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
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dong Wei, 26, who escaped execution by four minutes...
Dong Wei, 26, who escaped execution by four minutes on April 28 after an appeal judge managed to reach the executioner by mobile phone four minutes prior to his execution, was finally executed
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Ministry of Public Security newspaper reported that...
A Ministry of Public Security newspaper reported that the Ningbo Intermediate People's Court, in Zhejiang Province, sentenced Ren Yueming, manager of Yinxian County Sanyou Materials Trading Company, to death with two years reprieve and confiscation of all
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily reported that the Zhengzhou Intermediate...
The Legal Daily reported that the Zhengzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Henan Province, sentenced Chen Bingkun to death for financial fraud
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three young men, all convicted of killing girlfriends,...
Three young men, all convicted of killing girlfriends, were executed in Beijing
- AUGUST 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two men including Li Zhen, the former head of north...
Two men including Li Zhen, the former head of north China's Hebei provincial tax department was sentenced to death for corruption
- AUGUST 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Daily reported that a former employee...
The People's Daily reported that a former employee in Air China's finance department was sentenced to death for embezzling 24
- AUGUST 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Ning was executed for embezzlement
Yang Ning was executed for embezzlement
- AUGUST 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Hunan Province...
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Hunan Province ordered the execution of Zou Dongfan and Yang Jiaowen for issuance of false tax invoices
- AUGUST 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Shaoyang, Hunan...
The Intermediate People's Court in Shaoyang, Hunan Province, sentenced Zhou Shaoqiu and Tan Longzhou to death for issuance of false value added specialized tax invoices
- AUGUST 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong...
The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, sentenced alleged drug traffickers Zou Shaohua a Malaysian, and Liu Songwen, to death with two years reprieve, the Yangcheng Evening News reported
- AUGUST 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said China needed to rely on political reform rather than repression to deal with growing social unrest
- AUGUST 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Liuzhou, southwest...
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Liuzhou, southwest Guangxi Province, executed Ma Lin and Jiang Baolin, respectively chairman and president of Sanmeng Industry and Trade Ltd Co