List of rampage killers in China


This is a list of mass or spree killers in China. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves. A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.
This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.

Other incidents

This section lists killers in China for mass murders by single perpetrators that do not fit into the upper categories, like arson fires, poisonings, bombings, deliberate airliner crashes and train derailments caused by sabotage. Cases with more than one offender are not included
NameDateYearLocationProvinceKilledInjuredWAdditional notesRef.
Lai Sanyang
March 91978GuangzhouGuangzhou13428EDied in the explosion of ship 160, which he caused
Unknown March 212022Teng CountyShandong1310VDied in the crash of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735, which they caused
Jiang Xiaofeng, 21
Oct 41990GuangzhouGuangzhou12753VDied in the crash of Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301, which he caused
Zhang Pilin, 37
May 72002DalianLiaoning111 0ADied in the crash of China Northern Airlines Flight 6136, which he caused
Jin Ruchao, 41
March 9/162001Maguan County
Shijiazhuang		Yunnan
Hebei		109 38MESentenced to death and executed
Ma Hongqing,
July 162001MafangShaanxi89+ 98+ESentenced to death and executed
Dong Yangling, 20
Dec 131993FuzhouFujian6115ASentenced to death and executed for arson
Tan Zhixin
Nov 261993HunanHunan60 21EKilled by the explosion
Chen Shuizong,
June 72013XiamenFujian46 34APerished in the flames
Wang Qi
March 141979BeijingBeijing45 22+VDied in the crash
Chen Zhengping, 32
Sep 152002NanjingJiangsu42300–400PSentenced to death and executed for poisoning
Li Chuicai, 33
March 62001Wanzai CountyJiangxi4227EKilled by the explosion
Liu Zhanjin, 34
March 292000ShajianShanxi3950+EKilled by the explosion
Huang Kefen,
June 241981XiamenFujian39 73EKilled by the explosion
Chen Tianfu
Oct 272007PutianFujian3721AConfessed to causing the Putian factory fire, later recanted
Wei Mou
July 291983GuojiatunHebei32274EKilled by the explosion
Qiu Fengguo, 23
Feb 151986JilinJilin32 32EKilled by the explosion
Xu Tingjian, 18
Sep 121997PujiangZhejiang324ASentenced to death for arson
Gao Haiping, 24
July 221981YangquanShanxi31127EKilled by the explosion
Unknown Dec 111997HarbinHeilongjiang3124ASentenced to death for arson
Yu Xiugang, 21
April 141988YujiaHebei30 18EKilled by the explosion
Zhang Yunliang, 62
June 52009ChengduSichuan27 73APerished in the flames
Unknown April 92001HaifengGuangdong240APerished in the flames
Zhou Wenzhi, 25
June 261989ShanghaiShanghai23 39EKilled by the explosion
Dong Chuansheng, 57
July 42010WuxiJiangsu2319APerished in the flames
Jiang Zhongchun, 41
July 162017ChangshuJiangsu223AArrested
Song Xianggui
Jan 41999JinzhouLiaoning1921EArrested
Lin Shunliang
April 31994FuzhouFujian1890ECommitted suicide
Ma Yongping, 33
Jan 52016YinchuanNingxia1832ASentenced to death and executed
Liu Chunlu, 32
April 242018QingyuanGuangdong185ASentenced to death and executed
Unknown July 171990XiamenFujian17–1950–90EKilled by the explosion
Hu Baoqiang, 45
May 52008WenzhouZhejiang1740ECommitted suicide
Liu Weixiong, 31
Feb 42008TaizhouZhejiang176ASentenced to death and executed
Chen Zhenpei
Feb 161992YichangHubei1638ESentenced to death and executed
Zhang Wei
May 301979Shandan CountyGansu1467E
Ding Jifu
Nov 82004XinjiangXinjiang1424EArrested
Liu Shuangyun
Dec 42012ShantouGuangdong142AArrested
Liu Aibing, 34
Dec 122009Anhua CountyHunan131ASentenced to death and executed
Zhang Zongling
Oct 301994JinanShandong122ASentenced to death and executed
Liu Shiliang, 38
June 131999Xiaoguanxin VillageShandong121PSentenced to death and executed
Cong Weizi
May 92017WeihaiShandong120ACommitted suicide
Gao Wanfeng, 55
Jan 112013ShuangyashanHeilongjiang1135ECommitted suicide
Liu Quanshun, 45
Jan 152012Shangdian Natural VillageFujian111ASentenced to death
Jiang Dayong
Nov 142007Chengde CountyHebei110ASentenced to death
Wei Yinyong, 33
Sep 302015LiuchengGuangxi1051EKilled by the explosion
Sun Liyou, 26
Sep 162007LiuyangHunan1023EKilled by the explosion
Chen Xiaomei
Oct 212003Huaping VillageHubei1023PSentenced to death and executed
Pan, 32
April 292005ShanghaiShanghai1020AArrested
Chen Zhenglong
Dec 101982PanzhihuaSichuan1015ESentenced to death and executed
Bai Qinghua, 50
Jan 202005Karamay DistrictXinjiang107EKilled by the explosion
Wang Gui, 45
July 262013HeilongjiangHeilongjiang102APerished in the flames
Unknown April1981ShanghaiShanghai9–15?EKilled by the explosion
Wang Zhigang, 30
Oct 291980BeijingBeijing989EKilled by the explosion
Dong Xueliang, 33
July 181987969ESentenced to death and executed
Ji Zhongxian, 28
May 71979ChengduSichuan916EKilled by the explosion
Luo Hengxi
June 82005Baita TownHebei98EKilled by the explosion
Xu Shuiying, 53
Dec 132010GanzhouJiangxi92AArrested
Li Qiang, 31
Oct 212001LinyiShandong852ESentenced to death and executed
Lin Binwei, 25
Feb 232013WenlingZhejiang817ASentenced to death and executed
Lu Wenfeng
June 32006Jixian CountyHeilongjiang86EKilled by the explosion
Unknown April 282016Xi'anShaanxi85AArrested
Xu Taoran, 22
June 152017Jiangsu ProvinceJiangsu765EKilled by the explosion
Chen Xilin, 55
Feb 132013ZhanjiangGuangdong718ECommitted suicide
Lu Haifeng, 34
Feb 52019Long CountyShaanxi71ASentenced to death and executed
Su Dahua
Feb 272014GuiyangGuizhou635ASentenced to death and executed
Huang Tianyong, 32
June 181990Xinyi VillageSichuan621EKilled by the explosion
Yin Kaihua
June 262000Qiluogou VillageSichuan66ESentenced to death
Yan Xueguo
Dec 242005Qixing VillageChongqing527PSentenced to death
Zhong Yongjin, 51
Feb 122003ShifangSichuan514PCommitted suicide
Wang Yefu
April 282006Longwan DistrictZhejiang58AArrested
Five more died by jumping out of a window
Dong Shihou, 29
April 31968BeijingBeijing4105EKilled by the explosion
Lu Benbiao
April 231992Jintoucun villageGuangxi493EArrested

Abbreviations and footnotes

W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders