On April 29, 2001 (April 7, 2001 in the lunar calendar), the final verdict was pronounced in the "March 16" explosion case in Shijiazhuang. On the morning of April 29, 2001, the Higher People's Court of Hebei Province issued a second-instance judgment on the Shijiazhuang explosion case. In accordance with the law, it upheld the verdict of the Shijiazhuang City Intermediate People's Court in the first instance of sentencing the defendants Jin Ruchao, Wang Yushun and Hao Fengqin to death and deprivation of political rights for life. The death sentence of the defendant Hu Xiaohong was commuted, with a two-year suspension and deprivation of political rights for life. At the same time, according to the authorization of the Supreme People's Court, the death sentences of Jin Ruchao, Wang Yushun and Hao Fengqin were approved in accordance with the law, and after the verdict was pronounced, they were taken to the execution ground for execution. On April 17, the Shijiazhuang City Intermediate People's Court held a public hearing on the Shijiazhuang explosion case and issued a public verdict on April 18. Jin Ruchao was sentenced to death for the crime of explosion and deprived of political rights for life; sentenced to death for intentional homicide and deprived of political rights for life; decided to execute the death penalty and deprived of political rights for life. Defendants Wang Yushun and Hao Fengqin were both sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life for the crime of illegally manufacturing and trading in explosives; defendant Hu Xiaohong was sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life for the crime of illegally trading in explosives. After the verdict was pronounced, all four defendants refused to accept the first-instance judgment and filed an appeal. After trial, the Higher People's Court of Hebei Province found that Jin Ruchao, a person released from prison, bore a grudge against his neighbors, stepmother, ex-wife, sister, etc. for family trivia, and he had the idea of using explosive means to retaliate. From March 12 to 14 this year, Jin Ruchao purchased 600 kilograms of ammonium nitrate explosives three times from farmers Wang Yushun and Hao Fengqin in Luquan City, Hebei Province, who were engaged in illegal manufacturing of explosives, and conducted explosion tests. On the morning of March 15, Jin Ruchao transported the explosives he purchased to the outskirts of Shijiazhuang City to hide them. From the evening of March 15 to the early morning of March 16, Jin Ruchao used 575 kilograms of explosives, together with 50 detonators and more than 20 fuses purchased last year from Hu Xiaohong, a worker at the No. 1 Shijing Quarry Factory in Luquan City, Hebei Province, to make detonating devices. They transported them to the dormitory building No. 3 where he had conflicts with his neighbors, relatives and ex-wife lived and the house sold by his sister. They detonated the explosives one in turn, causing a total of 108 deaths, 5 serious injuries, and 8 minor injuries. In addition, Jin Ruchao also killed a young woman who had lived with him with a firewood knife in Maguan County, Yunnan Province on March 9 this year. The court of first instance also found that since March last year, in addition to selling explosives to Jin Ruchao, the defendants Wang Yushun and Hao Fengqin had also illegally manufactured and sold more than 20,000 kilograms of ammonium nitrate explosives to others. After trial, the Higher People's Court of Hebei Province held that the facts determined in the first-instance judgment were clear, the evidence was authentic and sufficient, the conviction was accurate, and the trial procedure was legal. The crimes committed by the appellants Jin Ruchao, Wang Yushun and Hao Fengqin were extremely serious and harmful to society. The first-instance judgment sentenced them appropriately, so the appeal was rejected in accordance with the law and the original judgment was upheld; The appellant Hu Xiaohong should be sentenced to death based on his crime, but considering the specific circumstances of his crime, immediate execution was not necessary. Therefore, Hu Xiaohong's death sentence was changed in accordance with the law, with a two-year suspension of execution.