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.
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FEBRUARY 22, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TRIO WHO DEALT DRUGS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES
Three drug dealers in a gang of five were given death penalties for selling and transporting
- JANUARY 30, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the former Party secretary of Nanchang County in eastern Jiangxi...
the former Party secretary of Nanchang County in eastern Jiangxi Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes and causing huge losses to the state, local media reported
- JANUARY 27, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the US State Department said it was trying to confirm with China reports...
the US State Department said it was trying to confirm with China reports...
- JANUARY 18, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhejiang's Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence
Zhejiang's Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence
- JANUARY 17, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an arsonist behind an explosion that injured 49 people at a rural bank
an arsonist behind an explosion that injured 49 people at a rural bank
JANUARY 12, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO GET DEATH OVER FATAL MOB AMBUSH
A gang leader and his second-in-command were sentenced to death in Southwest
JANUARY 4, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: KYRGYZ CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Kyrgyz citizen has been sentenced to death in western China on drug-related charges
- JANUARY 2, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a female college student named Lanlan
a female college student named Lanlan
- JANUARY 1, 2012ChinaDEATH 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, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an undergraduate has been sentenced to death for killing
an undergraduate has been sentenced to death for killing
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate Court, in China
the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate Court, in China
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bai Zhiming, former deputy secretary-general of the CPC's Inner Mongolia
Bai Zhiming, former deputy secretary-general of the CPC's Inner Mongolia
- DECEMBER 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in the southern city of Shenzhen, in China
a court in the southern city of Shenzhen, in China
- DECEMBER 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 12 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN SINGLE DAY
China has executed 12 people in a single day, including a man who bombed a local tax office
- DECEMBER 27, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO INVOLVED IN DRUG-RELATED CRIMES SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two local courts in China have sentenced to death two men on charges of trafficking and manufacturing
- DECEMBER 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SW CHINA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPTION
in southwest China, the Higher People's Court of Chongqing upheld the death sentence of Wang Guanchao, former board chairman of Beijing Triple Nine Automobile Industrial Co, for graft and embezzlement totalling over 30 million yuan.
- DECEMBER 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
7 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NORTH CHINA
the Taiyuan Intermediate People's Court in China's north Shanxi province sentenced five people to death and two others to death with a two-year reprieve for drug trafficking in October 2010.
- DECEMBER 16, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR PICKAXE MURDER
the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court in northeast China's Liaoning Province sentenced Xiao Guang, a 31-year-old resident of Liaozhong County, to death.
- DECEMBER 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA HALVES EXECUTIONS TO 4,000 PER YEAR, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
Executions in China have dropped 50 per cent since 2007 to around 4,000 per year,
- DECEMBER 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAFIA-STYLE GANG LEADER EXECUTED
The leader and two core members of a Mafia-style gang that terrorized local communities in southwest China's city of Kunming were executed, court officials said.
- DECEMBER 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: RUSSIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Russian national Marina Lopatina said she will not appeal her death sentence with a two year reprieve.
- DECEMBER 12, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SA WOMAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A South African woman was executed in China for drug smuggling, eNews reported.
- DECEMBER 12, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCES
in China, three members of a gang who kidnapped, robbed and murdered Yu Jun in Pudong's Jinqiao area on September 15, 2010, received death sentences.
- DECEMBER 11, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MADAM EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
Wang Ziqi was executed in China for luring young women to work in brothels which were disguised as tea houses, beauty salons or hotels.
- DECEMBER 10, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DAIRY FARMER SENTENCED OVER MILK POISONING IN CHINA
a local court in Pingliang city in far western China's Gansu province found dairy farmer Ma Xiuling guilty of deliberately adding nitrite to the milk of a dairy farming couple in revenge for some business disputes, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- DECEMBER 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO EXECUTED IN CHINA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Liuzhou, China, an unidentified Philippino man, 35, was executed for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 6, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE FOR STABBING BUS DRIVER
the passenger who fatally stabbed a bus driver over the volume of the onboard television was given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court says.
- DECEMBER 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VP BINAY TO APPEAL PINOY'S DEATH SENTENCE IN CHINA
the Filipino Department of Foreign Affairs said that it is already arranging a possible trip for Vice President Jejomar Binay to China to personally appeal for the a 35-year-old male overseas Filipino worker scheduled to be executed on December 8 for smug
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE FILIPINO DEC. 8 DESPITE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT’S APPEAL
the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing, China, upheld the drug trafficking conviction of an unidentified 35-year-old Filipino man and set his execution for December 8.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA GIVES DEATH SENTENCE IN TAINTED PORK SCANDAL
China sentenced Liu Xiang to death with two years' reprieve for harming public