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
FEBRUARY 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA ISSUES GUIDELINES TO LIMIT DEATH PENALTY USE
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) said it had issued guidelines for courts nationwide to handle criminal cases with a policy of "justice tempered with mercy," stressing that death penalty use be limited.
FEBRUARY 8, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO SUSPENDED DEATH FOR BRIBERY, FRAMING UP INFORMANT
a former local official in east China's Anhui Province was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHINESE GANG LEADERS
a court in Chongqing, China, sentenced Chen Mingliang...
FEBRUARY 4, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 25 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KIDNAPPING
Chinese state media say 25 people have been sentenced to death for their roles in nine kidnapping cases.
FEBRUARY 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 3 MURDERS, OTHER CRIMES
in China, Chongqing No.5 Intermediate People's Court sentenced former police director of Nanbin Road
- JANUARY 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: LETHAL EXECUTION OFFICERS READY
lethal injection is set to replace shooting as the main technique for the death penalty in Beijing, China. Executioners from Beijing's Intermediate People's Court have now finished their training, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.
- JANUARY 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FOUR MORE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR URUMQI RIOT
A Chinese court sentenced four more people to death for their part in bloody ethnic rioting in July last year
- JANUARY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jiang Yongsheng was executed in Chiana for multiple rape.
Jiang Yongsheng was executed in Chiana for multiple rape.
- JANUARY 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Gao Hualiang, an explosive maker, was sentenced to death in China
Gao Hualiang, an explosive maker, was sentenced to death in China
- JANUARY 19, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO GANG LEADERS EXECUTED
two criminal gang leaders were executed by Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's Court. Yang Tianqing and Liu Chenghu allegedly committed crimes including murder and racketeering.
- JANUARY 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER MOUTAI GENERAL MANAGER GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE
Qiao Hong, 56, former Moutai general manager, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption and taking bribes in China.
- JANUARY 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE GAY GETS DEATH FOR KILLING GERMAN PARTNER
an unidentified gay Chinese hotel worker, 21, from the southwestern Sichuan Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by the Intermediate People's Court in Zhongshan City, in south China's Guangdong Province.