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
- 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...
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE FOR WIFE WHO PAID TO HAVE HUSBAND KILLED
Chen Liwei, 39, a Zhejiang Province native...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BRIBES
provincial anti-corruption official Wang Huayuan, 62, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER CHINESE OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE FOR CORRUPTION
in southwest China's Guizhou Province, former government official Fan Zhongqian was sentenced to death by the Guiyang Intermediate People's Court with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes from 1988 to 2008.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: APPEALS ARE ENSURED FOR DEATH CASES
China has taken a new move to prevent wrongful convictions in death sentence
- AUGUST 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES MAN FOR KILLING 15-YEAR-OLD
real estate employee Song Feiran, of Songxi Village, Xi'an, was executed for killing He An, 15, following a land dispute in northwest China' s Shaanxi Province.
- AUGUST 24, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SENIOR CHINESE POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED FOR GRAFT
former Chinese Assistant Minister for Public Security Zheng Shaodong was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes worth more than 8.3 million yuan, Xinhua news agency reported.