On February 6, 2012 (January 15, 2012 in the lunar calendar), the Wang Lijun incident occurred. The Wang Lijun incident refers to a series of incidents of public concern caused by Wang Lijun, then deputy mayor of the Chongqing City People's Government of the People's Republic of China and director of the Chongqing City Public Security Bureau, who changed his position in February 2012 due to unknown reasons and took the initiative to contact the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu. On February 6, 2012, Wang Lijun broke into the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu with important and sensitive information exposing Bo Xilai's shady plot. After being refused, he was taken to Beijing by a senior official of the Ministry of National Security of the People's Republic of China. After the incident, the central government of the People's Republic of China had not yet announced the news. The Chongqing local government took the initiative to announce that Wang Lijun was receiving "vacation-style treatment." This incident has had a major impact at home and abroad, and "vacation-based treatment" has also become a hot word on the Internet. Broadly speaking, the Wang Lijun incident also includes the "Wang Lijun Open Letters" that appeared on certain websites after Wang Lijun left the U.S. Consulate, exposing Bo Xilai's materials, and political incidents involving local officials in Chongqing. Background of the incident In early 2012, an investigation into corruption in Tieling City, Liaoning Province involved Wang Lijun. When Communist Party investigators began questioning Wang Lijun, Bo Xilai initially spoke up for Wang Lijun and tried to protect him. Later, due to pressure from the central government, Bo Xilai immediately changed his position and actually dismissed Wang Lijun. It was not until a few days before Wang Lijun left the U.S. Consulate General that his personal driver was arrested. In early February 2012, Wang Lijun was removed from the post of Public Security Bureau Director and appointed as deputy mayor in charge of education and science and technology. It is reported that former Communist Party leader Qiao Shi wrote a letter to the Central Committee requesting that Wang Lijun be dealt with. Wang Lijun was willing to provide Bo Xilai's information in political exchange; Chongqing Municipal Party Secretary Bo Xilai arrested Wang Lijun's men. Boxun said that Wang Lijun had reported corruption in Bo Xilai's family to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The incident occurred at 10 p.m. on February 6, Beijing time. Wang Lijun left his Chongqing residence in disguise and drove to Chengdu. After calling to meet before arriving at the Consulate General, he entered the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu. After staying for one day, he left on February 7. The U.S. State Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China successively confirmed this news. After entering the consulate general, Wang Lijun held talks with Peter Haymond, the U.S. Consul General in Chengdu, and two other consuls, which dealt with the corruption and collusion with gangs of Wang Lijun's boss Bo Xilai, and the suppression of dissidents by China police. After that, He Mengde immediately contacted U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, who immediately contacted senior U.S. State Department officials and suggested that Wang Lijun be granted asylum and agreed to stay in the consulate. However, the White House vetoed Locke's proposal due to the impact on Sino-US relations and the upcoming visit of China Vice President Xi Jinping. U.S. officials later contacted China, and China agreed to send national security personnel to bring Wang Lijun back to Beijing, rather than having Chongqing arrest him. When senior officials from the Ministry of National Security took Wang Lijun out of the Consulate General, they had a heated argument with senior Chongqing officials waiting outside. Chongqing hoped to hand over Wang Lijun to them. But in the end, Wang Lijun still went to Beijing with officials from the Ministry of National Security to expose and prosecute Bo Xilai. On the evening of February 7, the police force near the U.S. Consulate increased significantly, and the consulate road at the entrance was even under martial law. It returned to normal the next morning. News broke and reports said that after Wang Lijun entered the consulate, Chongqing Mayor Huang Qifan, under Bo Xilai's delegation, led more than 70 police cars from Chongqing and surrounded the consulate. Wang Lijun had a day and night conversation with the American consul and left a large amount of inside information about Bo Xilai. News from Chongqing On February 8, the Information Office of the Chongqing City People's Government on Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo released a message saying,"It is reported that Vice Mayor Wang Lijun is highly nervous and seriously unwell due to long-term overload work. With consent, he is now receiving vacation-style treatment." Chongqing portal "Hualong. com" reported that a diagnosis of Wang Lijun's mental condition appeared on the Internet. It was initially diagnosed that the patient currently had a severe depressive state and a severe episode of depression. It was recommended to organize intervention and treat the patient. Regarding the rumor, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said that it could not comment on the reported asylum requests, but the Chengdu Consulate General was not threatened, so the U.S. government has not requested increased security outside the Consulate General building. According to Southern Metropolis Daily, Canadian Prime Minister Harper has arrived in Chongqing. Bo Xilai will meet Harper in the auditorium of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee at 6 p.m. on the 11th, but the entire trip is strictly controlled by the media, and only official media in Chongqing are allowed to film. There had been a lot of speculation about whether the meeting would be cancelled. The official confirmed that Bo Xilai answered the Wang Lijun incident for the first time: The heroes to fight against gangs were not given by the official, but by the people. On