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 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
- APRIL 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 10 criminals were executed in Shanxi province...
At least 10 criminals were executed in Shanxi province following a public sentencing rally
- APRIL 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In April 2001, President Jiang Zemin launched a "strike...
In April 2001, President Jiang Zemin launched a "strike hard" campaign targeting gang-related crime and other violent offences in April
- MARCH 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jian, former general manager of the Baihua Industrial...
Li Jian, former general manager of the Baihua Industrial Company, was sentenced to death for a financial fraud involving 336
- MARCH 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were executed in Beijing for separate crimes
Six men were executed in Beijing for separate crimes
- MARCH 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted armed robbers and murderers were sentenced...
Five convicted armed robbers and murderers were sentenced to death in Sichuan province
- MARCH 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China welcomed the European Union foreign ministers'...
China welcomed the European Union foreign ministers' decision not to co-sponsor a planned US resolution criticising China's human rights record during the UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would criticise China during...
The European Union said it would criticise China during the U
- MARCH 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court of Beijing ordered the execution...
The Higher People's Court of Beijing ordered the execution of two men, Gao Liangyu and Zhang Jinyu, who were convicted of murder
- MARCH 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Han Xuegong given the death penalty at a public hearing...
Han Xuegong given the death penalty at a public hearing by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing because he was convicted of murder and illegal gun possession