Hong Kong SAR China
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- limited presidential democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- March 1990, approved by the National People's Congress of China
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the Chinese model and English common law,
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Legislative Council
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Final Court of Appeal
RELIGIONS
Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian majorities
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993
- JANUARY 1, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Many residents in Hong Kong have been sentenced to...
Many residents in Hong Kong have been sentenced to death or executed in China
- JUNE 16, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong officials were seeking a guarantee from Beijing...
Hong Kong officials were seeking a guarantee from Beijing that mainlanders sent back to face trial under a rendition agreement would not be executed
- MARCH 15, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and...
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and Hong Kong to sign a mutual assistance agreement on criminal cases because of their differences on the issue of the death penalty
- JANUARY 21, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice, So Kwai-biu...
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice, So Kwai-biu and Chen Wei-cheng, both 38, were executed in Guangzhou for the murder of seven people, including an Australian and an American, in southern China
- JANUARY 1, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Many residents in Hong Kong have been sentenced to...
Many residents in Hong Kong have been sentenced to death or executed in China
- JANUARY 1, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, Hong Kong kingpin Ye Cheng-jian, 38,...
On November 23, Hong Kong kingpin Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and 2 mainland accomplices, He Jingsheng and Li Xinwen, convicted of murder, robberies and kidnappings dating back to 1994 were executed
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court...
On November 4, the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Jin Jianpei, 55, a former senior official at the Hong Kong-based investment arm of Hubei Province who misappropriated $188 million for gambling and speculating
- OCTOBER 15, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 15, Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and two mainland...
On October 15, Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and two mainland accomplices, He Jingsheng and Li Xinwen, members of a Hong Kong gang, were sentenced to death by the Zhuhai Municipal Intermediate People's Court for murder, robbery, kidnapping and firearms offenses carr
- SEPTEMBER 15, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 15, the Zhuhai City Intermediate People's...
On September 15, the Zhuhai City Intermediate People's Court condemned 2 Hong Kong gang members, Ng Kai-chi and Lee Lok-sang, who received suspended death penalties, and further 8-year jail terms
- APRIL 23, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 23, Yuhui Li was sentenced to death in China...
On April 23, Yuhui Li was sentenced to death in China for crimes committed in Hong Kong