Chinese Activists Mark CCP Anniversary With Symbolic Coffin Procession at New York Consulate

Protesters denounced Beijing’s rule and a new ‘ethnic unity’ law they say expands the Chinese regime’s transnational repression.

Chinese pro-democracy activists stage a symbolic funeral procession for the Chinese Communist Party outside the Chinese Consulate in New York on July 1, 2026. NTD

Chinese democracy activists and human rights advocates held a symbolic funeral procession outside the Chinese Consulate in New York this week, marking the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 105th anniversary and calling for an end to its rule.

Braving temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, protesters marched a coffin bearing the words “End CCP” to the entrance of the consulate, chanting slogans such as “Down with the Communist Party” and “Down with the Communist bandits.” Organizers described the event as a celebratory send-off for China’s sole ruling party.

“The more than one billion Chinese people who have suffered under the CCP have waited far too long for the Communist Party’s funeral,” organizer Jie Lijian wrote on X ahead of the event on Wednesday. “The countdown to the CCP’s demise has already begun.”

Jie said that July 1—celebrated by the Chinese regime as the anniversary of the CCP’s founding—marked the beginning of decades of suffering for the Chinese people.

“We hope this day will become the Party’s anniversary of [its] death instead,” he told the Chinese language edition of NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister media outlet. “The sooner it collapses, the sooner the persecution, repression, and bloody rule imposed on the Chinese people will end.

“Today, the United States and people around the world are condemning its crimes.”

During the demonstration, security staff at the consulate drew down the building’s security gate as the procession neared.

Chinese pro-democracy activist Yang Maosen told The Epoch Times it symbolized “the CCP sealing the entrance to its own tomb.”

Another organizer, China Democracy Party member Yuan Zhe, said the procession was intended to draw international attention to what participants view as the CCP’s role in global instability.

“We want the world to know that the CCP is the source of countless evils,” Yuan told The Epoch Times. “Wherever the CCP extends its influence, disaster follows.”

Chinese pro-democracy activists carry a symbolic coffin outside the Chinese Consulate in New York on July 1, 2026, chanting "Down with the Communist Party" to express their opposition to the Chinese Communist Party and their hope for its eventual end. Courtesy of Jie Lijian

Protesters Condemn ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law

The protest also highlighted opposition to China’s new Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which took effect on July 1. Critics say the legislation expands Beijing’s forced ethnic assimilation policies and broadens the regime’s practice of pressuring Chinese communities overseas.

Yuan argued that the law attempts to legitimize the CCP’s transnational repression.

“Chinese people are persecuted by the Communist Party inside China, and even after they leave the country, they continue to face harassment from the CCP’s proxies,” he said. “The free world should remain vigilant.”

Yang echoed those concerns, describing the law as an attempt to provide a legal framework for Beijing’s overseas repression.

“This law fuels ethnic division and seeks to legalize the CCP’s suppression beyond China’s borders,” he said. “The international community should recognize this as a form of transnational repression and oppose it.”

The anti-CCP rally coincided with a separate demonstration by Tibetan groups along the waterfront opposite the Chinese Consulate in New York City. Participants there also condemned the CCP’s human rights record and protested the implementation of the “ethnic unity” law.

Tao Ruoshui contributed to this report.