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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- NOVEMBER 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DRUNK DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA OVER FATAL COLLISIONS
the Intermediate People's Court in Fuyang city in China's eastern Anhui province sentenced Dong Fei, 33, to death for killing two people while driving when drunk in March.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO GANG LEADERS EXECUTED IN SW. CHINA
Chen Zhiyi and Yang Quan were executed in southwest China...
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA'S TOP COURT APPROVES DEATH PENALTIES
China's Supreme People's Court approved the death penalty of three men, it said in a
- OCTOBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES FOR ATTEMPTED RAPE OF 16-YEAR-OLD GIRLS IN CENTRAL CHINA
policeman Gong Cheng and car mechanic Lin Yi were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve...
- OCTOBER 31, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED FOR CAUSING GIRL'S DEATH
traffic police squad head Gong Cheng, 32, the section head of the traffic police squad in Fenghuang county, Hunan, China, and Lin Yi , 40, were both sentenced to death with two-year reprieves by the Intermediate People's Court in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefec
- OCTOBER 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO EXECUTED FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDERING CHILDREN IN S. CHINA
Kong Jinlin, 36, from Meizhou City in Guangdong, and Shu Luwen, 23, were executed in south China's Guangdong Province.
- OCTOBER 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIAN JUDGE SAID ANNOUNCES DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO CHINESE NATIONALS
Judge Blamo Dixon of Criminal Court "A" at the Temple of Justice in Liberia...
- OCTOBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HIS FAMILY
Li Lei, 30, was sentenced to death in China by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court for murdering his wife...
- OCTOBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCES
gang ringleader Chen Jun and accomplice Ruan Yuming were given suspended...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MINE BOSS GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Shanxi province's Linfen city in China, mine boss Zhang Peiliang was given a suspended
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA NOT TO DROP DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPTION
China's top legislature has never considered scrapping the death penalty for those convicted of
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN S. CHINA
Hu Yihua, 29, from Jinhua City in Zhejiang Province, was executed in Jieyang City in Guangdong, China, for killing four people, including two policemen, on July 2nd and 5th.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
PRISON ESCAPEES EXECUTED IN NORTH CHINA
Qiao Haiqiang, Dong Jiaji and Li Hongbin were executed in Hohhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN
in China's eastern Fujian Province, the Intermediate People's Court of Quanzhou City sentenced Li Diji and Wu Suiqing, both 56, to death for child trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Mingliang, 52, from Yuzhong District, and Yong, 43, from Shapingba...
Chen Mingliang, 52, from Yuzhong District, and Yong, 43, from Shapingba...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG LEADER, KEY MEMBER EXECUTED IN CHINA'S CHONGQING
in Chongqing, China, gang leader Fan Qihang, 40, and key gang member Wu Chuanjiang, 33, were executed according to the city's Higher Court.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES FORMER SENIOR POLICE OFFICER TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
former city police chief in south China's Guangdong Province Ye Shuyang...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES 2 FOR GRAFT
two mafia figures were executed as part of a huge crackdown on graft and organised crime in Chonqing in southwest China.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Chung Yung, 40, from Nanchuan District in Chongqing Municipality...
Liu Chung Yung, 40, from Nanchuan District in Chongqing Municipality...
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE FOR WIFE WHO PAID TO HAVE HUSBAND KILLED
Chen Liwei, 39, a Zhejiang Province native...
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BRIBES
provincial anti-corruption official Wang Huayuan, 62, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER CHINESE OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE FOR CORRUPTION
in southwest China's Guizhou Province, former government official Fan Zhongqian was sentenced to death by the Guiyang Intermediate People's Court with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes from 1988 to 2008.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: APPEALS ARE ENSURED FOR DEATH CASES
China has taken a new move to prevent wrongful convictions in death sentence
- AUGUST 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES MAN FOR KILLING 15-YEAR-OLD
real estate employee Song Feiran, of Songxi Village, Xi'an, was executed for killing He An, 15, following a land dispute in northwest China' s Shaanxi Province.
- AUGUST 24, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SENIOR CHINESE POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED FOR GRAFT
former Chinese Assistant Minister for Public Security Zheng Shaodong was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes worth more than 8.3 million yuan, Xinhua news agency reported.
- AUGUST 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE GETS DEATH FOR FATAL BUS BLAZE
the intermediate people's court in Changsha, in central China's Hunan Province...
- AUGUST 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: BEIJING COURT REJECTS DEATH-ROW COMMERCE OFFICIAL' S APPEAL
the Beijing Higher People's Court in China rejected the appeal of former Ministry of Commerce senior inspector Guo Jingyi, 44, against his May 2010 death sentence for accepting bribes valued at about 8.45 million yuan between 1998 and 2007.
- AUGUST 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a Chinese court sentenced former senior city economic planner Pi Qiansheng to a suspended death and confiscated his property for taking bribes and abusing his power, state news agency Xinhua said.
- AUGUST 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SW CHINA GANG CRACKDOWN
in Chongqing Municipality, China, the No. 5 Intermediate People's Court sentenced an unidentified man to a suspended death sentence in a prostitution and gang case that has already seen two women sentenced to death
- AUGUST 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PROSTITUTION RING
a Chinese court sentenced two women...