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
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people who, disguised as soldiers, had stolen...
Seven people who, disguised as soldiers, had stolen guns and cars and killed 19 people in the southwestern province of Yunnan, were executed
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zheng Daofang, the former deputy director of the Communications...
Zheng Daofang, the former deputy director of the Communications Department of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, was sentenced to death by the Sichuan Higher People's Court for accepting bribes and possessing huge properties without a known source for th
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men were executed in the Yunnan province for trafficking...
Five men were executed in the Yunnan province for trafficking the drug "ice"
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Guoqing, 22, convicted of killing an officer Yuan...
Wang Guoqing, 22, convicted of killing an officer Yuan Shiguang, was executed after being sentenced to death by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court on September 4
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Han Youfu, a 31-year-old farmer from Hezheng County...
Han Youfu, a 31-year-old farmer from Hezheng County was sentenced to death for trafficking in heroin by a Beijing Intermediate People's Court
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Central Discipline Inspection commission and the...
A Central Discipline Inspection commission and the Supervision Ministry said that from September 2000, the Xiamen, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Putian Intermediate People's Courts tried 84 defendants involved in 25 cases
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ying Min, 41, a native of Jinyun county in Zhejiang...
Ying Min, 41, a native of Jinyun county in Zhejiang province, was executed for making out added value tax invoices illegally
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ou Yang Song, the Director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau of Hunan Province, and Liao Zizhong, the Deputy Director of the Bureau, to death with a two-year reprieve for abuse of power and accept
- OCTOBER 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Jiang Biming, the Legal Representative of Ningbo Tax Bond Zone Material Supply Company, to death with a reprieve of two years
- OCTOBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed...
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed after being convicted of five armed robberies in Yingkou city, in the northeastern Liaoning province, between October 1997 and April 1998
- OCTOBER 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner...
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten, who served as the last British governor of Hong Kong before it reverted to Beijing, said that he regrets that China continues to make almost daily use of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Lai Jinglin, the Director of the Shiwei and Longwen Sub-Branch of the Bank of China's Zhangzhou Branch, to death for embezzling 44