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
MARCH 27, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: METHAMPHETAMINE PRODUCER EXECUTED AFTER MASSIVE BATCH SEIZURE
The Intermediate People's Court of China’s Linyang City has confirmed the execution of a death sentence for a man convicted of producing and trafficking 200 kg of methamphetamine, Caliber.az reported on March 23, 2025.
- MARCH 20, 2025CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTED FOUR CANADIANS FOR DRUG CRIMES, SAYS OTTAWA
Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities confirmed on March 19, 2025.
MARCH 19, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-ENGINEER TO BE EXECUTED FOR SPYING
A former Chinese engineer has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to a foreign power, Beijing's spy agency said on March 18, 2025.
MARCH 1, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR ABDUCTING, TRAFFICKING 17 CHILDREN
Yu Huaying, the woman convicted of abducting and trafficking 17 children, was executed on February 28, 2025, according to a court statement.
FEBRUARY 24, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-HUARONG EXECUTIVE IN BRIBERY CASE
A Chinese court on February 24, 2025 upheld the death sentence for Bai Tianhui, former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings
FEBRUARY 23, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT OF ICBC SENTENCED TO DEATH
Zhang Hongli, former vice-president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for the crime of accepting bribes by a court in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, on February 19, 2025.
FEBRUARY 18, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-JIANGSU LEGISLATOR SENTENCED FOR CORRUPTION
A former senior legislator in eastern China's Jiangsu province was given a suspended death sentence for taking bribes, abusing his power and illegally trading landuse rights, a court in the central province of Hubei announced on February 17, 2025.
- JANUARY 28, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SEPARATE DEADLY KNIFE ATTACKS
Two men were sentenced to death on January 24, 2025 for separate deadly stabbings in China.
- JANUARY 23, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MAN CONVICTED OF TRAFFICKING CHILDREN
A higher court on January 21, 2025 upheld the death sentence for Wang Haowen, who was convicted of trafficking children.
JANUARY 20, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR COMMITTING DEADLY ‘REVENGE ON SOCIETY CRIMES’
China has executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens in November, raising concerns about a surge in what are called “revenge on society crimes”, state media reported.
DECEMBER 30, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TEENAGER SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDERING CLASSMATE
A teenager, the mastermind in the killing of his classmate early this year, has been sentenced to life in prison for intentional homicide, according to a court in Handan, Hebei province on December 30, 2024.
- DECEMBER 24, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRIVER IN SCHOOL ATTACK
A man in Changde, Hunan province, was sentenced to death with two years' reprieve on December 23, 2024 for committing the crime of using dangerous means to harm public security, according to Xinhua News Agency.