Last updated: September 19, 2026

Xiaohuamei, widely known as the “Xuzhou chained woman,” was trafficked from Yunnan in 1998, sold multiple times, and eventually brought to Feng County, Jiangsu.

Chinese authorities later confirmed that she had been subjected to prolonged abuse and confinement. Dong Zhimin restrained her with cloth, rope, and an iron chain around her neck and kept her in degrading living conditions.

In April 2023, Dong Zhimin was sentenced to nine years in prison for abuse and unlawful detention. Five people involved in trafficking Xiaohuamei received prison terms ranging from eight to thirteen years.

The last detailed official update on Xiaohuamei’s condition was published in April 2023. Authorities said she remained hospitalized, was physically stable, could eat and dress with assistance, and could communicate in simple ways, but continued to have cognitive impairment.

In February 2025, former journalist and lawyer Li Hualiang reported, citing local sources in Feng County, that Xiaohuamei was still living in a local psychiatric hospital and had not returned either to Dongji village or to her original home in Yunnan.

As of September 19, 2026, no later detailed and reliable public account of her current condition could be found.

Important questions therefore remain unanswered:

Where is she now?

Is she still hospitalized?

Who independently represents her interests?

Can she freely express her wishes?

Who decides where she lives?

Can an independent lawyer, social worker, or other trusted third party verify that her rights and dignity are being protected?

Medical privacy should be respected. But privacy is not the same as disappearance from independent oversight.

This case should not be remembered only as the story of “a woman who was once chained.”

Xiaohuamei is still a living victim.

The criminal cases ended.

Her story did not.

Remember her name: Xiaohuamei.

小花梅仍然活着——丰县铁链女事件档案

最后更新：2026年9月19日

小花梅，即广为人知的“丰县铁链女”，1998年被带离云南，随后被多次拐卖，最终被卖到江苏丰县。

官方调查和法院判决确认，她长期遭受虐待和非法拘禁。董志民曾使用布条、绳索以及铁链锁住她的脖子，并长期让她生活在恶劣环境中。

2023年4月，董志民因虐待罪、非法拘禁罪被判处有期徒刑九年。参与拐卖小花梅的五人分别被判处八年至十三年有期徒刑。

目前能够找到的最后一次较详细官方近况发布于2023年4月。官方称，小花梅当时仍在住院治疗，身体状况稳定，可以在帮助下穿衣、进食和进行简单交流，但仍存在认知障碍。

2025年2月，前记者、律师李华良援引丰县当地知情人士称，小花梅仍住在当地精神病医院，自2022年入院后没有回董集村，也没有回云南老家。

截至2026年9月19日，仍没有找到更新、更详细、且能够可靠说明小花梅当前生活状况的公开信息。

因此，一些最基本的问题仍然没有公开答案：

她现在在哪里？

是否仍然住院？

谁在独立代表她的利益？

她能否自由表达自己的意愿？

谁决定她今后住在哪里？

是否有独立律师、社会工作者或其他可信第三方，可以确认她的安全、权利和人格尊严确实得到保障？

她的医疗隐私当然应该受到保护。

但保护隐私，不等于让一个受害者完全消失在独立监督之外。

这起事件不应该只被记成：

“曾经有一个女人被铁链锁住。”

小花梅仍然是一个活着的受害者。

刑事案件已经判决。

她的人生没有结案。

请记住她的名字：小花梅。