fa Conference" on Minghui.org.
May 23, 2001	The Peru Falun Dafa Association was founded.
May 24, 2001	Asia Week ranks Mr. Li Hongzhi as number one among the 50 most powerful people in Asia
May 27, 2001	Falun Gong practitioners worldwide started to send forth righteous thoughts on a unified schedule for the first time.
May 30, 2001	The Amnesty International named Jiang Zemin one of its human rights "scoundrels" of 2000.
May 30, 2001	Falun Gong practitioners in northeastern China held the 2001 Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in an undisclosed city in northeastern China. More than 100 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
June 2 - 10, 2001	Falun Dafa books were featured in the 16th world book fair in Singapore.
June 4, 2001	In response to Falun Gong practitioners distributing truth-clarification materials in China, the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Legislative Court published "An Explanation on How to Prosecute Criminal Activities of the Evil Cults with Existing Law," and announced that those who distribute or produce truth-clarification DVDs, VCDs, and CDs, will be prosecuted for "promoting the split of the country" and "subversion."
June 6, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "No Politics" on Minghui.org.
June 9, 2001	The 2001 Canadian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in the Earth Science Physics Center at Toronto University in Toronto, Canada. More than 500 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
June 10, 2001	Falun Gong practitioners worldwide started to send forth righteous thoughts every Sunday morning (Beijing time).
June 12, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "The Two Hand Positions for Sending Forth Righteous Thoughts" on Minghui.org.
June 14, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "What Are Supernormal Abilities" on Minghui.org.
June 14, 2001	The 2001 Nordic Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.
June 15, 2001	Over 600 Falun Gong practitioners from 23 countries gathered in Gothenburg, Sweden during the European Summit to have a parade in Gothenburg and a press conference. This day marked the beginning of a new worldwide appeal called, "SOS! Rescue Falun Gong Practitioners Being Persecuted in China," to raise international awareness and concern about the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China.
June 2001	Falun Gong practitioners in Zhoukou City, Henan Province held a Falun Dafa experience sharing conference in an undisclosed hotel in Zhoukou, Henan Province, China.
June 17, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "To All Students at the Nordic Fa Conference" on Minghui.org.
June 20, 2001	"The Wanjia Atrocities" took place in Wanjia Forced Labor Camp in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. Three Falun Gong practitioners, including Li Xiuqin, Zhang Yulan and Zhao Yayun, were persecuted to death. Another eight practitioners lost consciousness during the torture and were sent to a hospital secretly. Four other practitioners were transferred to a men's prison in isolation. Because Wanjia Forced Labor Camp sealed the news, all fifteen practitioners were once believed to have died during the atrocities.
June 20 - 22, 2001	Falun Dafa books were featured in the annual national book fair in Australia.
June 23 - 24, 2001	The 2001 Chicago Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Chicago, Illinois.
June 24, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Dafa Is Indestructible" on Minghui.org.
June 24, 2001	Tan Yongjie, a Falun Gong practitioner who escaped from a forced labor farm with severe injuries in Bolo, Guangdong Province, stowed away in a boat for half a month and landed in Long Beach, California. A Chinese policeman heated an iron rod until it had turned red, and pressed the rod against his legs in more than a dozen places, resulting in severe burns. His injuries and miraculous escape attracted a lot of media attention.
Since July 2001	Overseas Falun Gong practitioners embarked on a "Global SOS Walk," and car and bicycle tours with the theme, "SOS: Urgent Rescue of Falun Gong practitioners in China." The main route went across North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Falun Gong practitioners traveled dozens of countries and regions, and hundreds of cities. They walked several tens of thousands miles. Some of the routes were: from Toronto to Vancouver; Montreal and Ottawa to New York; from Toronto and Ottawa to New York. These walking routes totaled 4,500 miles. The walking route from Washington, DC to Los Angeles totaled 4,828 miles. The walking route from Seattle to San Francisco measured 1,440 miles. The walking route from Los Angeles to San Francisco measured 800 miles. The walking route from New York to Washington, D.C. measured 400 miles. The walking route from Boston to Washington, D.C. measured 720 miles. The route from Cincinnati to Cleveland, Ohio measured 580 miles. The walking route across Michigan State from Detroit, Michigan to Muskegon, Michigan, measured 355 miles. The walking route from Lima, Peru to Inca measured 300 miles. The walking route across Europe measured 3,200 miles. There were three different routes: 1) From Iceland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, and many other European countries: 4,594 miles; 2) Fly from United States to Estonia. From Estonia, walk to Lativa Russia and Poland, to Bulgaria: 2007 miles; 3) Fly from Canada to Lisbon, Portugal to Spain, Italy and the Vatican: 5,135 miles.) The route across France, the route across Ireland, and the route from Edinburgh to London (727 miles). The route from London, England to Brussels, Belgium, crossing three European countries, totaled 386 miles. The route from Birmingham, England to London totaled 350 miles. The route from Falun City, Sweden to Stockholm totaled 250 miles. The route from Sydney, Australia to Brisbane totaled 1,086 miles. The route from Sydney, Australia to Canberra totaled 307 miles. The route from Auckland, New Zealand to Wellington totaled 660 miles. The route across Taiwan from the north to the south totaled 400 miles. The route across the islands of Japan totals 2,300 miles. The route from Pezhou to Pusan, Korea totaled 530 miles. The route from Banden to Jakarta, Indonesia totaled 180 miles. The car tour around Australia totaled 16,000 miles. The car tour starting from Montreal, Canada measured 7,500 miles. There was a car tour from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. There was a car tour from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. The car tour around England measured 3,194 miles. There was a car tour from New Brunswick to Quebec Province. The bike tour in Russia totaled 800 miles. There was a bicycle tour from Moritzburg to Berlin, Germany. There was a bicycle tour from Auckland to Washington, D.C. There were many other walks, car tours and bicycle tours.
