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
NOVEMBER 29, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED PARENTS FOR INSURANCE
A man in Zhangye city, Gansu province, was sentenced to death by a local court after
NOVEMBER 26, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING OF BABIES
Two ringleaders of an infant trafficking gang, based in mountainous Ya'an City of southwest China's
NOVEMBER 24, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: REVISED PROCURATORATE RULES TO IMPROVE DEATH SENTENCE REVIEW
China's newly-revised criminal rules for procuratorates updates the review of death sentences
- NOVEMBER 6, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
four members of a gang accused of masterminding the murder...
four members of a gang accused of masterminding the murder...
- NOVEMBER 2, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO PHASE OUT PRISONER ORGANS 'NEXT YEAR': RESEARCHER
China will start phasing out the use of executed prisoners as a source of organs for transplants next
OCTOBER 16, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER COMPANY PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region sentenced to death a former president
- OCTOBER 11, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a university teacher who stabbed his eight-month-pregnant
a university teacher who stabbed his eight-month-pregnant
- OCTOBER 9, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Chinese government issued a white paper on judicial reform
the Chinese government issued a white paper on judicial reform
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN PROFESSOR'S HOMICIDE
In China, the Higher People's Court of Guangdong Province upheld the death sentence of the
- AUGUST 20, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld a death sentence
the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld a death sentence
- AUGUST 20, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a 46-year-old Chinese man was sentenced to death
a 46-year-old Chinese man was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 20, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bogu Kailai, wife of former Chinese politician Bo Xilai...
Bogu Kailai, wife of former Chinese politician Bo Xilai...