China
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- communist state
- CONSTITUTION
- December 4, 1982, amended several times, last in 2004.
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law, of Soviet derivation and derived from the legal principles of the continental civil code
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National People's Congress (Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme People's Court, judges appointed by the National People's Congress; local people's courts and special people's courts
RELIGIONS
Buddhists 18.2%, Christians 5.1%, Muslims 1.8%, others 0.7%, unspecified 52.2%
From the country
FEBRUARY 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYEUROPEAN UNION. MARCO PANNELLA DEPOSITS PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON CHINA’S RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Hands Off Cain President and MEP Marco Pannella deposited a question to the European Parliament regarding the violation of human rights and religious repression perpetrated in China commencing with the case of Gao Zhisheng, a lawyer who for years has take
- FEBRUARY 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Ye Li, a 24-year-old Henan Province native, was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, China, for kidnapping and murder.
JANUARY 25, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
two former Heilongjiang government officials linked to the bribes-for-jobs case were sentenced to death in Harbin, China.
- JANUARY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
Xu Guojian, former head of the Organization Department of the Party's provincial committee in Jiangsu, was sentenced to death in China’s Fujian province for bribe taking.
- JANUARY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH BLASTS CHINA OVER DISMAL RIGHTS RECORD
Human Rights Watch blasted China for its dismal rights record, saying it lead the world in executions.
JANUARY 17, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN INNER MONGOLIA
an Inner Mongolia court sentenced a college president to death for hiring a man to kill his former employee.
- JANUARY 11, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN WITH DEATH PENALTY PRONOUNCED INNOCENT
a farmer given the death penalty after being convicted of the rape and murder of two girls was cleared after three trials.
- JANUARY 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SUPREME COURT COMMUTED 11.2 PERCENT OF 2005 DEATH SENTENCES
the Chinese Supreme People's Court commuted 11.2 percent of all death sentences submitted to it for review in 2005, state media said.
- JANUARY 5, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINESE SUPREME COURT TO WITHDRAW DEATH SENTENCE REVIEW POWER - TOP JUDGE
China's top judge and president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) Xiao Yang reaffirmed that the SPC was withdrawing the death sentence review power in 2006.
- JANUARY 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. NEW DEATH PENALTY LAWS TAKE EFFECT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
from New Year’s Day China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) required local courts to hold open court sessions accessible to the public when hearing cases of death sentences in the second instance.
- DECEMBER 30, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGZHOU MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FRAUD
the Guangzhou Intermediate Court sentenced Wang Risheng to death with a two-year reprieve for fraud. The court said Wang was the mastermind behind a scam in which more than 2,000 people were swindled out of 110 million yuan (US$12.4 million).