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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MAY 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 13 CRIMES EXEMPTED FROM DEATH PENALTY
Several important changes to China's laws came into effect today, addressing such things
- APRIL 26, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING FOUR POLICEMEN
Liu Jianjun, 51, was executed for shooting dead four policemen and two drivers with his brother in eastern China on January 4, 2011.
- APRIL 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
university student Yao Jiaxin, 21, was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Xi'an, China, for murdering Zhang Miao.
- APRIL 19, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SERIAL RAPIST APPEALS HIS DEATH SENTENCE
Dai Qingcheng, the 46-year-old farmer from East China's Anhui province who was sentenced to death in December for raping 116 women between 1993 and 2009, is appealing his conviction.
- APRIL 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH UPHELD FOR BROTHERS IN E CHINA
the Shandong Higher Court in China confirmed the death penalty of Liu Jianjun, 51, for killing four policemen in a shootout in Shandong on January 4, 2011.
APRIL 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 26-YEAR-OLD FEMALE EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mao Ran, 26, was executed in Xiamen, China, for ordering others to conduct
- APRIL 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMERLY RICH WOMAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Wu Ying, whose assets, totaling about $550 million, made her the sixth-richest woman in China in...
- APRIL 6, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER CHINA COUNTY BOSS RECEIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
the Baiyin City Intermediate People's Court in northwest China's Gansu Province sentenced Wang Xianmin...
- APRIL 5, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO WOMAN ON CHINA DEATH ROW GETS 2-YEAR REPRIEVE
Filipino woman Myrna San Pedro, on death row in China...
APRIL 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ALLEGED CHINESE CRIMINAL RINGLEADER EXTRADITED FROM PHILIPPINES
An alleged criminal ringleader in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality was extradited
- MARCH 31, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH UPHELD FOR FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR
the Higher People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province upheld the death sentence of Jiang Renjie...
MARCH 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE FILIPINOS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three Filipinos were executed in China, according to Vice President Jejomar Binay.
- MARCH 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 3 PINOYS TO BE EXECUTED MARCH 30
three Filipinos whose execution in Shenzhen, China, on February 20 and 21 was put off will be executed for drug smuggling on March 30.
- MARCH 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR 7 IN XINJIANG
Seven people allegedly involved in plotting terrorist activities have been sentenced to death for robbery and murder in China's far western region of Xinjiang, a state-run news website said.
- MARCH 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD
China's Supreme People's Court upheld the death sentences of Filipino nationals Ramon Credo...
- MARCH 15, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COPS
the court in Shandong, China, sentenced Liu Jianjun, 51, to death for killing four police officers in January 2011.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXEMPTS 13 CRIMES FROM DEATH PENALTY
China's newly revised Criminal Law has reduced the number of crimes punishable by death by 13 to 55.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MULLS DEATH PENALTY FOR ORGAN TRAFFICKERS
people convicted of organ trafficking in China may receive the death penalty under a draft
- FEBRUARY 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT UPHOLDS OFFICIAL'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPTION
a court in Liaoning Province upheld a lower court's ruling to sentence Pi Qiansheng...
- FEBRUARY 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UIGHUR GROUPS CRITICISE DEATH SENTENCES
Uighur advocacy groups criticised the death sentences of four ethnic Uighur men, sentenced for three separate incidents of violence in 2010.
FEBRUARY 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: XINJIANG DEATH SENTENCES APPROVED
China's highest court has approved the execution of four men convicted in a series of murders in the restive
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DELAYS EXECUTION OF PHILIPPINE DRUG MULES
China postponed the execution of three Filipinos found guilty of drug smuggling.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPT OFFICIAL
a former director of the land resources bureau in Guiyang City...
- FEBRUARY 16, 2011CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA DEPORTS CHINESE BUSINESSMAN DESPITE CONCERNS ABOUT DEATH PENALTY
a multimillionaire Chinese refugee claimant accused of fraud in his homeland was deported
- FEBRUARY 11, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE 3 PINOYS AS DRUG TRAFFICKERS
three Filipinos convicted for drug trafficking in China had their death sentences upheld by the Supreme People's Court, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs said.
- JANUARY 31, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ILLEGAL DEMOLITION IN NORTH CHINA
Gao Haidong was sentenced to death by the Taiyuan City Intermediate People's Court in north China's Shanxi Province for murdering villager Meng during an illegal demolition on October 30, 2010.
- JANUARY 31, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing...
- JANUARY 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATOR GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPTION
Song Yong, 56, a former senior legislator in northeast China's Liaoning Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes totalling 10.2 million yuan during 2000 to 2009 by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing.
- JANUARY 26, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER COURT CHIEF SENTENCED ON GRAFT CHARGES
Zhang Tao, 48, former vice president of the Superior People's Court of Chongqing Municipality in southwest China...
JANUARY 17, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ILLICIT ORGAN TRADE CONTINUES UNABATED
Illegal organ harvesting has become worse under reforms put in place by