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 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR 7 IN XINJIANG
Seven people allegedly involved in plotting terrorist activities have been sentenced to death for robbery and murder in China's far western region of Xinjiang, a state-run news website said.
- MARCH 18, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD
China's Supreme People's Court upheld the death sentences of Filipino nationals Ramon Credo...
- MARCH 15, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COPS
the court in Shandong, China, sentenced Liu Jianjun, 51, to death for killing four police officers in January 2011.
FEBRUARY 25, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXEMPTS 13 CRIMES FROM DEATH PENALTY
China's newly revised Criminal Law has reduced the number of crimes punishable by death by 13 to 55.
FEBRUARY 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA MULLS DEATH PENALTY FOR ORGAN TRAFFICKERS
people convicted of organ trafficking in China may receive the death penalty under a draft
- FEBRUARY 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT UPHOLDS OFFICIAL'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPTION
a court in Liaoning Province upheld a lower court's ruling to sentence Pi Qiansheng...
- FEBRUARY 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UIGHUR GROUPS CRITICISE DEATH SENTENCES
Uighur advocacy groups criticised the death sentences of four ethnic Uighur men, sentenced for three separate incidents of violence in 2010.
FEBRUARY 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: XINJIANG DEATH SENTENCES APPROVED
China's highest court has approved the execution of four men convicted in a series of murders in the restive
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DELAYS EXECUTION OF PHILIPPINE DRUG MULES
China postponed the execution of three Filipinos found guilty of drug smuggling.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPT OFFICIAL
a former director of the land resources bureau in Guiyang City...
FEBRUARY 16, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCANADA DEPORTS CHINESE BUSINESSMAN DESPITE CONCERNS ABOUT DEATH PENALTY
a multimillionaire Chinese refugee claimant accused of fraud in his homeland was deported
- FEBRUARY 11, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE 3 PINOYS AS DRUG TRAFFICKERS
three Filipinos convicted for drug trafficking in China had their death sentences upheld by the Supreme People's Court, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs said.