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 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sixteen criminals, including murderers, robbers and...
Sixteen criminals, including murderers, robbers and rapists, were executed in Beijing after the No 1 and No 2 intermediate courts of Beijing openly announced their death penalties
- APRIL 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said the Chinese...
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said the Chinese Foreign Ministry demanded that the United States repatriate Zhang Honggbao the leader of Zhong Gong a spiritual sect that has been banned in China, where he is accused of violent crimes and could f
- APRIL 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A record tally of 206 executions were carried out in...
A record tally of 206 executions were carried out in China on one day, surpassing the previous record of 89 executions on April 11
- APRIL 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily [Fazhi Ribao] said nine people were...
The Legal Daily [Fazhi Ribao] said nine people were executed in Lanzhou [Gansu Province] while five others died in Yinchuan [Ningxia Province]
- APRIL 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Jin Ruchao for bombings in Hebei province that killed 108 people in March
- APRIL 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shandong authorities executed 12 people for murder,...
Shandong authorities executed 12 people for murder, armed robbery, fraud and other crimes
- APRIL 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court issued a circular, requiring...
The Supreme People's Court issued a circular, requiring that law courts take severe and quick legal actions against criminal offenders
- APRIL 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 89 convicted criminals as part of its...
China executed 89 convicted criminals as part of its nationwide "strike hard" campaign against organised crime
- APRIL 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death for their part...
Three people were sentenced to death for their part in a contract killing ordered by a local Communist Party boss which led to two more deaths than planned
- APRIL 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of the 58 Chinese migrants who died suffocated...
Relatives of the 58 Chinese migrants who died suffocated in a lorry on ferry-crossing to the United Kingdom were expressing hopes that the driver who deliberately closed the air vent, Perry Wacker, would be sentenced to death
- APRIL 3, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Ambassador Johan Molander speaking at the 57th...
Swedish Ambassador Johan Molander speaking at the 57th session of the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the European Union, condemned the use of the death penalty in China