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
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five felons received the death sentence in five cities...
Five felons received the death sentence in five cities of southwest China's Tibet for murder, robbery or bomb attacks
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court confirmed the death sentences...
The Supreme People's Court confirmed the death sentences handed down to He Aizhen and Chen Chun, peasants from Xinhua County in the Hunan Province
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Criminals Mayidaile, Mayahaiya, and Mayiliangsi were...
Criminals Mayidaile, Mayahaiya, and Mayiliangsi were caught when they were trafficking 200, 268, and 738 grams of heroin, respectively, in Urumqi City at different times since the beginning of 2000
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two drug-traffickers were executed following a court...
Two drug-traffickers were executed following a court judgment announced at a rally held in the capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China marked the United Nations Anti-Drug Day with...
China marked the United Nations Anti-Drug Day with the execution of at least 50 people for drug crimes and the staging of mass rallies nationwide
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The higher and intermediate people's courts in Urumqi...
The higher and intermediate people's courts in Urumqi City held an open sentencing rally and condemned to death a number of heinous criminals
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Urumqi court condemned to death Gan Zexue and Xu...
The Urumqi court condemned to death Gan Zexue and Xu Shuangquan, together with their accomplices for carrying out a violent robbery armed with knives with the intention of taking other people's property illegally
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced...
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced judgment on numerous cases and sentenced to death several drug traffickers
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A public-sentencing rally was held in Hangzhou to pronounce...
A public-sentencing rally was held in Hangzhou to pronounce judgment on 11 alleged drug criminals involved in eight cases - including one death sentence, which was carried out afterwards on Wang Chao
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Tibet Regional Higher People's Court held a news...
The Tibet Regional Higher People's Court held a news conference on public sentencing rallies held in Lhasa City and the prefectures of Xigaze [Shigatse], Shannan, Qamdo, and Nagqu earlier that day
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ningbo judicial organs (Zhejiang Province) held a rally...
Ningbo judicial organs (Zhejiang Province) held a rally to try 27 drug suspects
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The city of Wuhan convicted a group of drug offenders,...
The city of Wuhan convicted a group of drug offenders, sentencing 13 of them to death