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 23, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, a Hong Kong gangster and 4 mainlanders...
On November 23, a Hong Kong gangster and 4 mainlanders were executed for a string of murders and robberies in Macao and Guangdong, minutes after a Zhuhai court in the south's Guangdong Province was told their appeals had been rejected
- NOVEMBER 11, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 11, a Thai man was among 36 people executed...
On November 11, a Thai man was among 36 people executed in a fresh crackdown on crime in Guangdong province, southern China
- NOVEMBER 9, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 9, with the approval of the Supreme People's...
On November 9, with the approval of the Supreme People's Court, Zhang Deyuan, former chairman and president of the International Trust and Investment Company in Hunan Province, who accepted more than 1
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Sun Yanbiao, the deputy mayor of the...
On November 8, Sun Yanbiao, the deputy mayor of the southern city of Ningbo from 1993 to 1998 was sentenced to death for taking bribes
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Chinese police formally arrested 111...
On November 8, Chinese police formally arrested 111 members of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement on charges ranging from obstruction of the law to stealing state secrets, said Li Bing, deputy head of the information office of the State Council, o
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Jin Jianpei, former director of the...
On November 4, Jin Jianpei, former director of the Hong Kong Office of Hubei Province was sentenced to death on charges of embezzlement and misappropriating public funds
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Chinese representative Sun Ang, speaking...
On November 3, Chinese representative Sun Ang, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 116 a), question on human rights, said that in the area of human rights instruments, as in other areas of international affairs, the principle o
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, So Kwai-biu and Chen Weicheng, a Hong...
On November 3, So Kwai-biu and Chen Weicheng, a Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice who appeared at Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court, were found guilty of murder and condemned to death
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In November, it was reported that 23 drug smugglers...
In November, it was reported that 23 drug smugglers were executed and 46 given suspended death sentences in Shaanxi Province, in northwest China, since an intensive campaign to curb drug-related crimes was launched in 1998
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 1, China passed a law which opens the way...
On November 1, China passed a law which opens the way for the death penalty for the leaders of the banned Falun Gong group -a mixture of Buddhism, Taoism and qiqong, which is designed to harness inner energy and heal
- OCTOBER 27, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, the Tianjin Municipal No
On October 27, the Tianjin Municipal No
- OCTOBER 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 22, Jinan City Intermediate People's Court...
On October 22, Jinan City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhou Haixing, 24, manager of Shandong Baosheng Jewellery to death for issuing false VAT invoices and bribery