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
- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the...
Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence against Wang Huaizhong, former vice-governor of Anhui Province, for taking bribes and owning many possessions he could not account for
- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yunfu Intermediate People's Court, in China's Guangdong...
The Yunfu Intermediate People's Court, in China's Guangdong Province, recently sentenced Xie Guoxing to death, Shen Jianhua to death with reprieve and 14 others to various terms imprisonment for trafficking in children
- JANUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three members of a mafia gang and four murderers were...
Three members of a mafia gang and four murderers were executed in two Chinese provinces, Chinese media reported
- JANUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Guan, a 26 year old elementary school teacher in...
Lin Guan, a 26 year old elementary school teacher in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was sentenced to death by a local court for raping four school girls, aged between nine and twelve
- JANUARY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing...
Two ethnic Korean-Chinese people were executed by firing squad and two others were sentenced to 25 years in prison
- JANUARY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Duanzhou District in China's Guangdong Province,...
A court in Duanzhou District in China's Guangdong Province, recently sentenced Zuo Chengfa, 21, to death for drug trafficking, the Xinxi Shibao newspaper reported
- JANUARY 7, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Xinzhou Intermediate People's...
It was reported that the Xinzhou Intermediate People's Court in China's Shanxi Province recently sentenced Shi Xinquan to death for illegally using explosives
- JANUARY 6, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a court in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province,...
It was reported that a court in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, carried out the order of the Provincial Higher People's Court to execute Yu Xukang and Wei Fubing for the robbery and murder of Zhang Yunting, deputy director of the Hanzhong People's Congress on
- JANUARY 5, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six drug runners were sentenced to death and four others...
Six drug runners were sentenced to death and four others given life imprisonment by a southern Chinese court after being convicted of trafficking some 58 kilograms (127 pounds) of heroin, state press said
- JANUARY 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hebi Court in China's Henan Province sentenced Gao...
Hebi Court in China's Henan Province sentenced Gao Baoqing to death and five others to terms of imprisonment for the murder of Xu Donglin, director of Qixian County Grain Reserve Administration on 17 January 2003
- DECEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Wang Siyuan to death for manslaughter