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
DECEMBER 26, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: JAPANESE, KOREAN DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED
Six people nabbed in a cross-border drug trafficking case in China, including one Japanese and two
- DECEMBER 8, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES EIGHT TO DEATH FOR KNIFE, BOMB ATTACKS IN RESTIVE XINJIANG
China sentenced eight people to death for their roles in two knife and bomb attacks this spring in the
- DECEMBER 4, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO STOP HARVESTING EXECUTED PRISONERS' ORGANS
China has promised to stop harvesting organs from executed prisoners by 1 January, state media report.
OCTOBER 31, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO KILLED TODDLER IN PARKING ROW EXECUTED
A Chinese man who killed a two-year-old girl after a row with her mother over a parking space was
- OCTOBER 31, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR THREE WHO LED MASS STABBING IN KUNMING
A Chinese appeal court has upheld death sentences for three people convicted over a mass stabbing this
- OCTOBER 27, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MULLS SCRAPPING DEATH PENALTY FOR 9 CRIMES
Chinese lawmakers are considering removing the death penalty as punishment for nine crimes, including
- OCTOBER 20, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ACTIVISTS: CHINA EXECUTED 2,400 PEOPLE IN 2013
A U.S.-based rights group says the number of executions carried out in China likely decreased by 20 percent in 2013.
OCTOBER 13, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 12 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DEADLY XINJIANG ATTACK
A Chinese court sentenced 12 people to death in connection with a July attack in violence-racked Xinjiang.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MOSQUE ATTACK
A court in China's far west sentenced to death two teenagers for the killing of the head of the country's
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE ATTACKERS WHO KILLED 31 GET DEATH SENTENCE
Three people have been condemned to death and one given life in prison for a mass stabbing that killed 31
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT CHANGES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN RAPE CASE
A higher court in central China's Hunan Province overturned a death sentence for 2 men convicted of raping
- AUGUST 24, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EIGHT “TERRORISTS” EXECUTED IN XINJIANG