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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- JANUARY 14, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR GUNMAN, ARMY DESERTER
in southwest China, Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence of army deserter Wu Yong for killing a fellow serviceman in Yibin City of Sichuan in September 2003, for armed robbery and for killing Luo Zhongyong, 12, in 2002.
- JANUARY 14, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DETENTION BY CHINA OF 831 TIBETAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
in its last report, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), based in Dharamsala, said that on December 30, 2010, there were 831 Tibetan political prisoners. 360 of these were sentenced by courts and 12 were sentenced to jail.
- JANUARY 10, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE
Yu Haixu, 24, was given a two-year suspended death sentence recently by an intermediate people's court in Hohhot, China, for killing a male student Yao on May 10 at a cafe.
- JANUARY 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: CHINA FREES ZAMBIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD
Zambian woman Mary Musyalike, who was sentenced to death by firing squad in China for trafficking in drugs, was released and returned to Zambia. Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) National Co-ordinator Edwin Sakala thanked the Zambian Government for
- JANUARY 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE RULE FACES EXTRA SCRUTINY
China's Supreme People's Court will directly overturn death sentences in cases where evidence was collected by illegal means, in a move to further limit the application of capital punishment and pressure local courts to check evidence more thoroughly, SPC
- JANUARY 5, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
PROSTITUTION-RING LEADER'S DEATH PENALTY UPHELD IN SW CHINA
the death penalty given to female gang boss Wang Ziqi in August 2010 by China's Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People's Court was upheld by the Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court.
- JANUARY 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
- DECEMBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH OVER FUND-RAISING SCAM
the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court in east China's Jiangsu Province sentenced Sun Haiyu to death for illegally raising up to 4 billion yuan in a fraudulent investment scheme.
- DECEMBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR CORRUPTION
ex-official Zeng Jinchun, tasked with investigating corruption in China...
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UYGHUR STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 19-year-old Uyghur becomes the second woman sentenced to die following ethnic
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN CENTRAL CHINA FOR AIRPORT SHUTTLE BUS FIRE
Chen Haitao, 36, was executed in central China's Hunan Province for setting an airport shuttle bus on fire on July 21, killing two people.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES STUDENT TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in southwest China sentenced student Cao Shijie to death for fatally stabbing a woman and injuring two men on March 30, the Intermediate People's Court in the provincial capital, Chengdu, announced.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASTING TAX OFFICE IN CENTRAL CHINA
a court in central China's Hunan Province sentenced Liu Zhuiheng, 51,per aver to death for setting off explosives outside a tax office in Furong District of Changsha City on July 30, killing four people. His motive was to vent anger over business losses.
- DECEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CRIMES
the Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court in China sentenced Xu Xiaochun and Lu Juhua...
DECEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CRIMES
the Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court in China sentenced Xu Xiaochun
- DECEMBER 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA
the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in China sentenced...
- DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GUNFIGHT DEATH PENALTY
in China, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced gang leaders Zhang Hongfu, Liu Xiaohua and Ai Daiqing to death for crimes including murder, drug dealing, illegally manufacturing firearms and ammunition and illegally possessing firearms.
- DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERS
Kang Shaowen, 48, from Xuzhou City in Jiangsu Province...
DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 9 EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
China executed at least nine people for drug-related crimes in the
- DECEMBER 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CRIMINAL LAW DRAFT AMENDMENT UNCHANGED IN REDUCING NUMBER OF CRIMES SUBJECT TO DEATH PENALTY
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law remained unchanged in reducing
- DECEMBER 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FIVE IN CHINA
Chen Huangye, 36, was sentenced to death by an intermediate court in Hainan province, China, for killing five people including three children on November 9, 2010, Xinhua news agency said.
- DECEMBER 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRIVER WHO KILLED BABY IN SHENZHEN
in China, Hong Kong truck driver Leung Koon-biu...
- DECEMBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PRODUCING DRUGS IN SOUTHWEST CHINA
the Chongqing First Intermediate People's Court in China sentenced Tan
- DECEMBER 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE OFFICIAL GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE OVER ANTI-VIRUS SCAM
a Chinese appeals court confirmed a suspended death sentence against Yu Bing for taking bribes and jailing an innocent man for money.
- DECEMBER 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: ANOTHER FILIPINO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS IN CHINA
Filipino Vice President Jejomar Binay learnt that a Filipina had been sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER TOP PROVINCIAL POLITICAL ADVISOR GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAKING BRIBES
Huang Yao, 62, former chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), received a death sentence with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA OVERTURNS 10 PERCENT OF DEATH SENTENCES
China has overturned 10 percent of death sentences handed down in the country since the
- NOVEMBER 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
six people were sentenced to death and three to suspended death for drug trafficking in China. Cui Changui, Li Zhanyong, Yang Linqu, Zhao Jiandong...
- NOVEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN NORTHEAST CHINA
the Intermediate People's Court of Changchun in northeast China's Jilin Province sentenced two to death with a two-year reprieve for drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR SELLING IMPERIAL RELICS
China executed a local official six years after he was convicted of illegally selling hundreds