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
- AUGUST 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, sentenced alleged...
A court in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, sentenced alleged gangster, Xie Lingling to death for participating in a criminal syndicate and committing homicide
- AUGUST 4, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Passengers on board a long-distance coach travelling...
Passengers on board a long-distance coach travelling from Sichuan to Guangdong province looked on as a Chinese man raped three women five times during the three-day journey
- AUGUST 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong drug trafficker Chung Bi-shing, 34, was sentenced...
Hong Kong drug trafficker Chung Bi-shing, 34, was sentenced to death by a Shenzhen court after being caught trying to smuggle 1
- AUGUST 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Ping from Haozhou city, Anhui province, was sentenced...
Li Ping from Haozhou city, Anhui province, was sentenced to death by Haozhou Intermediate People's Court in February last year for the murder of farmer Li Jinggang in 1993
- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Small-sized Henan Securities' former Chairman and General...
Small-sized Henan Securities' former Chairman and General Manager Hu Yan was sentenced to death for corruption and the misuse of corporate funds, the Shanghai Securities News reported
- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court condemned...
The Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court condemned a taxi-driver to death for murdering two people and injuring five others
- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in China sentenced a female hospital executive...
A court in China sentenced a female hospital executive to death for embezzling 10
- JULY 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former deputy mayor of Leshan city in southwest...
The former deputy mayor of Leshan city in southwest China's Sichuan Province was sentenced to death for taking bribes from companies vying for freeway contracts, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported
- JULY 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong...
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, sentenced Chen Zuolong, alleged head of a triad organization, to death, the Guangzhou Daily reported
- JULY 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hainan Daily reported that the Hainan Provincial...
The Hainan Daily reported that the Hainan Provincial Higher People's Court executed Zheng Chuming and Lin Chunhui for issuance of false value added specialized tax invoices
- JULY 12, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen people who carried out a raft of crimes including...
Fifteen people who carried out a raft of crimes including murder, robbery, and theft of power cables over a 10-year period were sentenced to death
- JULY 12, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Loudi, Xinhua County,...
The Intermediate People's Court in Loudi, Xinhua County, Hunan Province, sentenced Liu Liwen to death, the Hunan Daily reported