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 20, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, China executed Yang Rongsong in the...
On October 20, China executed Yang Rongsong in the northeastern province of Liaoning for kidnapping and murdering Lin Ti-chuan, a Taiwan opposition politician in 1998
- OCTOBER 12, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 12, a death sentence, suspended for 2 years,...
On October 12, a death sentence, suspended for 2 years, was imposed on Zheng Rongfang, former vice-mayor of Enping city in Guangdong
- OCTOBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In October, Liu Jiaguo was executed for 11 cases of...
In October, Liu Jiaguo was executed for 11 cases of rape, some of which involved juveniles under 14
- SEPTEMBER 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 30, the Rome Court of Appeal upheld the...
On September 30, the Rome Court of Appeal upheld the request for extradition presented by the authorities of the People's Republic of China with regard to Song Zhicai, a Chinese citizen arrested in Italy on November 6, 1998, with a international warrant i
- SEPTEMBER 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 24, the Sichuan High Court upheld the...
On September 24, the Sichuan High Court upheld the suspended death sentence for the 2 former chairmen of the Dongfang Boiler (Group) Company Ltd
- SEPTEMBER 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 22, as part of a crackdown on crime ahead...
On September 22, as part of a crackdown on crime ahead of the 50th anniversary of communist rule a further 26 executions were carried out in the southwestern city of Chongqing
- SEPTEMBER 20, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 20, Yili Prefectural Intermediate People's...
On September 20, Yili Prefectural Intermediate People's Court held a public trial in Yining County to pass judgment on 22 terrorists guilty of "violent terrorist activities
- SEPTEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 8, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's...
On September 8, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court gave its final judgment on the case of the wounding of the leading cadres of Jiangxi's Anyi County which shocked the whole country
- SEPTEMBER 2, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 2, a court in Guangzhou sentenced one...
On September 2, a court in Guangzhou sentenced one man to death and another to life imprisonment for forcing 5 women into prostitution
- AUGUST 25, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou...
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou Mingrong to death for masterminding a fraudulent savings scheme that bilked depositors out of more than 70 million yuan ($8
- AUGUST 15, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 15, Maj
On August 15, Maj
- AUGUST 9, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East...
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East Asia had their death sentences upheld by the Chinese Supreme Court