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
- DECEMBER 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH TERM GIVEN FOR RAPE OF GIRLS
Xu Xinjian, a former school principal in Fujian Province, China, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by the Quanzhou City Intermediate People's Court for raping underage girls.
DECEMBER 8, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ROGUE TRADER EXECUTED
China executed a former securities trader for embezzlement.
- DECEMBER 7, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTHWEST CHINA GANG TRIAL
five people were sentenced to death after being convicted of drug trafficking, racketeering, fraud and selling counterfeit currency in southwest China.
DECEMBER 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE MORE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ETHNIC RIOTS
China sentenced three more people to death for murder and other crimes committed in riots in the western
- DECEMBER 3, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER GANG CRIME IN SOUTH CHINA
two mob bosses were sentenced to death in Yangjiang, southern China. Xu Jianqiang was also fined 310 million yuan ($45.4 million) for abetting three murders.
DECEMBER 3, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA ANNOUNCES MORE DEATH SENTENCES FOR XINJIANG RIOT
A court in China's Xinjiang region sentenced five people to death for murder and other crimes over deadly
- DECEMBER 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR KILLING MISTRESS
a man was executed in China for murdering his mistress...
- NOVEMBER 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES TWO MEN FOR CHILD ABDUCTION
two men were executed for abducting and selling children in China, the Supreme People's Court said.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG LEADER EXECUTED IN SW CHINA
a notorious gang leader was executed in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality after being convicted of organizing a crime ring that killed one person.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, ROBBERY IN SOUTHWEST CHINA
a man was sentenced to death in southwest China's Sichuan Province for murder and committing armed robberies with a gang.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF GETS DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
a former police chief in Tonghua City was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in northeast China's Jilin Province.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED OVER TAINTED MILK SCANDAL
two people were executed in China for their involvement in the country's contaminated milk scandal, in which at least six infants died and more than 300,000 became ill.