查建国（1951年8月18日—），江苏宜兴人，生于北京，曾任《中国电视戏曲》杂志社办公室主任，是中国民主党的缔造者之一，也是联合总部首任执行主席暨京津党部副主席。1998年7月，他因协助组建“中国民主党北京天津党部”被控颠覆国家政权，1999年被判刑九年并剥夺政治权利两年，至2008年6月28日刑满出狱出狱后，他依然留在国内，坚持推动政治体制改革，积极撰写时政评论，并对海外民主运动持“失望与希望并存”的立场。长期服刑使其健康受损，但他依然坚定不移，成为中国民主派的“硬汉”代表人物。
Zha Jianguo (born August 18, 1951, in Beijing, originally from Yixing, Jiangsu) is a veteran Chinese dissident and a founding member of the China Democracy Party. He formerly served as executive chairman of the party’s Joint Headquarters and vice-chair of its Beijing-Tianjin branch. He was also office director at China Television Opera magazine.
In July 1998, he was arrested for helping establish the CDP’s Beijing-Tianjin branch and, in 1999, sentenced to nine years in prison with two years’ deprivation of political rights for “subverting state power.” He was released on June 28, 2008.
Despite years of imprisonment and declining health, Zha chose to remain in China, continuing to advocate for political reform and publish political commentary. His stance toward the overseas democracy movement has been described as “a mix of disappointment and hope.” He is widely regarded as a symbol of steadfastness—a “tough man” of China’s democratic opposition.
