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 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhong Hongzhi was sentenced to death with two years'...
Zhong Hongzhi was sentenced to death with two years' probation, and an accomplice, Yang Meishou, to three years imprisonment with three years' probation, for forging value-added invoices totalling millions of yuan
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Courts across China were urged by the country's supreme...
Courts across China were urged by the country's supreme court to use lethal injections for executions in capital punishment cases
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed some 24 people after a public sentencing...
China executed some 24 people after a public sentencing rally
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Thirteen Hong Kong people arrested over what is believed...
Thirteen Hong Kong people arrested over what is believed to be a world record seizure of almost 17 tonnes of the drug "ice" are facing the death penalty in a trial that starts on September 11 in Shenzhen
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven people convicted of murder, rape or robbery...
Eleven people convicted of murder, rape or robbery were executed by Chinese authorities on September 8 and 9 as part of the "Strike Hard" anti-crime campaign
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two Chinese Haw tribesmen, Ar-hong sae Soo, 27, and...
Two Chinese Haw tribesmen, Ar-hong sae Soo, 27, and Ar-sing sae Lee, 28, were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court in Thailand
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand's Corrections Minister Matt Robson and...
New Zealand's Corrections Minister Matt Robson and Justice Minister Phil Goff raised their concerns about China's use of the death penalty, and its incarceration of political prisoners during a meeting with visiting Chinese Justice Minister Zhang Fusen
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China imposes the death penalty for hacking and other...
China imposes the death penalty for hacking and other cyber crimes
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two senior executives of real estate companies were...
Two senior executives of real estate companies were each given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve and life imprisonment by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate Court
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four criminals were separately sentenced to death for...
Four criminals were separately sentenced to death for forcing women to engage in prostitution by a court in Minquan County of Shangqiu City, Henan Province
- AUGUST 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced...
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced a woman who blew up her husband and two accomplices to death for killing her husband and four other victims with a home-made bomb
- AUGUST 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An extortionist who set off a home-made bomb in a supermarket...
An extortionist who set off a home-made bomb in a supermarket in China and wounded 27 shoppers was sentenced to death by a court in the northern city of Datong