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 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a remarried bank clerk in northern China was sentenced to death for hiring a hit man to strangle her son so she could have a child with her new husband
a remarried bank clerk in northern China was sentenced to death for hiring a hit man to strangle her son so she could have a child with her new husband
- JANUARY 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two men were executed in eastern China after escaping prison and attacking police. Liu Junjie, 35 and Wang Bing 31, attacked a prison guard and two policemen
two men were executed in eastern China after escaping prison and attacking police. Liu Junjie, 35 and Wang Bing 31, attacked a prison guard and two policemen
- JANUARY 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CAB DRIVER IN SHANDONG EXECUTED
a 32 year old cab driver was executed for multiple murders, rapes and robberies...
- JANUARY 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in east China upheld the death penalty for the owner of a beauty parlour convicted of fraud and illegally raising more than 700 million yuan
a court in east China upheld the death penalty for the owner of a beauty parlour convicted of fraud and illegally raising more than 700 million yuan
- JANUARY 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the verdicts in a trial of three former executives of Yunnan Copper Group were announced in China, with former deputy manager Yu Weiping receiving the death sentence for his role in a corruption scandal
the verdicts in a trial of three former executives of Yunnan Copper Group were announced in China, with former deputy manager Yu Weiping receiving the death sentence for his role in a corruption scandal
- JANUARY 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a local court in central China's Hunan Province upheld its 2005 death sentence against a former official who was convicted of graft and misappropriating public funds
a local court in central China's Hunan Province upheld its 2005 death sentence against a former official who was convicted of graft and misappropriating public funds
- JANUARY 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DRUG BARON EXECUTED AFTER ALL ASSETS SEIZED
a man was executed for drug dealing in Guangzhou, China. Chen Bingxi was found guilty of trafficking and manufacturing 12.36 tons of crystal meth and selling and transporting more than 100 kgs of heroin.
- JANUARY 7, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE
Sun Yonghua, a Shaanxi Province native...
- JANUARY 5, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: POISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH
two men were sentenced to death and two others were punished for their involvement in a food poisoning incident in 2007 that killed two people and put 63 others in hospital in the city in February, local media reported
- JANUARY 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
- DECEMBER 30, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a village official in east China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death for hiring five men to murder an election rival
a village official in east China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death for hiring five men to murder an election rival
- DECEMBER 29, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for killing a super model after twice having sex with her
a man was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for killing a super model after twice having sex with her