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 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court made a...
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court made a final decision on the appeal filed by Li Yushu, former vice-mayor of Leshan City, who had been sentenced to death in the first trial for taking bribes and possessing a large amount of unaccountable wealt
- JULY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Intermediate People's Court...
It was reported that the Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei, sentenced Zhao Jianlin and Zhao Jianbo to death
- JULY 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing Railway Transportation Intermediate People's...
Beijing Railway Transportation Intermediate People's Court sentenced Xu Lan, aged 36, and Wang Hua, aged 47, both females, to death
- JULY 4, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The provincial procuratorate in Guangdong Province...
The provincial procuratorate in Guangdong Province has approved death sentences for organized crime as part of the "strike hard" anti-crime campaign, the Yangcheng Evening News reported
- JULY 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qin Zusheng, convicted of attacking tourists in downtown...
Qin Zusheng, convicted of attacking tourists in downtown Guilin City, a well-known tourist destination in south China, was executed
- JUNE 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing,...
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing, will not have to stay in jail as he keeps up his fight to remain in Canada as a political refugee
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to China to spare the...
Amnesty International appealed to China to spare the lives of convicted drug offenders after the country executed scores of people this week to mark a UN anti-narcotics day
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China marked UN anti-drug day by executing 64 people...
China marked UN anti-drug day by executing 64 people accused of drug crimes
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Wendong, a farmer, was sentenced to death after...
Yang Wendong, a farmer, was sentenced to death after being found guilty of helping two Hong Kong illegal drug manufacturers set up an underground plant in May 2000, where they worked together in the production of "ice"
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An 18-year-old man in east China's Fujian Province...
An 18-year-old man in east China's Fujian Province was sentenced to death recently for selling 1,000 amphetamine pills
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China launched a nationwide crackdown on drug traffickers...
China launched a nationwide crackdown on drug traffickers and users ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Provincial judicial organs in Guizhou Province tried...
Provincial judicial organs in Guizhou Province tried 12 alleged narcotics manufacturers and executed three of them