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
- JULY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COURTROOM STABBINGS
the Tongren Intermediate People's Court sentenced He Shengkai, 30, to death for a murder, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province.
JULY 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR GUN TRADING
Wu Zhiqiao was executed in eastern China for illegally making and selling firearms
- JULY 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BILLIONAIRE
in China, the Heilongjiang Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence of Wang Wenxiang, founder and chairman of Xinheng Group, for hiring two people to murder former business partner Zhong Yishi on May 18, 2009.
- JULY 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN LOSES DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
the Foshan Municipal Intermediate People's Court in south China's Guangdong Province rejected the appeal by Cheng Ruilong, 37, against his death sentence.
- JULY 7, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA 'EXECUTES' JUSTICE OFFICIAL
China executed Wen Qiang, former head of the judiciary in the Chongqing region...
- JUNE 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE VENDOR APPEALS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 'THUG' LAW ENFORCERS
an unlicensed food vendor in China will appeal against his death sentence over the killing two local security officers.
JUNE 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: PAIR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two men convicted of selling and trafficking 12,242 grams of heroin to Taiwan were executed
JUNE 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES DEALERS AHEAD OF INT'L ANTI-DRUG DAY
six men were executed in southeast China's Fujian Province ahead of the International
- JUNE 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHINESE TRANSPORT OFFICIAL
in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Bai Yuku and Xu Guangdong were sentenced to death for murdering transport official Li Xingguang on August 17, 2009, local court officials announced.
- JUNE 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR SCHOOL ATTACK
the Intermediate People's Court of Zhanjiang City in Guangdong...
- JUNE 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR VIOLENT ATTACK
Zhou Yezhong, 36, accused of fatally stabbing eight people, including three of his family members on May 8, 2010, was sentenced to death at a court in east China's Jiangxi province.
- JUNE 8, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SENIOR JUDGE URGES COURT TO USE STRICT EVIDENCE STANDARDS
a Chinese Supreme People's Court (SPC) official said courts must apply the