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
- MARCH 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Jie and Du Jiansheng, two officials from the poor...
Xu Jie and Du Jiansheng, two officials from the poor southwestern province of Guizhou were executed for embezzling 72
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion...
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion dollar smuggling scandal
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed...
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed in China in January for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people involved in the large-scale production...
Seven people involved in the large-scale production of counterfeit bank notes were executed in Shanwei, in South China's Guangdong Province
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court found...
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court found Chen Sen, 41, guilty of the premeditated murder of Cai Bixia his young son's teacher, whom he attacked because he believed she discriminated against his son, on October 31, 2000
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong,...
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong, 17, were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People' s Court
- JANUARY 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Zhiqing, 37, an accountant at the People's Bank...
Chen Zhiqing, 37, an accountant at the People's Bank of China branch in Xining, Qinghai province, was sentenced to death by Xining Intermediate People's Court, for looting 15
- JANUARY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EU foreign ministers criticised China for its ongoing...
EU foreign ministers criticised China for its ongoing use of the death penalty and its continued human rights violations
- JANUARY 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court People announced that who...
The Supreme People's Court People announced that who are engaged in spying activities, including stealing, detecting, purchasing or leaking state secrets in China will face also the death penalty
- JANUARY 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liao Buhuang and Wu Tongzhu, two men who abducted 154...
Liao Buhuang and Wu Tongzhu, two men who abducted 154 women and two children and made 840,000 yuan from selling them to people in the richer eastern provinces were also executed
- JANUARY 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zheng Mingyue, Zheng Mingliang, Liu Jiuwei and Han...
Zheng Mingyue, Zheng Mingliang, Liu Jiuwei and Han Chenggui, all male farmers from Siyang County of Jiangsu Province, were executed in Suqian City of east China's Jiangsu Province for organizing an underground gang who abducted, raped and sold women in Yu