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 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Higher People's Court, the...
With the approval of the Higher People's Court, the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court, in Sichuan Province, China, tried 12 "drug criminals" and executed six "principal criminals", including Wu Kaiyou
- JUNE 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its initial trial, the Foshan Intermediate People's...
In its initial trial, the Foshan Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, China, sentenced Shen Weilun, Li Zongming and Li Jianhang to death and sentenced Liao Youchi to death with reprieve
- JUNE 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese Supreme People's Court tried three drug...
The Chinese Supreme People's Court tried three drug cases and sentenced Du Zhongqin, Liu Yingwei, Lin Jianguo and Zhu Qianghua to death
- JUNE 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, sentenced...
A court in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, sentenced Hong Jinfa and Zhu Guohua to death for drug trafficking
- JUNE 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, executed...
A court in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, executed three drug traffickers
- JUNE 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wuhan Intermediate People's Court, in Hubei Province,...
Wuhan Intermediate People's Court, in Hubei Province, China, sentenced 11 people to death for trafficking and transporting drugs
- JUNE 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tianjin Number One and Number Two Courts, China, sentenced...
Tianjin Number One and Number Two Courts, China, sentenced Kong Fanzhong to death for trafficking in 645 g of heroin
- JUNE 24, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Liuzhou Intermediate People's Court, in the Guangxi...
The Liuzhou Intermediate People's Court, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, executed Liao Quanen, 40, and Wei Degui, 46, for drug trafficking
- JUNE 24, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shaoguan Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong...
The Shaoguan Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, sentenced Huang Jianwen to death for trafficking and transporting drugs
- JUNE 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cai Gang, an unemployed Chinese man who burned his...
Cai Gang, an unemployed Chinese man who burned his daughter alive to get her life insurance, was sentenced to death
- JUNE 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing appeal court upheld a suspended death sentence...
A Beijing appeal court upheld a suspended death sentence for former governor of southwest China's Yunnan province, Li Jiating, who was convicted of corruption
- JUNE 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yanhui, a 52 year old Beijing man convicted of robbery,...
Li Yanhui, a 52 year old Beijing man convicted of robbery, was executed by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing