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 28, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR CHINA ARSONIST
The Higher People's Court of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region rejected the appeal of an
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER FUJIAN VICE GOVERNOR STANDS TRIAL FOR GRAFT
Xu Gang, former vice governor of the southeast China's Fujian province, stood trial for accepting bribes.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE PREMIER LI KEQIANG DEFENDS USE OF DEATH PENALTY
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang defended his country’s continued reliance on the death penalty while visiting Ottawa, even as he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continue to work toward a formal extradition treaty.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA 'STRICTLY CONTROLS DEATH PENALTY' - WHITE PAPER
China strictly controls the death penalty and employs it with prudence, said a white paper on judical protection of human rights released by the State Council Information Office of China.
JULY 3, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BUS ARSONIST WHO KILLED 18 CONDEMNED TO DIE
A man convicted of killing 18 people when he set a public bus on fire in China was sentenced to death, authorities said.
JUNE 23, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ZHUHAI COURT SENTENCES 4 DRUG DEALERS TO DEATH
A Court in Zhuhai City in south China’s Guangdong Province sentenced four drug dealers to death, ahead
JUNE 20, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ORGANS FROM PRISONERS STILL HARVESTED AT A MASSIVE SCALE (REPORT)
A new report claimed that thousands of people are being executed in China in secret and their organs
JUNE 14, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO KILLED 6 PEOPLE DURING A SHOOTING SPREE IN SHANGHAI EXECUTED
A man who killed six people and injured four others with guns and an iron pipe in Shanghai three years ago
- JUNE 14, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA HAS SCALED DOWN DEATH PENALTY AND INCREASED CHECKS SINCE 2012, GOV’T REPORT SAYS
China says that it has scaled down its use of capital punishment since 2012 and second trials of death
MAY 4, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: CAREGIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING SENIOR
A caregiver, found guilty of the murder of an elderly woman in her care, was sentenced to death by a court
APRIL 29, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 'VALENTINE'S DAY' KILLER ACQUITTED OF 1998 MURDER
A Chinese man sentenced to death for the Valentine's Day murder of his girlfriend 18 years ago was
- APRIL 18, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SPELLS OUT CRITERIA TO APPLY DEATH PENALTY IN GRAFT CASES
The death penalty will be applicable to corrupt leaders who embezzle funds or accept bribes of over $463,000, China’s Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Prosecutor’s Office, the country’s highest judicial authorities, ruled.