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
- OCTOBER 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SUPREME COURT TO RECLAIM DEATH PENALTY REVIEW RIGHT FROM LOWER TRIBUNALS
China's Supreme Court will no longer permit provincial courts to review death sentences so as to ensure that capital punishment is meted out meticulously and fairly, Chief Justice Xiao Yang, also president of the Supreme People's Court, said.
- OCTOBER 24, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997.
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997.
- OCTOBER 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAX EVASION
in its initial trial, a court in China’s Guangdong province sentenced Liang Jiayao, 39-year-old owner of Ming Sheng Leather Making Factory, to death with two years reprieve;
- OCTOBER 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX ALLEGED MEMBERS OF CRIME GANG SENTENCED TO DEATH
China sentenced six gang members to death for arms dealing, rape, murder, extortion and gambling, state media said. A court in southwest China's Sichuan province sentenced ringleader Ren Bing as well as five henchmen to death, while giving 13 others one t
- OCTOBER 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. KILLER OF TRIAD HEAD SENTENCED TO DEATH
despite more than 10,000 Zhaoqing residents' signatures asking for lenient treatment, Liang Jinguo was sentenced to death for murdering triad chief Long Jiefeng.
- OCTOBER 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Binyu, 27, a migrant worker from Gansu, was executed
Wang Binyu, 27, a migrant worker from Gansu, was executed
- OCTOBER 18, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER VICE GOVERNOR OF HENAN PROVINCE AND THREE OTHERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Lu Debin, former vice-governor of Henan Province, Shang Yuhe, Zhang Songxue and Xu Xiaotong had their death sentences upheld by a court in Henan for intentional homicide.
OCTOBER 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. 8 GUN SMUGGLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN QINGHAI
four gun smugglers were sentenced to death at the first trial by a local court in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
- OCTOBER 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN TO DIE FOR RAPE RING
Wang Qin, a 19-year-old woman, head of a rape and robbery ring, was sentenced to death with the possibility of life imprisonment.
- OCTOBER 6, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. AMNESTY URGES CHINA TO GO FURTHER WITH DEATH PENALTY REFORMS
Amnesty International urged China to accelerate reforms aimed at reducing use of the death penalty after a senior court official said new courts would be set up to review death sentences.
- OCTOBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COURT SENTENCES CHINESE TO DEATH
the High Court in Kampala, Uganda, sentenced to death a Chinese National, Wang Nan, after convicting him of killing his uncle Kong Jishu in 2004. Justice Edmond Lugayizi convicted Nan, a 20-year-old man, for murder, saying the prosecution had proved the c
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FAKE OFFICIAL AMONG 24 EXECUTED IN CHINA AHEAD OF NATIONAL DAY
it was reported that a man who impersonated a Communist Party official was among at least 24 people executed ahead of China's October 1 National Day holiday.