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 11, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1997 POISONING
Two kung fu coaches were handed death sentences in China on January 8, 2024, following their arrest in 2023 for a 1997 poisoning that killed seven children, a court said.
DECEMBER 20, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FEMALE SERIAL KILLER LAO RONGZHI EXECUTED
Lao Rongzhi, a woman in the spotlight for her involvement in multiple killings, was executed on December 18, 2023 after China's top court approved her death sentence.
DECEMBER 5, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TEACHER EXECUTED FOR RAPING STUDENTS
A middle school teacher in Longhui county, Hunan province, has been executed for raping and molesting multiple students, according to a local court.
- DECEMBER 4, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES SAYS CHINA HAS EXECUTED TWO FILIPINOS CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING DESPITE APPEALS
China has executed two Filipinos for drug trafficking despite high-level Philippine government appeals to commute their death sentences to life in prison, the Philippine government said December 2, 2023.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER BANK CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
Sun Deshun, former president of China CITIC Bank, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on November 10, 2023 for accepting bribes.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL EXECUTED FOR CHILD RAPE
A former principal of a primary school in Gansu province was executed through lethal injection on November 7, 2023 following a death penalty sentence for rape and sexually molesting minors.
- OCTOBER 30, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN WHO WENT ON STABBING SPREE IN SHANGHAI SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hou Xiaofei, the man who went on a stabbing spree and injured 15 people in a hospital in Shanghai last summer, was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court on October 27, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT IMPOSES DEATH PENALTY ON CHILD ABDUCTOR
Yu Huaying, a woman who abducted and trafficked 11 children in the 1990s for financial gain, was sentenced to death by a court in Guizhou province on September 18, 2023.
AUGUST 6, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: S. KOREAN DRUG OFFENDER EXECUTED, FIRST IN 9 YEARS
China on August 4, 2023 executed a South Korean man who was sentenced to death for selling a large amount of drugs, according to Seoul's foreign ministry.
AUGUST 3, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER PARTY CHIEF OF HANGZHOU SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE FOR BRIBERY
Zhou Jiangyong, former Party chief of Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced on July 25, 2023 to death with a two-year reprieve for bribery.
- JULY 21, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Falun Gong demonstrated in Rome
Outside the Embassy of China
- JULY 17, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: KINDERGARTEN TEACHER EXECUTED FOR POISONING 25 STUDENTS, KILLING 1
A kindergarten teacher found to have poisoned 25 of her students, killing one, has been executed, according to a court in central China.