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
- JUNE 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Dandong Municipal Intermediate People's Court in...
The Dandong Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning sentenced Song Jie and Huang He to death for armed murder in Dandong on December12, 1999
- JUNE 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Expanding the experimental use of lethal injections,...
Expanding the experimental use of lethal injections, authorities in Sichuan province used the method to execute eight people following an order by the Supreme People's Court
- JUNE 7, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Taiyuan Municipal Intermediate People's Court passed...
The Taiyuan Municipal Intermediate People's Court passed a death sentence on convicted criminal Li Xiaolong 35
- JUNE 5, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wu Biao, ex-director of the Jiangdong business department...
Wu Biao, ex-director of the Jiangdong business department under the Ningbo International Fiduciary Investment Company was sentenced to death for taking and offering bribes
- JUNE 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shaowu City sentenced to death Liu Daming for obtaining...
Shaowu City sentenced to death Liu Daming for obtaining public funds through corruption
- JUNE 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Jining Municipal Intermediate People's Court passed...
The Jining Municipal Intermediate People's Court passed death sentence on Li Jie with a two-year reprieve for intentional homicide
- JUNE 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
22 people were executed in Beijing after the Supreme...
22 people were executed in Beijing after the Supreme People's Court upheld their sentences for murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and rape
- JUNE 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
June 23-26, 2000: the Higher People's Court pronounced...
June 23-26, 2000: the Higher People's Court pronounced the execution of seven principal drug traffickers including Zhang Qingai, Mo Daiqin, Jiang Xixin, Cheng Hua, Cheng Yun, Liu Guifen and Sun Gaolin
- JUNE 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court approved...
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court approved the death sentence on Gui Weishu for abducting and murdering Qu Chaoliang, a judge of the Xuanhan County Court
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Zhiliang, the principal culprit of an extraordinary...
Wang Zhiliang, the principal culprit of an extraordinary tax evasion case causing economic losses of over 20m yuan to the State, was executed in Huludao, Liaoning
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A corrupt official, Yang Shuhua, was executed in Hebei...
A corrupt official, Yang Shuhua, was executed in Hebei Renqiu City
- MAY 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men convicted on various counts of kidnapping,...
Five men convicted on various counts of kidnapping, raping and robbing children were executed, in various places across China, on the eve of Children's Day