After the CCP created the Shandong Zhaoyuan Case and prepared public opinion for its overall crackdown on the Church of Almighty God, it mobilized armed police and regular troops to arrest Christians of the Church of Almighty God and all the underground churches. On June 16, the CCP first launched a special nationwide campaign, the “One-Hundred-Day Battle,” to deal with the Church of Almighty God. Besides, it took out tens of millions of yuan to reward those units, individuals, and informers that made outstanding achievements, stimulating the whole nation to fight a people’s war to report and arrest Christians of the Church. In July, the CCP determined the Church of Almighty God to be a cult and legislated to punish it. In August, the CCP mobilized armed police and regular troops to carry out a full-scale annihilation of Christians of the Church, overwhelmingly cracking down on the Church across the whole country.
According to the CCP insiders, on July 15, 2014, a special conference on cracking down on the Church of Almighty God was held at the Great Hall of the People in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. The participants included the CCP high officials, such as the Chief of Staff from the Logistics Department of the Nanjing Military Region, the Commander from the Logistics Department of the Nanjing Military Region, the Director of Shanghai Military Representative Office, the Vice Mayor of Wenzhou City (who takes charge of the military), and the Secretary-General of Wenzhou City; in addition, there were representatives, such as the staffs from the Garrison Headquarters of Military Subarea, armed police, traffic police, the reserve forces (retired soldiers) of Wenzhou, and frontier guards. There were over 300 people in total. The conference declared that the Central Committee had determined the “Church of Almighty God” to be a cult through legislation and decided to carry out a special action to crack down on the Church, aiming to eradicate the Church thoroughly. After the conference, the departments of Zhejiang government in all levels acted in unison to secretly arrange a special action of arresting Christians of the Church. They dispatched over 3000 reserve personnel to help the residents’ committee inquire people about their religious beliefs in such ways as registering door to door, checking residence cards, and chatting with the residents. Meanwhile, armed policemen and undercover policemen were distributed on the streets to watch suspected persons. Some acted as strangers to approach suspected persons by asking for directions, and some disguised themselves as beggars to shadow suspected persons in succession.
