Mr. Qiao Yanqing was born in 1941, and was a senior engineer at the Jilin City Refrigerator Factory. He lived in the Lantian Residential Area, East Market, Zhanqian Road, Changyi Distrcit, Jilin City, Jilin Province. He began practicing Falun Gong quite early, and often studied with a group and shared experiences with fellow practitioners. In those cases when there were not enough books available, he often transcribed Master's lectures for practitioners who were not very literate.

After July 20, 1999, when the Jiang faction started to crazily persecute Falun Dafa, he continued to practice. When he wrote a letter to the Chinese Premier to appeal, the letter was intercepted and sent back to the local police. He was thus persecuted by personnel from the "610 Office" and police officers.

In late January 2001, before the Chinese New Year, he went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. He was arrested at the Beijing Train Station as soon as he got off the train and sent back to Jilin City where he was tortured by enforcers from the "610 Office" and the police. He passed away not long after on January 30.