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
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China said that it hoped visiting UN human rights experts...
China said that it hoped visiting UN human rights experts would have a "comprehensive and objective" view of its judicial system and treatment of crime suspects by police
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tibet sentenced two Nepalese to death, close...
A court in Tibet sentenced two Nepalese to death, close on the heels of an outcry in Nepal over the same punishment awarded to two more Nepalese in an earlier case
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
four men, named Wang Liming, Miao Ping, Wang Xiang and Liang Shihan were executed
four men, named Wang Liming, Miao Ping, Wang Xiang and Liang Shihan were executed
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A south Chinese court sentenced to death five people...
A south Chinese court sentenced to death five people for the murder of former Phoenix TV vice president Zhou Yinan and his family
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former vice head of the northern China's Hebei...
The former vice head of the northern China's Hebei provincial foreign trade bureau was sentenced to death after being convicted of transferring the import rights of 1,249 automobiles to the Beijing Senhua Automotive Trading Corp between 2001 and 2003
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hu Guohua and his girlfriend Fan Shue were executed...
Hu Guohua and his girlfriend Fan Shue were executed by lethal injection in China after being sentenced to death for murder by the Shizuishan city court in the northwestern Ningxia region
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people were executed in China after being convicted...
Three people were executed in China after being convicted of stealing six luxury vehicles and strangling their drivers
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced two drug dealers to death...
A Chinese court sentenced two drug dealers to death after they dismembered the body of a gang member who died when transporting heroin in his stomach
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The deputy manager of a state-run company in China's...
The deputy manager of a state-run company in China's northeastern Jilin province was executed for embezzlement
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five Taiwanese nationals were sentenced to death in...
Five Taiwanese nationals were sentenced to death in southeast China's Fujian province after being convicted of trafficking the illegal methamphetamine drug 'ice'
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in September 2004, Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan disclosed...
in September 2004, Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan disclosed...
- AUGUST 31, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former deputy manager of the state-run International...
The former deputy manager of the state-run International Trade and Development Corp, Qiao Benping, was executed in China's northe-astern province of Jilin for embezzling 14