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
- JANUARY 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO ORGANISED CRIME GANG MEMBERS EXECUTED IN CHINA
two members of an organised crime gang in central China's Hubei Province were executed after the Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved their death sentences on December 23, 2009.
JANUARY 7, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SEVEN EXECUTED FOR GANG CRIMES
seven men were executed by the by the Shijiazhuang Municipal Intermediate People's
- JANUARY 6, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
TEN IRANIAN CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
ten Iranian citizens were sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs and will be executed over next days, the website of Iranian television reported.
- JANUARY 3, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTHEAST CHINA GANG TRIAL
three people were sentenced to death for gang-related crimes by the Zhangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court in southeast China's Fujian Province.
- JANUARY 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
- DECEMBER 31, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXPLOSIVES MAKER SENTENCED TO DIE
Chinese explosives maker Gao Huailiang was sentenced to death for making, selling and transporting illegal explosives by an intermediate court in Handan according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
- DECEMBER 30, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Tianlun was given a death sentence suspended...
Wang Tianlun was given a death sentence suspended...
- DECEMBER 29, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MOB KINGPINS BOTH RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCE
a mob boss and his right-hand man were sentenced to death in China.
DECEMBER 29, 2009United KingdomDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BRITON EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Akmal Shaikh, a British national who was convicted of smuggling drugs into China, was executed by lethal
- DECEMBER 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: FIVE CHINESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the People’s Court of Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh Province sentenced Chinese nationals Lu Minh Cheng, Chan Kwok Kwong, Ieong Chi Kai, Wang Hui Lan and Ngan Chiu Kuen to death.
- DECEMBER 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES GANG BOSS
Wang Xingping, 39, a top gangster was executed in western China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
DECEMBER 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYa court in China's Xinjiang region sentenced a further five people to death for their role
a court in China's Xinjiang region sentenced a further five people to death for their role