In April 2011, Liu Ping decided to run for the local delegate to the National People's Congress. As soon as Liu announced her candidacy, local government started to harass her and her supporters. The authority deemed her action as being backed by "anti-China forces" and posing grim threat to China's established election procedures. Even though Liu obtained enough supporters to show up on the ballot by Chinese election laws, Liu was declared ineligible by Yang Jianyun, director of the local election office.
