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 12, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYEU: 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, 2013United StatesDEATH 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
NOVEMBER 2, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA TO BAN USE OF EXECUTED PRISONERS' ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANTS
the last country in the world systematically harvesting organs from executed prisoners - is to ban the practice next year according to a senior official.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two men were executed for their role in an explosion and shooting that killed nine people in the Yunnan
two men were executed for their role in an explosion and shooting that killed nine people in the Yunnan
- OCTOBER 31, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a man in China’s Guangdong province was awarded death sentence
a man in China’s Guangdong province was awarded death sentence
- OCTOBER 30, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the boss of gang that used violence to extort cash and property
the boss of gang that used violence to extort cash and property
- OCTOBER 16, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG OFFENCES
A court in northeast China's Jilin Province sentenced four drug dealers to death.
- OCTOBER 14, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA’S TOP JUDGE CALLS FOR FEWER EXECUTIONS
China’s top judicial official, Zhou Qiang, called on courts to “dare to stick to the truth” at a seminar in Beijing.