July 5, 2001	The U.S. State Department made a press release on July 5, urging China to release incarcerated Falun Gong practitioners.
July 8, 2001	The 2001 Thailand Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Bangkok, Thailand.
July 17, 2001	Peng Liang, a Falun Gong practitioner from Wuhan, filed a landmark lawsuit at a U.S. federal court in New York against Zhao Zhifei, the head of Public Security Bureau and the second-in-command of the 610 Office in Hubei Province, for torturing his brother, Peng Liang, and his mother, Li Xiuyin, to death. Zhao Zhifei was charged with violating the Torture Victims Protection Act and the Alien Tort Claims Act. He was served with the civil complaint at a New York hotel. At the end of August of 2001, a massive manhunt was launched for the plaintiff, Mr. Peng Liang, and other Falun Gong practitioners in Hubei Province, particularly for those were believed to have assisted Peng Liang in transmitting information over the internet. Peng Liang has been missing ever since then.
July 8, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Fa-Rectification and Cultivation" on Minghui.org.
July 17, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "The Effects of Righteous Thoughts" on Minghui.org.
July 20, 2001	The Amnesty International issued a press release, calling for the end of the torture and murdering of Falun Gong practitioners.
July 21, 2001	Nearly 4,000 Falun Gong practitioners from over 30 countries worldwide attended a Falun Dafa Experience Sharing conference in Washington, D.C. Mr. Li Hongzhi graced the Fa conference with his presence and gave a Fa lecture. The Fa lecture was included in his book Guiding the Voyage.
July 26, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Fa Conference" on Minghui.org.
End of July 2001	About 130 Falun Gong practitioners detained at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp started a group hunger strike to protest the refusal of the labor camp to release Falun Gong practitioners who had already complete their original sentence.
Since August 2001	Falun Gong practitioners worldwide held hunger strikes or performed sitting meditation in front of Chinese embassies and consulates worldwide to appeal for Falun Gong, support Falun Gong practitioners detained at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, and to protest the persecution against Falun Gong. Falun Gong practitioners in Vancouver, Canada have been holding appeals in front of the Chinese Consulate 24 hours a day.
August 2001	The North America Falun Dafa Associations jointly edited the book Consonantia: Reflections of Respect: Honors Awarded Falun Dafa (ISBN: 1-931035-09-1) and had it published by Golden Lotus Press. It is a partial compilation of over 600 proclamations awarded to Falun Dafa since 1992 from local governments and organizations in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Russia, and Japsn.
August 14, 2001	The International Educational Development (IED) made a statement at the 53rd session of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, pointing out that the Tiananmen Self-Immolation Incident was a staged act directed by the Chinese Communist government, and condemned China for its state-run terrorism against Falun Gong.
August 16, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Fa-Rectification Period Dafa Disciples" on Minghui.org.
August 19, 2001	The 2nd Pan-Japan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Tokyo, Japan.
August 23, 2001	The Italy Falun Dafa Association (or Associazione Italiana della Falun Dafa) was founded.
August 27, 2001	Zhou Yongkang, the General Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party of Sichuan Province, was served with a complaint, accusing him of violating the Torture Victims Protection Act and the Alien Tort Claims Act. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois.
August 30 - September 5, 2001	Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern raised human rights issues with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji during Zhu's tour in Ireland, including the case of a Chinese student at a Dublin college detained in China for links to the Falun Gong movement.
September 1, 2001	Minghui.org announced that the European Falun Dafa Association had been founded.
September 7, 2001	Several tens of Falun Gong practitioners in Beijing held the 2001 Beijing Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in an undisclosed location in Beijing.
September 9, 2001	The 3rd Saipan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held.
September 9, 2001	Falun Gong practitioners launched another Falun Dafa web site, Yuanmingeurope.net, for European practitioners.
