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
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xie Deming and Cui Wenxian, two leaders of a gang accused...
Xie Deming and Cui Wenxian, two leaders of a gang accused of trafficking 118 babies, were sentenced to death by the Yulin city Intermediate People's Court in the southern China, state media said
- NOVEMBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese couple were sentenced to death for the murder...
A Chinese couple were sentenced to death for the murder of 12 women who had been lured with offers of jobs, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese man who beheaded a crying baby during a botched...
A Chinese man who beheaded a crying baby during a botched 10 yuan (1
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in northeast China sentenced three people to...
A court in northeast China sentenced three people to death for defrauding 6,400 people through investment schemes, state media said
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed in Guangdong for robbery and...
Three men were executed in Guangdong for robbery and murder immediately after being sentenced at mass sentencing rallies held on November 21 at seven different locations in the provincial capital, Guangzhou, the Xinxi Shibao newspaper said
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern...
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern China's Guangdong province were executed for drug-related crimes, state media reported
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after...
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after being convicted of the murder of the woman who hired him
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court of Changsha, capital...
The Intermediate People's Court of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, has sentenced Zhang Xiufa to death with a two-year reprieve and confiscated all his personal property for accepting huge bribes
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Dawei, a Chinese businessman, was sentenced to death...
Li Dawei, a Chinese businessman, was sentenced to death for bank fraud by an intermediate court in Xian city, northern Shaanxi province, after he promised a company high interest rates but swindled it out of some 29
- NOVEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man who allegedly killed and dismembered his male...
A man who allegedly killed and dismembered his male lover was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- NOVEMBER 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Ligang, 22 and Cheng Liang 29, were executed...
Huang Ligang, 22 and Cheng Liang 29, were executed for the murder of a Taiwanese couple and their four year-old daughter
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Zhen, the former director of the State Taxation...
Li Zhen, the former director of the State Taxation Bureau in China's northern Hebei province, was executed for taking huge bribes and embezzling public funds, state media reported