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
- DECEMBER 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur...
At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region were executed in 2000 on charges of separatism
- DECEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld...
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld a September 24 sentence to death handed out by the Intermediate People's Court of Shanwei City to seven principal members of a 12-men criminal ring, including Zhuo Zhenyuan
- DECEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhu Rongji, the Prime Minister, promised severe punishment...
Zhu Rongji, the Prime Minister, promised severe punishment for those responsible for the fire in a discotheque in the central Chinese city of Luoyang on Christmas night that killed 309 people
- DECEMBER 27, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China announced a new spate of high-level corruption...
China announced a new spate of high-level corruption cases as President Jiang Zemin warned the nation to prepare for a "long-term and arduous" struggle for clean government
- DECEMBER 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Xujie, a former laundry company manager was executed...
Zhao Xujie, a former laundry company manager was executed in Shanghai for stabbing a bank guard to death during a robbery, on June 5
- DECEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Zhiguo, former deputy director of the Siping City...
Lin Zhiguo, former deputy director of the Siping City Chemical Industry Bureau, was sentenced to death by the Jilin Provincial Higher People's Court for receiving bribes when he was manager of the Siping City Paint Plant
- DECEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qiao Benping, deputy manager of a state-owned international...
Qiao Benping, deputy manager of a state-owned international trade company in Changchun City of northeast China's Jilin Province, was sentenced to death for embezzlement, misuse of funds and accepting bribes valued at 15
- DECEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yaping, head of a gang of robbers, who organised...
Li Yaping, head of a gang of robbers, who organised 45 robberies and thefts in several Beijing districts, was sentenced to death by the No
- DECEMBER 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yu Bufan, a state engineering company manager, was...
Yu Bufan, a state engineering company manager, was sentenced to death by the Xiamen Intermediate Court for taking bribes worth 2
- DECEMBER 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hebei Higher People's Court examined and approved...
The Hebei Higher People's Court examined and approved the death penalty, to be executed by a firing squad, passed on Li Yonghui, a convict involved in a bombing case in Shijiazhuang that had attracted public attention
- DECEMBER 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five criminals were executed in Beijing after being...
Five criminals were executed in Beijing after being convicted of violent crimes, including murder and armed robbery
- DECEMBER 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the military-run Medical University in Chongqing,...
At the military-run Medical University in Chongqing, an official confirmed that around 100 kidney transplants a year are carried out and most of the recipients are from South-east Asia