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
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD ON CONTROVERSIAL RAPE-MURDER CASE
The high court of north China's Hebei Province upheld the death sentence on murder
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed a street vendor convicted of murdering two security officials who he claimed
China executed a street vendor convicted of murdering two security officials who he claimed
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a gang leader was executed for violent crimes in the city of Qingdao, the Qingdao Municipal
a gang leader was executed for violent crimes in the city of Qingdao, the Qingdao Municipal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER XINJIANG ATTACK
A court in China's western region of Xinjiang sentenced three ethnic Uighurs to death
SEPTEMBER 7, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYTIBET: BONINO CALLS ON CHINA TO SUSPEND THE EXECUTION OF DROLMA KYAB
“I learn with sorrow the news of the death sentence of Tibetan Drolma Kyab by the Chinese People's Court of Ngaba. I have repeatedly expressed the belief that the path to full respect for human rights can have different times in different social context
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in South China's Guangdong Province handed down
a court in South China's Guangdong Province handed down
- AUGUST 22, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court, in China
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court, in China
- AUGUST 17, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an Intermediate court in Tibet’s Ngaba region has sentenced a Tibetan man
an Intermediate court in Tibet’s Ngaba region has sentenced a Tibetan man
- AUGUST 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO STOP USING ORGANS FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS IN TRANSPLANTS
Huang Jiefu, head of the Health Ministry's organ transplant office, said China would start phasing
- AUGUST 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in China’s western Sichuan province sentenced a Tibetan man to death in connection with
A court in China’s western Sichuan province sentenced a Tibetan man to death in connection with
- AUGUST 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China says it plans to phase out the harvesting of organs
China says it plans to phase out the harvesting of organs
AUGUST 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA TO STOP USING ORGANS FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS IN TRANSPLANTS
Huang Jiefu, head of the Health Ministry's organ transplant office, said China would start