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
- DECEMBER 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord...
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord and his four associates to death following what is said to be the world's largest haul of "ice," local reports said
- DECEMBER 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed five members of a violent gang that...
China executed five members of a violent gang that murdered 21 people over the eight years in China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang
- DECEMBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, which was...
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law, which was tabled at a session of the country's legislature National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, stipulates that those who commit crimes like spreading poisonous, radioactive or contagious material
- DECEMBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The State Administration of Taxation stated in Beijing...
The State Administration of Taxation stated in Beijing that in April 2001, the Chinese tax administration launched a campaign aimed at fighting tax fraud
- DECEMBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A salesman who channelled millions of yuan into phony...
A salesman who channelled millions of yuan into phony bank accounts was recently sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Changchun City in northeast China's Jilin Province
- DECEMBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A bank director was sentenced to death by a court in...
A bank director was sentenced to death by a court in south China for embezzling 21
- DECEMBER 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Following a death warrant signed by the Beijing Municipal...
Following a death warrant signed by the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court president, the Beijing Municipal No 2 Intermediate People's Court escorted a number of condemned criminals to the execution ground for execution, including Cheng Zhanming, a k
- DECEMBER 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former vice-mayor of Shenyang in China's northeastern...
The former vice-mayor of Shenyang in China's northeastern province of Liaoning and the city's former deputy finance chief were executed for corruption and embezzlement, official media reported
- DECEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former official of a Communist Party school in Beijing...
A former official of a Communist Party school in Beijing was sentenced to death for having his nephew kill his boss, the People's Daily reported
- DECEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man who set off three bombs that killed six people...
A man who set off three bombs that killed six people and injured three others to seek revenge against three of his doctors had been sentenced to death, the Beijing Morning Post said
- DECEMBER 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A rally gathered in the Hotan sports stadium in October...
A rally gathered in the Hotan sports stadium in October to watch court officials sentence a man to death, a scene that was played out hundreds of times across China in 2001 as part of the Communist Party's latest drive against crime
- DECEMBER 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yufen, a former manager in Changchun, the capital...
Li Yufen, a former manager in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, northeast China, was executed for embezzling over 90 million yuan (11 million U