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
- OCTOBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HIS FAMILY
Li Lei, 30, was sentenced to death in China by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court for murdering his wife...
- OCTOBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCES
gang ringleader Chen Jun and accomplice Ruan Yuming were given suspended...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MINE BOSS GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Shanxi province's Linfen city in China, mine boss Zhang Peiliang was given a suspended
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA NOT TO DROP DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTION
China's top legislature has never considered scrapping the death penalty for those convicted of
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN S. CHINA
Hu Yihua, 29, from Jinhua City in Zhejiang Province, was executed in Jieyang City in Guangdong, China, for killing four people, including two policemen, on July 2nd and 5th.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
PRISON ESCAPEES EXECUTED IN NORTH CHINA
Qiao Haiqiang, Dong Jiaji and Li Hongbin were executed in Hohhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN
in China's eastern Fujian Province, the Intermediate People's Court of Quanzhou City sentenced Li Diji and Wu Suiqing, both 56, to death for child trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Mingliang, 52, from Yuzhong District, and Yong, 43, from Shapingba...
Chen Mingliang, 52, from Yuzhong District, and Yong, 43, from Shapingba...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG LEADER, KEY MEMBER EXECUTED IN CHINA'S CHONGQING
in Chongqing, China, gang leader Fan Qihang, 40, and key gang member Wu Chuanjiang, 33, were executed according to the city's Higher Court.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES FORMER SENIOR POLICE OFFICER TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
former city police chief in south China's Guangdong Province Ye Shuyang...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES 2 FOR GRAFT
two mafia figures were executed as part of a huge crackdown on graft and organised crime in Chonqing in southwest China.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Chung Yung, 40, from Nanchuan District in Chongqing Municipality...
Liu Chung Yung, 40, from Nanchuan District in Chongqing Municipality...