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 16, 2020AustraliaDEATH PENALTYAUSTRALIA 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.
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.