September 13, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, was nominated for the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
September 15, 2001	The 2001 Houston Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Houston, Texas, the United States.
September 23, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Path" on Minghui.org.
September 29 - 30, 2001	The 2nd Russian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Moscow, Russia.
September 30, 2001	The first Irish Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Dublin, Ireland. Falun Gong practitioners from UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, the US, Canada and Australia attended the conference.
October 2, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "To the Second Fa Conference in Russia" on Minghui.org.
October 5 - 7, 2001	The 2001 Asia Pacific Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Brisbane, Capital City of Queensland, Australia. More than 1,000 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
October 2001	Falun Gong practitioners in Shangdong Province overcame China's information blockade, and held a provincial conference sharing information on producing truth-clarification materials for Falun Dafa.
October 8, 2001	The 2001 Washington, DC Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held. More than 600 Falun Gong practitioners attended the conference.
October 15, 2001	The Denmark Falun Dafa Association was founded.
October 23, 2001	The Austria Falun Dafa Association was founded.
October 25, 2001	The Belgium Falun Dafa Association was founded.
October 26, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "The Chill of Autumn's Winds" on Minghui.org.
October 20, 2001	Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien met with leaders of China during his trip to the APEC conference in Shanghai. During the meeting, Chretien raised his concerns about the human rights situation in China, especially about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.
November 11, 2001	The 2001 Thailand Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Bangkok, Thailand.
November 11, 2001	The Israel Falun Dafa Association was founded.
November 20, 2001	36 western Falun Gong practitioners from 12 countries went to Tiananmen Square and appealed for Falun Gong. They were arrested and deported from China, forbidden to re-enter China for five years.
November 30, 2001	The Holland Falun Dafa Association was founded.
December 1, 2001	The 2001 Southeast Asia Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Singapore. Nearly 600 Falun Gong practitioners from Southeast Asia (including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines), Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Australia attended the conference.
December 6, 2001	Falun Gong practitioners in Canada filed a lawsuit against Overseas Chinese Times, a weekly Chinese newspaper based in Montreal, Canada, for publishing articles that slandered Falun Gong. On December 10, the court ordered Overseas Chinese Times to stop publishing news that slandered Falun Gong.
December 13, 2001	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Foretelling the Fa's Rectification of the Human World" on Minghui.org.
December 13, 2001	Six Falun Gong practitioners at Qinhua University were sentenced from 3 to 12 years in prison for distributing Falun Gong materials on the Internet.
December 15, 2001	The first Ukraine Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.
December 21, 2001	The first "Falun Dafa Day" in China was established in Changchun. Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun hung Falun Gong banners on the main streets of Changchun and broadcast the programs from the World Falun Dafa Radio Station. Falun Gong practitioners all over the world sent them congratulatory messages.
December 21, 2001	Mr. Denise Cote, the United States Court Judge in New York, entered a default judgment against Zhao Zhifei in the $50 Million civil lawsuit against him The lawsuit charged Zhao with wrongful death, torture, false imprisonment, crimes against humanity, and other violations of international human rights laws that have been carried out against Falun Dafa practitioners in his home province of Hubei.
December 21, 2001	The 2001 Taiwan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Taipei's World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwanese President Mr. Chen Shui-Bian and Taiwanese Premiere Mr. Chang Chun-Hsiung congratulated the conference with telegrams.
December 29, 2001	Over 600 Falun Gong practitioners held a Falun Dafa experience-sharing Fa conference in Florida. Mr. Li Hongzhi graced the Fa conference and gave a Fa lecture. Many cities in Florida proclaimed a "Falun Dafa Day" or "Falun Dafa Week."
December 30, 2001	The 1st Falun Dafa Art Festival was held in Tampa, Florida. Nearly 100 Falun Dafa artists from all over the world joined together to put on a wonderful performance dedicated to our benevolent Teacher Mr. Li Hongzhi, and for all the practitioners from the U.S. and abroad who have participated in the Fa rectification.
January 1, 2002	Hiroyoshi Sawa, a Falun Gong practitioner from Kyoto, Japan, was arrested and deported after appealing for Falun Dafa at Tiananmen Square.
January 1, 2002	Falun Gong practitioners in Chongqing City broadcast TV programs that clarified the truth about Falun Gong on local cable TV networks in Chongqing City. Afterwards, the four Falun Gong practitioners who were responsible for the broadcast were sentenced from seven to sixteen years in prison. One of them died while in detention.
January 6, 2002	Mr. Li Hongzhi published "Fa-Lecture at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A." on Minghui.org.
Since January 11, 2002	Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners in some 30 cities worldwide held press conferences and started a 3-day-long candlelight vigil, protesting the 20 cases of murder by torture of Falun Gong practitioners within 22 days.
January 12, 2002	The first Central Japan Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Nagoya on this south central island in Japan.
January 23, 2002	Connie Chipkar, a Western Fa