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 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has launched a nationwide campaign against the...
China has launched a nationwide campaign against the abduction and selling of women and children, which has become increasingly common in recent years
- MARCH 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Commission on Human Rights Jaime Gama, Foreign...
At the UN Commission on Human Rights Jaime Gama, Foreign Minister of the EU term president Portugal, said the EU is committed to the dialogue with China on human rights
- MARCH 20, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU General Affairs Council condemned China for...
The EU General Affairs Council condemned China for "marking time" by signing international pacts
- MARCH 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and...
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and Hong Kong to sign a mutual assistance agreement on criminal cases because of their differences on the issue of the death penalty
- MARCH 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Akesu in the northwestern region of Xinjiang...
A court in Akesu in the northwestern region of Xinjiang gave capital punishment to 11 people, who were shot immediately afterwards
- MARCH 11, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven criminals were executed in Tibet recently for murder
Seven criminals were executed in Tibet recently for murder
- MARCH 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hu Changqing, 48, former Jiangxi Province Deputy Governor,...
Hu Changqing, 48, former Jiangxi Province Deputy Governor, was executed in the provincial capital of Nanchang
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU held in Lisbon a marathon eleven-hour session...
The EU held in Lisbon a marathon eleven-hour session of "dialogue on human rights" with China
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At bilateral talks it was agreed that a British Foreign...
At bilateral talks it was agreed that a British Foreign Office panel on the death penalty would make an early visit to China
- FEBRUARY 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Union to censure China at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
- FEBRUARY 3, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people, convicted of forcing more than 50 women...
Three people, convicted of forcing more than 50 women into prostitution after luring them with promises of factory jobs, were executed
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six leaders of a Chinese gang which butchered 77 people...
Six leaders of a Chinese gang which butchered 77 people between February 1998 and March 1999 with meat cleavers and scissors in a year-long orgy of rape and mutilation had been executed in Henan province