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 30, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the former Party secretary of Nanchang County in eastern Jiangxi...
the former Party secretary of Nanchang County in eastern Jiangxi Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes and causing huge losses to the state, local media reported
- JANUARY 27, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the US State Department said it was trying to confirm with China reports...
the US State Department said it was trying to confirm with China reports...
- JANUARY 18, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhejiang's Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence
Zhejiang's Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence
- JANUARY 17, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an arsonist behind an explosion that injured 49 people at a rural bank
an arsonist behind an explosion that injured 49 people at a rural bank
JANUARY 12, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO GET DEATH OVER FATAL MOB AMBUSH
A gang leader and his second-in-command were sentenced to death in Southwest
JANUARY 4, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: KYRGYZ CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Kyrgyz citizen has been sentenced to death in western China on drug-related charges
- JANUARY 2, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a female college student named Lanlan
a female college student named Lanlan
- JANUARY 1, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an undergraduate has been sentenced to death for killing
an undergraduate has been sentenced to death for killing
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate Court, in China
the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate Court, in China
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bai Zhiming, former deputy secretary-general of the CPC's Inner Mongolia
Bai Zhiming, former deputy secretary-general of the CPC's Inner Mongolia
- DECEMBER 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in the southern city of Shenzhen, in China
a court in the southern city of Shenzhen, in China