China
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · In January, the Nanyang Intermediate People's Court...
- News items in the archive
- 2,785
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
China is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 2,785 news items on China, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- AUGUST 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China says it plans to phase out the harvesting of organs
China says it plans to phase out the harvesting of organs
- AUGUST 12, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
a court in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
AUGUST 12, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR XINJIANG TERRORIST ATTACK
A court in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region sentenced two men to death and another three to prison for taking part in a violent attack that happened on 23 April.
- AUGUST 8, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UYGHUR SERVING LIFE SENTENCE DIES MYSTERIOUSLY
A Uyghur teacher sentenced to life in prison for “anti-state” activities in China’s troubled Xinjiang
- JULY 25, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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A man who murdered a pregnant woman in China to sell her corpse as a "ghost bride" has been executed
- JULY 24, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR TRYING TO SMUGGLE HEROIN OUT OF VIETNAM
A Chinese woman was sentenced to death in Hanoi for trying to smuggle nearly four
JULY 24, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-OFFICIAL GETS DEATH FOR GRAFT
A former official in China has been awarded death sentence with a two-year reprieve for taking
JULY 21, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
A man in east China's Anhui province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- JULY 20, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A court in east China's Shandong Province announced that it has sentenced five
- JULY 13, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT EXECUTES MAN WITHOUT TELLING FAMILY
A Chinese court executed a man on death row without notifying his family and then defended its actions, sparking anger online, local media reported.
JULY 8, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-RAILWAY MINISTER
China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun was given a suspended death sentence for "especially
- JULY 6, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MARRIED MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KEEPING SIX WOMEN AS SEX SLAVES
Li Hao, 35, a former government employee of central China, was sentenced to death after being convicted
JULY 3, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FILIPINA DRUG MULE EXECUTED
A Filipina sentenced to death for drug trafficking in China was executed by lethal injection, the
- JULY 2, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HIGHER PEOPLE'S COURT REVOKES DEATH SENTENCES OF 4 MEN AFTER 16 YEARS
A Chinese court overturned the death sentences of four men for robbing and killing two taxi
JULY 2, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR POISONING MILK
a woman received a lethal injection for lacing milk with nitrite, which killed three children and
JUNE 25, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 EXECUTED, 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three men were executed in south China's Hainan Province for trafficking methamphetamine,
JUNE 25, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 EXECUTED, 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two men, Yang Jiande and Yuan Tingchang, were executed in east China's Fujian Province for trafficking
- JUNE 22, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two foreigners were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
two foreigners were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- JUNE 21, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the southern Kien Giang Province People’s Court, in China...
the southern Kien Giang Province People’s Court, in China...
JUNE 20, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING 7 IN 9 DAYS
A man who went on a killing spree across three provinces with a friend last year received
- JUNE 19, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: AUTHORITIES THREATEN DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIOUS POLLUTERS
Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious
JUNE 18, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR RAPING GIRLS
An official in central China's Henan Province was executed for raping 11 underage girls, sources with the Henan Provincial Higher People's Court confirmed.
- MAY 30, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT CONFIRMS DEATH FOR CHINESE DRUG MULE
In Vietnam, the Supreme People’s Court upheld the death penalty handed down by a provincial
- MAY 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the former deputy police chief of the Chinese megacity
the former deputy police chief of the Chinese megacity
MAY 15, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ‘ILLEGAL’ FUNDRAISING
A court in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang sentenced to death a woman convicted
MARCH 27, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT SENTENCES 3 DRUG DEALERS TO DEATH, JAILS 18
A court in southeast China's Fujian Province said that it has sentenced three
- MARCH 14, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: ALLY OF DISGRACED BO SENTENCED ON GRAFT CHARGES
An ally of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has received a suspended death sentence
- MARCH 1, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MEKONG RIVER MURDERERS EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
Myanmar drug lord Naw Kham, who was convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the
- MARCH 1, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the man behind a botched robbery's fatal bombing in the central Chinese city of Wuhan
the man behind a botched robbery's fatal bombing in the central Chinese city of Wuhan
- FEBRUARY 28, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Fuli, 45, who killed a couple in Shunyi district in 2010...
Zhao Fuli, 45, who killed a couple in Shunyi district in 2010...