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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- MARCH 4, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition
- FEBRUARY 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON HUNGER STRIKE
three people sentenced to death have been on hunger strike since February 23 in Jiangxi, China.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING 13
a Chinese man was sentenced to death for murdering 13 people, robbery and rape between May 1996 and January 2005.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GANG LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
mob boss Yue Ning was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for organising criminal gangs and prostitution rackets in southwest China's Chongqing City between 1998 and 2009.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EIGHT GET DEATH IN CHONGQING MOB TRIAL
the Chongqing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in China sentenced two people to death and six to death with a two-year reprieve for organised crime.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SEVEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN E CHINA
SEVEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN E CHINA February 10, 2010: the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court in east China's Zhejiang Province sentenced three gang leaders to death for trafficking of women, rape and robbery, while four gang me
- FEBRUARY 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ISSUES GUIDELINES TO LIMIT DEATH PENALTY USE
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) said it had issued guidelines for courts nationwide to handle criminal cases with a policy of "justice tempered with mercy," stressing that death penalty use be limited.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HENAN PROVINCIAL POLITICAL ADVISOR GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
Sun Shanwu, former vice chairman of the CPPCC Henan Provincial Committee in China, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.
FEBRUARY 8, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO SUSPENDED DEATH FOR BRIBERY, FRAMING UP INFORMANT
a former local official in east China's Anhui Province was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHINESE GANG LEADERS
a court in Chongqing, China, sentenced Chen Mingliang...
FEBRUARY 4, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 25 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KIDNAPPING
Chinese state media say 25 people have been sentenced to death for their roles in nine kidnapping cases.
FEBRUARY 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 3 MURDERS, OTHER CRIMES
in China, Chongqing No.5 Intermediate People's Court sentenced former police director of Nanbin Road
- JANUARY 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: LETHAL EXECUTION OFFICERS READY
lethal injection is set to replace shooting as the main technique for the death penalty in Beijing, China. Executioners from Beijing's Intermediate People's Court have now finished their training, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.
JANUARY 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOUR MORE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR URUMQI RIOT
A Chinese court sentenced four more people to death for their part in bloody ethnic rioting in July last year
- JANUARY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jiang Yongsheng was executed in Chiana for multiple rape.
Jiang Yongsheng was executed in Chiana for multiple rape.
- JANUARY 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Gao Hualiang, an explosive maker, was sentenced to death in China
Gao Hualiang, an explosive maker, was sentenced to death in China
- JANUARY 19, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO GANG LEADERS EXECUTED
two criminal gang leaders were executed by Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's Court. Yang Tianqing and Liu Chenghu allegedly committed crimes including murder and racketeering.
- JANUARY 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER MOUTAI GENERAL MANAGER GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE
Qiao Hong, 56, former Moutai general manager, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption and taking bribes in China.
- JANUARY 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE GAY GETS DEATH FOR KILLING GERMAN PARTNER
an unidentified gay Chinese hotel worker, 21, from the southwestern Sichuan Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by the Intermediate People's Court in Zhongshan City, in south China's Guangdong Province.
- JANUARY 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO ORGANISED CRIME GANG MEMBERS EXECUTED IN CHINA
two members of an organised crime gang in central China's Hubei Province were executed after the Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved their death sentences on December 23, 2009.
- JANUARY 7, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SEVEN EXECUTED FOR GANG CRIMES
seven men were executed by the by the Shijiazhuang Municipal Intermediate People's
- JANUARY 6, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TEN IRANIAN CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
ten Iranian citizens were sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs and will be executed over next days, the website of Iranian television reported.
- JANUARY 3, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTHEAST CHINA GANG TRIAL
three people were sentenced to death for gang-related crimes by the Zhangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court in southeast China's Fujian Province.
- JANUARY 1, 2010ChinaDEATH 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, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXPLOSIVES MAKER SENTENCED TO DIE
Chinese explosives maker Gao Huailiang was sentenced to death for making, selling and transporting illegal explosives by an intermediate court in Handan according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
- DECEMBER 30, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Tianlun was given a death sentence suspended...
Wang Tianlun was given a death sentence suspended...
- DECEMBER 29, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MOB KINGPINS BOTH RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCE
a mob boss and his right-hand man were sentenced to death in China.
DECEMBER 29, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BRITON EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Akmal Shaikh, a British national who was convicted of smuggling drugs into China, was executed by lethal
- DECEMBER 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: FIVE CHINESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the People’s Court of Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh Province sentenced Chinese nationals Lu Minh Cheng, Chan Kwok Kwong, Ieong Chi Kai, Wang Hui Lan and Ngan Chiu Kuen to death.
- DECEMBER 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in China's Xinjiang region sentenced a further five people to death for their role
a court in China's Xinjiang region sentenced a further five people to death for their role