Thirty years ago today, on December 13th, 1995 (October 22nd, 1995 in the lunar calendar), Wei Jingsheng was sentenced to 14 years in prison. On December 13, 1995, Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court held a public hearing to hear Wei Jingsheng's case. In the first instance, Wei Jingsheng was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and deprived of political rights for 3 years for conspiring to subvert the government. As early as 1979, Wei Jingsheng was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment and deprived of political rights for 3 years by Beijing Intermediate People's Court for providing foreigners with important military information of China and openly engaging in incitement activities that endangered national security and aimed at subverting state power. Wei Jingsheng was released on parole on September 14, 1993. During his parole and deprivation of political rights, Wei Jingsheng conspired to subvert the government. With the approval of Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate Branch, Beijing Public Security Bureau arrested Wei Jingsheng on November 21, 1995. Wei Jingsheng's case was investigated by Beijing Public Security Bureau and transferred to Beijing People's Procuratorate Branch for examination on November 23rd. According to Article 100 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, the Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate Branch filed a public prosecution with the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court on December 1st. The indictment accuses Wei Jingsheng of engaging in conspiracy to subvert the government. His behavior has constituted a crime and should be punished according to law. The court found that Wei Jingsheng planned and formulated an action plan in order to achieve the purpose of conspiring to subvert the government, including setting up financial institutions to raise funds, so as to "support the pro-democracy activities from the financial aspect", buying several newspapers, setting up companies organizing cultural activities, organizing some non-governmental art exhibitions, performances, publications and other activities, so as to establish propaganda liaison and activity positions, etc., in an attempt to "set off a storm enough to shake the current regime". Wei Jingsheng actively organized the implementation of the above plan. In order to build the so-called "pro-democracy bank", he bought 12.5% of the shares of a city credit cooperative in Beijing, and handed over the "Introduction to Projects Needing Help" written by him to the person in charge of an overseas organization, and asked for several thousand dollars as activity funds. He also registered "Shengtao Co., Ltd." in Hong Kong in the name of his younger brother, and organized an art exhibition in Beijing in the name of this company, in an attempt to form a "strength and organization" beneficial to him. Wei Jingsheng also actively and secretly connected some people at home and abroad, studied the so-called struggle strategies, planned to unite illegal organizations, and "gained momentum" to make organizational preparations for conspiracy to subvert the government. Wei Jingsheng also published a large number of articles abroad through illegal channels attacking the Chinese government, slandering and slandering the socialist system, the Communist Party of China (CPC) 's leadership and advocating Tibet's independence, echoing overseas forces and organizations hostile to China, and creating public opinion for overthrowing the people's * dictatorship and socialist system and splitting the country. The court presented Wei Jingsheng's "Introduction to Projects in Need of Help" and a large number of articles, manuscripts and other documentary evidence published abroad, and read out the witness's testimony. Wei Jingsheng confessed to the facts found by the court. According to the provisions of Articles 90, 92, 52 and 60 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, the court made the above judgment according to law. Wei Jingsheng entrusted a lawyer hired by his relatives to defend Wei Jingsheng in court. Wei Jingsheng also fully defended himself. After the court debate, Wei Jingsheng made his final statement.