March 9, the Chongqing delegation met with reporters for the first time. At the press conference, Bo Xilai also responded positively to the Wang Lijun incident for the first time. He emphasized that the title of hero fighting against gangs was not given by the official, but by the people. The people have the freedom to give titles! According to the U.S. State Department, Wang Lijun "requested a meeting with U.S. consular staff in his capacity as deputy mayor of Chongqing City through an intermediary in advance.""This meeting was arranged in advance." On February 8, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Victoria Newland confirmed at a regular press conference: Earlier this week, Wang Lijun met with the U.S. Ambassador to Chengdu as deputy mayor and had entered the U.S. Consulate to meet. He walked out voluntarily afterwards. She said she would not comment on whether Wang sought political asylum. Regarding rumors that the U.S. consulate handed him over under pressure from the China government, Newland also said: "I can answer you with certainty again: he walked out, it was his choice." According to the Associated Press, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Victoria Newland confirmed that Wang Lijun had arrived at the Consulate General and met with U.S. personnel at his request, and finally left voluntarily. At 23:00 on February 9, the Office of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China stated,"Wang Lijun, Vice Mayor of Chongqing City, entered the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu on February 6 and stayed for one day before leaving. Relevant departments are investigating this." At 15:33:06 on March 2, Zhao Qizheng, spokesman for the press conference of the fifth session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, responded to a question from a Reuters reporter: "Wang Lijun is under investigation and has taken leave not to attend this meeting. On Thursday, Beikeqin website published an open letter "to the world" written by Wang Lijun. The letter made public the break between Wang Lijun and Bo Xilai and declared,"I don't want to see Bo Xilai, the biggest hypocrite in the party, continue to perform. If such a traitor takes power, it will be the greatest misfortune and national disaster for China in the future." VOA quoted this, but the authenticity of the letter was not confirmed. Disciplinary investigation Boxun News Network reported that Chongqing's announcement of "vacation-style treatment" angered the central government. Sources said that the central government decided to investigate Bo Xilai based on the information provided by Wang Lijun. The outside world also speculated that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's investigation into Bo Xilai had begun. February 11 coincided with Canadian Prime Minister Harper's visit to Chongqing. Compared with Harper's meeting with Wang Yang, Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, in Guangzhou the day before yesterday, China's official media chose to report Harper's meeting with Bo Xilai in a relatively low-key manner. This phenomenon attracted the attention of international media, and speculated about Bo Xilai's political future. On February 14, Bo Xilai met with Robert White, chairman of the UK-China Business Council, who was visiting Chongqing. However, the Chongqing Daily reported the news two days later, triggering speculation that Bo Xilai's news releases had been censored by the authorities, and it was also reported that the local media had been controlled by Beijing. On February 16, Chongqing held its annual law enforcement meeting. Both Bo Xilai and Mayor Huang Qifan were absent, which once again aroused speculation. U.S. Congress intervened On February 15, 2012, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee intervened and was investigating whether the U.S. government had not correctly handled Wang Lijun's asylum request. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, asking the U.S. government to submit a report to its committee as soon as possible, submitting all telegrams, memoranda, official emails (and informal) and other communications between the Consulate General, the Embassy in China, and the U.S. State Department in Washington to Congress, and explaining in detail everything that happened after Wang Lijun entered the Consulate General. Since then, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Newland said that he would not comment on this. Bo Xilai was suspected of serious disciplinary violations. On April 10, 2012, the central government decided to suspend his position as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Central Committee in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China and the Regulations on Case Inspection of Disciplinary Inspection Organs of the Communist Party of China. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China will initiate an investigation against him. After the incident of Wang Lijun secretly entering the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu on February 6 and being detained, the public security organs attached great importance to Wang Lijun's report of the case of British citizen Neil Wood being found dead in Chongqing on November 15, 2011 and specially established a review team., in a pragmatic attitude, conducted a review in accordance with the law. According to investigation, Bo Gu Kailai (wife of Comrade Bo Xilai) and his son had a good relationship with Neil Wood in the past, but later conflicts arose and intensified over economic interests. After review, the available evidence proved that Neil Wood died of homicide, and Bo Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun (Bo family servants) were seriously suspected of committing the crime. Bo Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun are suspected of intentional homicide and have been transferred to judicial authorities. The person in charge of the relevant department said that our country is a socialist country ruled by law, and the dignity and authority of the law cannot be trampled upon. No matter who is involved, as long as they violate the law, they will be dealt with in accordance with the law and will not be tolerated.