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
- AUGUST 8, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 19 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Fang Lei, 19...
- AUGUST 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED TO DEATH
Lu Weijin, an accountant in Zhongshan City in south China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death after being convicted of embezzling 17 million yuan (US$ 2.12 million) in bank deposits.
AUGUST 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR SPYING
a Chinese government official has been executed for spying for Taiwan, and thousands of civil servants have been shown an “educational” video of the case as a warning, two government sources said.
- AUGUST 5, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BURNING GIRLFRIEND
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court sentenced to death Cheng Jun...
- AUGUST 4, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ANHUI COURT EXECUTES THREE CONVICTS
Li Wei, Wang Qianjin, and Li Ya were executed.
JULY 31, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. BANKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Wen Mengjie, an official from the Agricultural Bank of China, was sentenced to death for corruption involving 15 million yuan ($1.87-million).
JULY 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR OIL THEFT
Ding Hanqin and Luo Xingguo, two men who led an oil theft ring, were executed in Guangyuan City, southwestern China's Sichuan Province, for stealing oil from a pipeline in western China.
JULY 25, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. FORMER CHINESE POLICEMAN LIFTS LID ON ORGAN HARVESTING
earlier in the month a Canadian human rights organisation revealed the extent of political prisoners being executed in China and then harvested for body parts.
- JULY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DUO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 5
the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court sentenced two gang leaders convicted of killing five people.
- JULY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HACKING REVENGE
Liang Jiqian, a man in Qinzhou in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was sentenced to death after being convicted of hacking to death five children and one woman in an act of revenge.
- JULY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEPUTY MAYOR GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTION
Wang Qingming, former deputy county magistrate of Guiding in China’s Guizhou province, was sentenced to death for corruption and accepting bribes of more than 8m yuan [999,625 US dollars].
- JULY 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILING SIX BOYS
a Chinese court sentenced Gong Runbo to death for killing six boys. Gong, 33...