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 2, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 2, a Beijing court sentenced to death Ma Ke,...
On April 2, a Beijing court sentenced to death Ma Ke, 18, and Jiang Tao, 46, for stabbing Zou Jingmeng to death in the city's western Haidian district on February 22
- APRIL 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In April, a court sentenced restaurant owner Chi Jianguo...
In April, a court sentenced restaurant owner Chi Jianguo to death for poisoning the donkey soup at a nearby rival's eatery and making 148 people ill
- MARCH 27, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 27, a court in Zhengzhouhanded down the death...
On March 27, a court in Zhengzhouhanded down the death sentence with a 2 year reprieve to Ma Jiangping, director of a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), for embezzlement and misuse of nearly 200 million yuan ($24
- MARCH 23, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, it was reported that 10 people were executed...
On March 23, it was reported that 10 people were executed after 8 separate cases for murder, selling women and robbery, including a case in which a taxi driver was killed for about 100 yuan ($12)
- MARCH 11, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, Weifang Intermediate People's Court in...
On March 11, Weifang Intermediate People's Court in Shandong sentenced Cao Yasha, manager of an industrial company in Weifang City, to death for swindling other companies of more than 25m yuan ($3 million) by using financial vouchers
- MARCH 7, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 7, the Supreme People's Court upheld death...
On March 7, the Supreme People's Court upheld death sentences for 2 Zhejiang farmers, Hu Yinfeng and Lu Huaming
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, Zhanjiang City Intermediate People's Court...
In March, Zhanjiang City Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong sentenced Zhang Zhenlian, manager of Zhanjiang City Development Company, to death for issuing fake invoices worth nearly 200m yuan ($24
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, China executed a woman for running a prostitution...
On March 1, China executed a woman for running a prostitution racket in Beijing
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, to ensure public security and crack down...
In March, to ensure public security and crack down on hard-core crimes in Tibet, the Lhasa City Intermediate People's Court held a public rally to pronounce judgment on 17 criminal offenders
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the Intermediate People's Court of the Eighth...
In March, the Intermediate People's Court of the Eighth Farm Reclamation Division under the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps held a public trial to sentence Wang Futian, Li Shuxiang, Mo Yikun, and 3 others to death for murder and robbery
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, Luzhou City Intermediate Court in Sichuan...
On February 24, Luzhou City Intermediate Court in Sichuan sentenced Zhou Yan to death on charges of corruption
- FEBRUARY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On February 3,11 people including a Muslim separatist...
On February 3,11 people including a Muslim separatist were executed in Xinjiang region for various crimes, like theft, rape, drug trafficking, gun running and organized crime, after their sentences were upheld by the High Court of Xinjiang and China's Sup