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
JUNE 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COUNTERFEITER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Intermediate People's Court of the city of Hengyang in China's Hunan Province sentenced
- JUNE 16, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CITY PLANS DEATH PENALTY TO ENSURE FOOD SAFETY
a new trial provision issued by the Higher People's Court of Southwest China's Chongqing municipality requires more severe punishment, including the death penalty, for food and drug safety scandals.
- JUNE 15, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Weng Tanggen was sentenced to death and Wang Jianping was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for drug trafficking by a court in Northeast China's Jilin province.
- JUNE 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR GOLD RAIDER
Zhang Degang, 33, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for the September 8, 2010, robbery of a hypermarket in Minhang District, worth 1.01 million yuan, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court was told.
- JUNE 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE SENTENCED TO DIE FOR MONGOL HERDER'S DEATH
A Chinese truck driver was sentenced to death for killing an ethnic Mongol herder by
JUNE 7, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: STUDENT EXECUTED OVER HIT-AND-RUN MURDER
China executed music student Yao Jiaxin, 21, for stabbing 26-year-old mother Zhang Miao to death after hurting her in a car crash on October 20, 2010.
- MAY 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Li Shengguang, 68, was executed for killing two children with rat poison in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2009.
- MAY 28, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ORDERS DEATH PENALTY FOR FOOD SAFETY CRIMES
China's Supreme People's Court ordered capital punishment for food safety
MAY 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURTS URGED TO BE PRUDENT IN USE OF DEATH PENALTY
Chinese courts were told to pronounce a two-year suspension of execution for condemned criminals if an immediate execution is not deemed necessary.
- MAY 20, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN MAN EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR TRAFFICKING 370KG OF KETAMINE
Taiwanese national Li Xiamhzheng was executed in Xiamen...
- MAY 20, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING THREE FAMILY MEMBERS
a woman surnamed Lin from Nantou County Puli township in China was sentenced to death
- MAY 20, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT REJECTS DEATH APPEAL OF STUDENT
a Chinese court in Shaanxi rejected the death sentence appeal by music student Yao Jiaxin...