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 28, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND'S TWO-YEAR-OLD SON
The Intermediate People's Court of Xi'an on 27 October 2020 sentenced a man to death for murdering his girlfriend's two-year-old son.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TEACHER HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR POISONING CHILDREN
A kindergarten teacher in China on 28 September 2020 was sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children in an act of revenge against a colleague after a fallout, that left one toddler dead.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KINDERGARTEN KNIFE ATTACK
A court in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on 8 September 2020 handed down the death penalty to a man over a kindergarten knife attack.
AUGUST 7, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOURTH CANADIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON DRUG CHARGES
China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei.
AUGUST 6, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: CANADIAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON DRUG CHARGE
China has sentenced a Canadian citizen to death on charges of manufacturing the drug ketamine amid heightened tension between the two countries.
AUGUST 1, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE
A senior Chinese Communist Party official charged with taking bribes worth more than $100 million was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, Xinhua news agency reported on 31 July 2020.
JULY 19, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ‘MENTALLY ILL' FATHER EXECUTED FOR MURDERING HIS DAUGHTER'S NINE-YEAR-OLD CLASSMATE
A Chinese father recovering from schizophrenia was executed on 17 July 2020 for killing a classmate of his daughter's in a school toilet following a dispute between the two children.
JULY 13, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING TWO AT CORONAVIRUS CHECKPOINT
A Chinese man who stabbed to death two people at a coronavirus travel checkpoint in the southwest of the country was executed on 9 July 2020, the Supreme People’s Court said.
JUNE 26, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO DRUG DEALERS EXECUTED
A court in China on 24 June 2020 ordered two convicted drug dealers to be executed immediately during an open trial.
- JUNE 24, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO MEN GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAKING AND SELLING DRUGS
Two men who made and dealt drugs were sentenced to death on 23 June 2020 by Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court, days ahead of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (26 June).
- JUNE 16, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA VOICES CONCERN OVER MAN SENTENCED TO DIE IN CHINA
Australia’s prime minister said on 16 June 2020 that his government is “very sad and concerned” by China’s sentencing of an Australian man to death for drug trafficking.
JUNE 14, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: AUSTRALIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
An Australian man on 10 June 2020 was sentenced to death in China on drug charges, federal government said, a development that could further escalate tensions between the two countries.