El 21 de novembre, després que milers de veïns assetgessin un edifici governamental , les autoritats locals van prometre que solucionarien el conflicte organitzant eleccions municipals abans de quinze dies.
Thousands of villagers then surrounded the Lufeng county government building on November 21, and local authorities promised villagers that the dispute would be settled village representatives re-elected within 15 days.