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
JANUARY 15, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
China executed two men in the Hainan Province for trafficking over 5 kilos of drugs. Li Yongxin and Wei
- JANUARY 14, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
obstetrician Zhang Shuxia, 55, was found guilty of stealing seven babies after telling their parents the
obstetrician Zhang Shuxia, 55, was found guilty of stealing seven babies after telling their parents the
- JANUARY 11, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 64 CRIMINAL GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED BY CHINESE COURT
A court in south China has handed down a suspended death sentence and prison terms to 64 members
- JANUARY 7, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhu Chuanfeng, was given a suspended death sentence by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in
Zhu Chuanfeng, was given a suspended death sentence by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in
JANUARY 2, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: RAILWAY OFFICIAL GETS DEATH PENALTY
A former senior official of the Hohhot railway bureau in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has been
- JANUARY 1, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In February 2011, China dropped the death penalty for 13 non-violent crimes
In February 2011, China dropped the death penalty for 13 non-violent crimes
- DECEMBER 12, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EU: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION ON ORGAN HARVESTING IN CHINA
The European Parliament passed a resolution asking for an immediate end to the practice of organ
- DECEMBER 11, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - US Congress's Asia and Pacific Subcommittee has also marked up a resolution on organ harvesting in China.
USA - US Congress's Asia and Pacific Subcommittee has also marked up a resolution on organ harvesting in China.
NOVEMBER 29, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 4 DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao handed down death sentences
NOVEMBER 21, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT BANS CONFESSION THROUGH TORTURE
Using torture to extract confessions must be eliminated, China's Supreme People's Court said, singling
- NOVEMBER 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO LOOSEN ONE-CHILD POLICY, END LABOR CAMPS, REDUCE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
China will ease its family planning policies and abolish a controversial labor camp system, according
- NOVEMBER 5, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
a court in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region