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
- DECEMBER 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Zhenbin, a headmaster in southeast China's Fujian province, was sentenced to death
Guo Zhenbin, a headmaster in southeast China's Fujian province, was sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Intermediate People's Court of Fuzhou in China’s southeastern province of Fujian sentenced five people
the Intermediate People's Court of Fuzhou in China’s southeastern province of Fujian sentenced five people
- DECEMBER 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in the second instance trial of the case, the Higher People's Court of Tibet Autonomous Region
in the second instance trial of the case, the Higher People's Court of Tibet Autonomous Region
- DECEMBER 20, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two North Koreans were forcibly repatriated by China
two North Koreans were forcibly repatriated by China
- DECEMBER 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two staff at a Chinese drug rehabilitation centre were sentenced to death
two staff at a Chinese drug rehabilitation centre were sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
three people were sentenced to death by a Beijing court for involvement...
three people were sentenced to death by a Beijing court for involvement...
- DECEMBER 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Chinese court upheld a death sentence against Jiao Ming
a Chinese court upheld a death sentence against Jiao Ming
- DECEMBER 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yoo Young-chul, a 34-year-old South Korean man believed...
Yoo Young-chul, a 34-year-old South Korean man believed...
- DECEMBER 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bao Zhufa, a farmer in central China who killed five people with a hammer, was sentenced to death.
Bao Zhufa, a farmer in central China who killed five people with a hammer, was sentenced to death.
- DECEMBER 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Weihua, a Chinese drug smuggler who was forced to have an abortion...
Ma Weihua, a Chinese drug smuggler who was forced to have an abortion...
- DECEMBER 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
hundreds of Tibetans took to the streets of New Delhi in a silent protest march
hundreds of Tibetans took to the streets of New Delhi in a silent protest march
- DECEMBER 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
three people were executed in south-west China's Yunnan Province for abducting and selling 11 children.
three people were executed in south-west China's Yunnan Province for abducting and selling 11 children.