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
JUNE 8, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: CHINESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING FOREIGNER
A Chinese man in East China's Jiangsu Province was recently sentenced to death in a first-instance judgment for killing a foreigner, local media Daily Express reported on 3 June 2020.
JUNE 6, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO MURDERED HIS WIFE EXECUTED IN SHANGHAI
A man in Shanghai who killed his wife and hid her body in a freezer for three months was executed on 4 June 2020, according to the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court.
- APRIL 23, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MANHOLE COVER THIEVES 'MAY GET DEATH SENTENCES'
The Supreme People's Court, The Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security have issued a joint statement, instructing courts to penalize people more strictly if they have been found to steal or damage manhole covers, the official P
MARCH 25, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT HANDS RARE DEATH SENTENCE TO RAPIST WHO HELD GIRL CAPTIVE FOR 24 DAYS
A man has been sentenced to death in the central Hunan province for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl whom he held captive in a hidden room under the floor of his home for over three weeks, domestic outlet Red Star News reported on 23 March 2020.
- MARCH 11, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH PENALTY OF GANG LEADER UPHELD IN LARGEST MAFIA CASE IN HAINAN PROVINCE
A court in south China's Hainan Province on 11 March 2020 upheld the death penalty of a 200-member gang leader in the largest mafia case since the founding of the province.
MARCH 3, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VIRUS CHECKPOINT KILLING
A Chinese court on 1st March 2020 sentenced a man to death for fatally stabbing two officials at a checkpoint set up to control the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak.
FEBRUARY 20, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER EXECUTED
Sun Xiaoguo, a notorious culprit of multiple high-profile crimes in China, was executed on 20 February 2020 in south-west China's Yunnan province.
FEBRUARY 18, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: HIDING CORONAVIRUS MAY BE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH, COURT SAYS
Intentionally hiding or misreporting symptoms related to the novel coronavirus constitutes a criminal offense that could incur a death penalty, according to a notice issued on 15 February 2020 by the Chinese court.
FEBRUARY 14, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO KILLED BEIJING DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
Sun Wenbin who fatally stabbed a doctor at a hospital in Beijing last month was sentenced to death by the Beijing No 3 Intermediate People's Court on 16 January 2020.
- JANUARY 12, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR GANG LEADER IN HOMICIDE, BURIAL
The death penalty for Du Shaoping, who was convicted of killing a man and then burying him under a school sports ground, was upheld by the Hunan High People’s Court on 10 January 2020.
- JANUARY 1, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In February 2011, China dropped the death penalty for 13 non-violent crimes
In February 2011, China dropped the death penalty for 13 non-violent crimes
DECEMBER 31, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR SHANGHAI MAN FOR KILLING STUDENTS
Shanghai Municipal Higher People's Court on 30 December 2019 upheld the death sentence for a man who stabbed and killed two school children outside a primary school in Shanghai last year.