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
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
School teacher Wang Furong was sentenced to death for...
School teacher Wang Furong was sentenced to death for raping five young pupils and molesting other children at a rural school in northern China's Shaanxi province
- OCTOBER 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
From this date all those who engaged in the illegal...
From this date all those who engaged in the illegal making, buying, selling, transporting or storing of tetramine, a hyper-toxic rat poison, and other prohibited hyper-toxic chemicals, would face serious punishment including the death penalty, Xinhua News
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to...
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to National Day, including five members of the same family and the notorious leader of a massive prostitution ring, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced...
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced to death by the Luoyang Intermediate People's Court for kidnapping, murder and robbery
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
"One thing the United States and China agree on is...
"One thing the United States and China agree on is the death penalty," said Jerome A
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Shanghai sentenced Bo Jun to death for robbery...
A court in Shanghai sentenced Bo Jun to death for robbery and rape
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost...
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost Xinjiang Autonomous Region in a trial touted as the region's biggest ever mafia court case, state press said
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Ting, a local Shanghai man in his twenties, was...
Yao Ting, a local Shanghai man in his twenties, was given the death penalty by the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court, for his role in an arson attack that killed two
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jun, sentenced to death for killing a neighbouring...
Li Jun, sentenced to death for killing a neighbouring businessman in the market he had worked in for several years, was allowed to meet with his wife in the meeting room of the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Zhang Liangwu for murder
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yuan Gang, a convicted police killer, was put to death...
Yuan Gang, a convicted police killer, was put to death in eastern China's Zhejiang province immediately after the provincial high court issued the execution order, state press reported
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight members of a gang specializing in highway robberies...
Eight members of a gang specializing in highway robberies were executed in central China's Henan province, state media said