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
- 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
- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu...
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu province after being convicted of kidnapping and selling women and girls into prostitution in southern Hainan province between 1997 and in 1999
- OCTOBER 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Russian border guards were officially informed that...
Russian border guards were officially informed that the People's Supreme Court of Zilin had sentenced Cen Ango, 30, to death for the murder of a Russian border guard five years ago
- OCTOBER 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dian Guoyen a former deputy executive general manager...
Dian Guoyen a former deputy executive general manager of Sinopec Hubei Xinghua Co
- OCTOBER 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Commission of Political Science and Law...
The Central Commission of Political Science and Law of the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] Central Committee announced that from early September to October 15, the political science and law departments nationwide pronounced judgment on 158,500 criminal and
- OCTOBER 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhuzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Zhuzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced Li Guiju (female), Li Xiaojun, Li Qiugao and Luo Yongguo to death
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A session of the EU/China "dialogue on human rights"...
A session of the EU/China "dialogue on human rights" took place in Beijing
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 14 more criminals have been executed, in keeping...
At least 14 more criminals have been executed, in keeping with the mainland tradition of getting tough on crime before key holidays, like the National Day
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The High People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province...
The High People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province rejected the appeals of four Chinese men found guilty of the murder of a German Daimler-Benz AG executive, his wife and their two children at their villa in Nanjing on April 1, 2000
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Beijing City No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Beijing City No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced prostitute Hu Kaiying, 20, to death suspended for two years
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A local court in Suqian City in east China's Jiangsu...
A local court in Suqian City in east China's Jiangsu Province sentenced to death four leaders, among them Zheng Mingyue and Zheng Mingliang, of a gang which abducted, raped and then sold 240 poor rural women as brides in the city of Suqian