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 18, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA SPELLS OUT CRITERIA TO APPLY DEATH PENALTY IN GRAFT CASES
The death penalty will be applicable to corrupt leaders who embezzle funds or accept bribes of over $463,000, China’s Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Prosecutor’s Office, the country’s highest judicial authorities, ruled.
APRIL 1, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MASS NURSING HOME KILLING
A man who attacked a nursing home, killing nine people and injuring nine others in 2015, was sentenced to
MARCH 13, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TERROR CONVICTIONS NEARLY DOUBLED IN 2015
Convictions for state security crimes including "violent terrorism" nearly doubled in 2015, figures from China's top court showed today, following a "strike hard" campaign to quell unrest in the largely Muslim region of Xinjiang and crackdowns on civil so
- MARCH 13, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA HEADLINES: CHINA DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS IN JUDICIAL PRACTICE
A more efficient and fairer justice system has improved human rights protection in China with many wrongful
JANUARY 29, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN CONVICTED OF ABDUCTING 22 CHILDREN EXECUTED
A man convicted of abducting 22 children has been executed, China's top court said.
- JANUARY 28, 2016TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TAJIK NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Tajik Foreign Ministry officials told RFE/RL that Hasan Yusufov, 51, was executed early in the morning.
- JANUARY 1, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In February 2011, China dropped the death penalty for 13 non-violent crimes
In February 2011, China dropped the death penalty for 13 non-violent crimes
- DECEMBER 27, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law that attracted deep concern in Western capitals, not
China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law that attracted deep concern in Western capitals, not
DECEMBER 14, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR WIFE OF FALLEN POLITBURO MEMBER BO XILAI
A Beijing court has recommended that the death sentence for the wife of fallen Politburo member Bo Xilai
DECEMBER 11, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MEDICAL STUDENT EXECUTED FOR POISONING
A Chinese medical student who murdered his roommate at a prestigious Shanghai university by poisoning a drinking water dispenser was executed, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
DECEMBER 3, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, FRAUD AT SHANXI MINES
Four people were sentenced to death in north China's Shanxi Province for murder, fraud and blackmail in a
NOVEMBER 25, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TRANSPLANT CHIEF DENIES BREAKING VOW TO BAN PRISONERS’ ORGANS
A top Chinese health official has denied that the country’s new organ transplant system allows organs to be