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
- JULY 3, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Tonghua Intermediate People's...
It was reported that the Tonghua Intermediate People's Court, in Jilin Province, China, sentenced Guo Ziyu and Wu Deli to death for kidnapping and killing Hou, president of the Agricultural Development Bank, Liuhe County Branch
- JULY 2, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted criminals were put to death by lethal...
Five convicted criminals were put to death by lethal injection in the central Chinese province of Henan
- JULY 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Taiyuan Intermediate People's...
It was reported that the Taiyuan Intermediate People's Court, in Shanxi Province, China, tried 17 suspects and sentenced Zhuang Xiaodong to death with two years reprieve
- JUNE 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese President Hu Jintao praised the merits of his...
Chinese President Hu Jintao praised the merits of his country's "strike hard" against crime campaign, which resulted in the execution of scores of criminals since April 2001, state press reported
- JUNE 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qiao Yanqin was executed in southern China's Guangdong...
Qiao Yanqin was executed in southern China's Guangdong province for his role in the beating to death of a migrant worker in a detention centre
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that four drug traffickers were...
State media reported that four drug traffickers were executed in Changsha City, capital of south China's Hunan Province, and 17 others were sentenced to death
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Xiongyin, "convicted drug peddler", was sentenced...
Wang Xiongyin, "convicted drug peddler", was sentenced to death in Guangzhou as China marked International Anti-Drugs Day
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Daily reported that local courts had convicted...
The Shanghai Daily reported that local courts had convicted 67 people for "severe crimes such as drug trafficking and drug making," sentencing them variously to more than five years imprisonment, life sentence and the death penalty
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chang Chi-hsien, a Taiwanese man convicted of drug...
Chang Chi-hsien, a Taiwanese man convicted of drug trafficking, was executed in the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, the Beijing Times newspaper said
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Uygur woman from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to death with probation for drug related crimes, no further details were given
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Drug enforcement personnel in Chengdu, Sichuan Province,...
Drug enforcement personnel in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, escorted six drug traffickers to the execution ground, including Yu Wulin
- JUNE 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court, China,...
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court, China, approved the execution of 11 "principal drug traffickers", including Li Jinghua, Feng Haizhou and Li Xuejun