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
- AUGUST 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE GETS DEATH FOR FATAL BUS BLAZE
the intermediate people's court in Changsha, in central China's Hunan Province...
- AUGUST 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: BEIJING COURT REJECTS DEATH-ROW COMMERCE OFFICIAL' S APPEAL
the Beijing Higher People's Court in China rejected the appeal of former Ministry of Commerce senior inspector Guo Jingyi, 44, against his May 2010 death sentence for accepting bribes valued at about 8.45 million yuan between 1998 and 2007.
- AUGUST 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a Chinese court sentenced former senior city economic planner Pi Qiansheng to a suspended death and confiscated his property for taking bribes and abusing his power, state news agency Xinhua said.
- AUGUST 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SW CHINA GANG CRACKDOWN
in Chongqing Municipality, China, the No. 5 Intermediate People's Court sentenced an unidentified man to a suspended death sentence in a prostitution and gang case that has already seen two women sentenced to death
- AUGUST 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PROSTITUTION RING
a Chinese court sentenced two women...
- AUGUST 10, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH CHINA COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Hu Yihua, 29, was sentenced to death by the intermediate people's court in Jieyang City of Guangdong, south China, for shooting four people dead, including two traffic policemen, on July 2 and 5, 2010.
- AUGUST 7, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FRENCH CITIZEN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRADE IN CHINA
Chinese-born French citizen Chan Thao Phoumy, 47, and Xie Weiming, were sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court in Guangzhou, China Daily reported.
- AUGUST 5, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wu Hsiang-Ming, 38, from Dazu County, Chongqing...
Wu Hsiang-Ming, 38, from Dazu County, Chongqing...
- AUGUST 3, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING MISTRESS IN EAST CHINA
the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province in China, sentenced Xie Zaixing, 48, former chief of the Communist Party of China Committee in Ouhai District, Wenzhou City, to death.
- JULY 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG BOSS GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN SOUTHWEST CHINA
gang boss Yang Jue, 32, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve...
- JULY 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER TOP PROVINCIAL POLITICAL ADVISOR GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
Chen Shaoji, former top political advisor of south China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption by the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's Court.
JULY 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA 'MAY REVIEW EXECUTION POLICY CHANGES'
China is considering reviewing the number of crimes which attract the death penalty, a report