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
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Both the procuratorate and the court of Mianyang city...
Both the procuratorate and the court of Mianyang city were ordered each to pay 53,528
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 2 men for murder
China executed 2 men for murder
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed a man for drug dealing
China executed a man for drug dealing
- JANUARY 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 26 people convicted of robbery, rape...
China executed 26 people convicted of robbery, rape and murder as the police mounted a drive to rid the streets of criminals and warn potential offenders ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays
- JANUARY 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Alerken Abula, leader of the 113-member East Turkestan...
Alerken Abula, leader of the 113-member East Turkestan Islamic Party of Allah, recently sentenced by Intermediate People's Court of Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture, was executed for planning and committing "terrorist" attacks in the region of Xinj
- JANUARY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yufen, a woman former company manager, was sentenced...
Li Yufen, a woman former company manager, was sentenced to death by the Jilin Higher People's Court for defrauding companies and individuals of more than 38 million yuan (about 4
- JANUARY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xia Longhua and Zhao Guangkai were sentenced to death...
Xia Longhua and Zhao Guangkai were sentenced to death by the Shanghai Municipal Number Two Intermediate People's Court
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhou Changqing, a former Shaanxi provincial official...
Zhou Changqing, a former Shaanxi provincial official who has misappropriated more than 50 million yuan, was executed
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cai Xueyuan, a 32-year-old policeman, was sentenced...
Cai Xueyuan, a 32-year-old policeman, was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan Province for stealing firearms and immediately executed
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three triad members, Chen Zewu, 31, Ke Xingzhi, 37,...
Three triad members, Chen Zewu, 31, Ke Xingzhi, 37, and Lin Zai, 29, were executed
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A couple, Liu Yixia, 37, the wife, a former teller...
A couple, Liu Yixia, 37, the wife, a former teller of the China Scientific and Technological Development Foundation (CSTDF), and her husband, Li Shaoyang, 44, two jobless, was executed for embezzlement of more than 8
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Yongda was executed for drug trafficking
Zhang Yongda was executed for drug trafficking