Zeng was sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region. In order to avoid jail, in the following 10 years, she was found pregnant for 14 times.

On October 17, 2005, Zeng was sentenced to life imprisonment by Urumqi Intermediate People's Court. Due to her pregnancy, the court made the probation decision.

When Zeng knew that she would be put in prison, she said she was pregnant again. After the probation decision, she went for an abortion. Since 2006, Zeng has claimed 14 pregnancies, of which, one was false, and the remaining 13 were true.

Until recently, the Municipal Bureau of Justice resubmitted the suggestion to put her in prison to Urumqi Intermediate People's Court. Zeng, 39, was finally imprisoned.