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 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death...
Five convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death by a local court in Zhejiang Province
- JANUARY 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Tensin Deleg Rimpoche and Lobsang...
It was reported that Tensin Deleg Rimpoche and Lobsang Dhondup, two Tibetans under death sentence for a series of bombings in western China were scheduled to begin a new trial on this day on the same charges and before the same court
- JANUARY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were executed immediately after a public...
Seven people were executed immediately after a public sentencing rally in the southern Chinese city of Sanya
- JANUARY 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for...
China is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the greatest number of recorded executions: 17,500 between 1990 and 1999
- JANUARY 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The head of a failed Chinese kindergarten was executed...
The head of a failed Chinese kindergarten was executed after being convicted of poisoning 70 children at a rival school, the official Xinhua news agency said
- JANUARY 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial entitled "A Global Catalog of Wrongs,"...
In an editorial entitled "A Global Catalog of Wrongs," (7-04-2003) the New York Times said Beijing executed over 3,000 people in 2002, many without due process of law
- DECEMBER 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former head of the Zhongguancun branch of Beijing...
The former head of the Zhongguancun branch of Beijing Urban Co-operative Bank, Huo Haiyin, 45, was sentenced to death by a Beijing court for corruption and misappropriation of public funds
- DECEMBER 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six members of a gang that murdered five people, ran...
Six members of a gang that murdered five people, ran illegal casinos and peddled guns in the southern island province of Hainan, were sentenced to death by the Hainan Provincial Intermediate People's Court
- DECEMBER 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven convicts were executed after a public sentencing...
Eleven convicts were executed after a public sentencing rally in Wuhan
- DECEMBER 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lu Zongda, 43, was sentenced to death for raping eight...
Lu Zongda, 43, was sentenced to death for raping eight teenage girls and bribing police to call off their investigation, state media said
- DECEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The ringleader of a mob and two of his followers were...
The ringleader of a mob and two of his followers were sentenced to death by a local court in Jilin Province, northeast China
- DECEMBER 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court approved...
The Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court approved the execution of alleged gang members Tian Bo, age 39, Li Jiayong, and Xu Chenggui