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 6, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HUBEI UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN FOR KILLING 8
the Hubei Provincial Higher Court in China upheld the death sentence for a man who was convicted of murdering eight people.
- MARCH 5, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COURT IN CHINA'S HUBEI UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED 8
a man who was convicted of killing eight people including a 2-year-old boy was sentenced to death in a second trial in central China's Hubei Province.
- MARCH 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a primary school teacher was sentenced to death for raping 21 female students over three years in central China's Hubei Province.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top legislature ratified a treaty on extradition with Mexico.
China's top legislature ratified a treaty on extradition with Mexico.
FEBRUARY 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BRIBERY
A former planning official from southwest China's Chongqing municipality was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FIVE KYRGYZ CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
“Five Kyrgyz citizens were sentenced to death in China...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Supreme People's Court said in a statement that 1,279 people...
Supreme People's Court said in a statement that 1,279 people...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SCHIZOPHRENIC GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING SIX IN CENTRAL CHINA
a farmer who killed six villagers and injured another was sentenced to death in central China's Hubei province, despite his confirmed mental disorder.
FEBRUARY 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: LIAONING PROVINCE TO ABOLISH EXECUTION BY SHOOTING
Northeast China's Liaoning Province will abandon execution by shooting and
- FEBRUARY 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING EIGHT
a man who was convicted of killing eight people, including a 2 year old boy...
- FEBRUARY 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA REBUFFS WEST ON ENDING DEATH PENALTY
China rejected calls from Western and some Latin American countries to end the death penalty and to agree to enforce a wide range of human rights.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Liliang, convicted of the murdering of six people and injuring many others in September 2007...
Liu Liliang, convicted of the murdering of six people and injuring many others in September 2007...
- FEBRUARY 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER AIRPORT CHIEF GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BRIBERY, EMBEZZLEMENT
A former capital airports holding company chief was given a death sentence for bribery and embezzlement
- FEBRUARY 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 8
a Chinese court sentenced a junk dealer to death for murdering eight people.
JANUARY 22, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO IN CONNECTION WITH MILK SCANDAL SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two men in connection with China tainted milk scandal have been sentenced to death
- JANUARY 21, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COURT BACKS SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPT FORMER BEIJING VICE MAYOR
in China, a second hearing rejected the appeal of Beijing's former vice mayor Liu Zhihua and sustained the suspended death penalty for him for corruption.
- JANUARY 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the former head of a university in Zhejiang province, China, was sentenced to death, suspended for two years
the former head of a university in Zhejiang province, China, was sentenced to death, suspended for two years
- JANUARY 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN EAST CHINA
a court in east China's Fujian Province executed a man for smuggling and trafficking about
- JANUARY 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a remarried bank clerk in northern China was sentenced to death for hiring a hit man to strangle her son so she could have a child with her new husband
a remarried bank clerk in northern China was sentenced to death for hiring a hit man to strangle her son so she could have a child with her new husband
- JANUARY 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two men were executed in eastern China after escaping prison and attacking police. Liu Junjie, 35 and Wang Bing 31, attacked a prison guard and two policemen
two men were executed in eastern China after escaping prison and attacking police. Liu Junjie, 35 and Wang Bing 31, attacked a prison guard and two policemen
- JANUARY 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CAB DRIVER IN SHANDONG EXECUTED
a 32 year old cab driver was executed for multiple murders, rapes and robberies...
- JANUARY 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in east China upheld the death penalty for the owner of a beauty parlour convicted of fraud and illegally raising more than 700 million yuan
a court in east China upheld the death penalty for the owner of a beauty parlour convicted of fraud and illegally raising more than 700 million yuan
- JANUARY 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the verdicts in a trial of three former executives of Yunnan Copper Group were announced in China, with former deputy manager Yu Weiping receiving the death sentence for his role in a corruption scandal
the verdicts in a trial of three former executives of Yunnan Copper Group were announced in China, with former deputy manager Yu Weiping receiving the death sentence for his role in a corruption scandal
- JANUARY 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a local court in central China's Hunan Province upheld its 2005 death sentence against a former official who was convicted of graft and misappropriating public funds
a local court in central China's Hunan Province upheld its 2005 death sentence against a former official who was convicted of graft and misappropriating public funds
- JANUARY 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DRUG BARON EXECUTED AFTER ALL ASSETS SEIZED
a man was executed for drug dealing in Guangzhou, China. Chen Bingxi was found guilty of trafficking and manufacturing 12.36 tons of crystal meth and selling and transporting more than 100 kgs of heroin.
- JANUARY 7, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE
Sun Yonghua, a Shaanxi Province native...
- JANUARY 5, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: POISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH
two men were sentenced to death and two others were punished for their involvement in a food poisoning incident in 2007 that killed two people and put 63 others in hospital in the city in February, local media reported
- JANUARY 1, 2009ChinaDEATH 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, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a village official in east China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death for hiring five men to murder an election rival
a village official in east China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death for hiring five men to murder an election rival
- DECEMBER 29, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for killing a super model after twice having sex with her
a man was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for killing a super model after twice having sex with her