Tian Mingjian Incident - Aftermath

Aftermath

When Canadian television began to report live about the shooting at the embassy district satellite transmission was immediately turned off by the Chinese government, and further reporting and on-site interviews were prohibited.

Shortly after the shooting the Beijing Garrison Command (BGC) was ordered by the Central Military Commission to conduct a thorough review of the incident. The investigation was organized by the People's Liberation Army's General Staff Headquarters and the General Political Department, and headed by Zhang Zhen, then vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.

Due to the investigation the commander of the Beijing Military Region, Lieutenant General Li Laizhu, and its political commissar, Lieutenant General Gu Shanqing, were given serious warnings as a disciplinary sanction and serious demerits within the party. It also resulted in the dismissal and demeriting of BGC commander, Major General Liu Fengjun, and BGC political commissar, Major General Yang Huichuan, who were then replaced by He Daoquan and Zhang Baokang. Additionally the commander and political commissar of the Third Guards Division, as well as the commander of the 12th Regiment and all battalion commanders and instructors under his command were dismissed, while several military officials of the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region, and the Beijing Garrison Headquarters and Political Department were punished. In total about 60 military officials were punished, demerited, or dismissed as a consequence of the shooting.

Furthermore the Third Guards Division of the Beijing Garrison was transferred from Beijing to a remote border post, and a general order was issued to the entire army by the Central Military Commission Headquarters to strictly carry out weaponry management system and to strengthen ideological work.

Others have been awarded for their handling of the shooting, among them an official who directed Tian's interception and the sharpshooter who had killed the gunman.