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
- APRIL 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese man sentenced to death for murder was saved...
A Chinese man sentenced to death for murder was saved from the executioner's bullet with only four minutes to spare because of the persistence of his lawyer and an available mobile phone
- APRIL 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Urumqi Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in...
The Urumqi Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, sentenced Qu Ligu, Chu Wei, and four other alleged criminals to death and terms of imprisonment
- APRIL 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men were sentenced to death for killing six people...
Four men were sentenced to death for killing six people by setting off a bomb on a public bus in March 2002, a court spokesman said
- APRIL 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The provincial people's court in Luoyang, Henan Province,...
The provincial people's court in Luoyang, Henan Province, approved the execution of six principal suspects, Wang Baoming, Liang Luomin, Xu Weiguo, Chen Jianjun, Yang Mengwen, and Chen Chao for allegedly leading and organizing criminal syndicate activities
- APRIL 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death...
China voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The International Olympic Committee warned China that...
The International Olympic Committee warned China that it risks losing the right to hold the 2008 Games unless it improves its human rights record
- APRIL 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nanchang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Jiangxi...
Nanchang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Jiangxi Province, convened a meeting to announce the execution of 13 criminals
- APRIL 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Justice organs in Xinzhou city, Shanxi Province, sentenced...
Justice organs in Xinzhou city, Shanxi Province, sentenced Tian Xuewen and Bai Zengyun to death for alleged involvement in a gift parcel explosion case
- APRIL 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
April, 24/26, 2002: Taiyuan Municipal Courts, in Shanxi...
April, 24/26, 2002: Taiyuan Municipal Courts, in Shanxi Province, convened meetings to announce judgments on 117 criminal suspects in 10 places
- APRIL 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Justice organs in Xining City, Qinghai Province, convened...
Justice organs in Xining City, Qinghai Province, convened a meeting to try 28 alleged criminals for homicide, kidnapping, robbery, and injury cases
- APRIL 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men convicted of destroying power lines in Beijing...
Four men convicted of destroying power lines in Beijing and Hebei province have lost their appeal against the death sentence
- APRIL 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two mafia gang's leaders in China's Fujian province,...
Two mafia gang's leaders in China's Fujian province, Xu Jie and You Jianguo, were sentenced to death for violent crimes, damaging property, illegal business operations, bribery, gun possession and obstruction of justice