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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- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court condemned...
The Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court condemned a taxi-driver to death for murdering two people and injuring five others
- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in China sentenced a female hospital executive...
A court in China sentenced a female hospital executive to death for embezzling 10
- JULY 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former deputy mayor of Leshan city in southwest...
The former deputy mayor of Leshan city in southwest China's Sichuan Province was sentenced to death for taking bribes from companies vying for freeway contracts, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported
- JULY 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong...
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, sentenced Chen Zuolong, alleged head of a triad organization, to death, the Guangzhou Daily reported
- JULY 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hainan Daily reported that the Hainan Provincial...
The Hainan Daily reported that the Hainan Provincial Higher People's Court executed Zheng Chuming and Lin Chunhui for issuance of false value added specialized tax invoices
- JULY 12, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen people who carried out a raft of crimes including...
Fifteen people who carried out a raft of crimes including murder, robbery, and theft of power cables over a 10-year period were sentenced to death
- JULY 12, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Loudi, Xinhua County,...
The Intermediate People's Court in Loudi, Xinhua County, Hunan Province, sentenced Liu Liwen to death, the Hunan Daily reported
- JULY 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court made a...
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court made a final decision on the appeal filed by Li Yushu, former vice-mayor of Leshan City, who had been sentenced to death in the first trial for taking bribes and possessing a large amount of unaccountable wealt
- JULY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Intermediate People's Court...
It was reported that the Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei, sentenced Zhao Jianlin and Zhao Jianbo to death
- JULY 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing Railway Transportation Intermediate People's...
Beijing Railway Transportation Intermediate People's Court sentenced Xu Lan, aged 36, and Wang Hua, aged 47, both females, to death
- JULY 4, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The provincial procuratorate in Guangdong Province...
The provincial procuratorate in Guangdong Province has approved death sentences for organized crime as part of the "strike hard" anti-crime campaign, the Yangcheng Evening News reported
- JULY 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qin Zusheng, convicted of attacking tourists in downtown...
Qin Zusheng, convicted of attacking tourists in downtown Guilin City, a well-known tourist destination in south China, was executed
- JUNE 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing,...
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing, will not have to stay in jail as he keeps up his fight to remain in Canada as a political refugee
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to China to spare the...
Amnesty International appealed to China to spare the lives of convicted drug offenders after the country executed scores of people this week to mark a UN anti-narcotics day
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China marked UN anti-drug day by executing 64 people...
China marked UN anti-drug day by executing 64 people accused of drug crimes
- JUNE 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Wendong, a farmer, was sentenced to death after...
Yang Wendong, a farmer, was sentenced to death after being found guilty of helping two Hong Kong illegal drug manufacturers set up an underground plant in May 2000, where they worked together in the production of "ice"
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An 18-year-old man in east China's Fujian Province...
An 18-year-old man in east China's Fujian Province was sentenced to death recently for selling 1,000 amphetamine pills
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China launched a nationwide crackdown on drug traffickers...
China launched a nationwide crackdown on drug traffickers and users ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Provincial judicial organs in Guizhou Province tried...
Provincial judicial organs in Guizhou Province tried 12 alleged narcotics manufacturers and executed three of them
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Courts in Shaanxi Province sentenced eight alleged...
Courts in Shaanxi Province sentenced eight alleged drug criminals to death, four suspects to death with reprieve, eight suspects to life and 51 suspects to terms of imprisonment, the Shaanxi Daily reported
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Provincial Higher People's Court in Sichuan Province...
The Provincial Higher People's Court in Sichuan Province approved the death sentences of alleged criminals, Xiao Jianbo (5135 1696 3134), Hu Zunxiu (5706 1415 4423) and Zhang Liqin (1728 4539 0530), the Sichuan Daily reported
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Wuhan,...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Wuhan, Hubei Province, convened a rally to execute eight alleged drug dealers including Wang Guanggen (3769 0342 5329), the Hubei Daily reported
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At an open rally in Qiongshan city, in Hainan Province,...
At an open rally in Qiongshan city, in Hainan Province, alleged drug dealers Li Zhenkun (2621 6966 0981) and Zhuang Yaoxing (8369 5069 5281) were escorted to the execution ground, the Hainan Daily reported
- JUNE 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Meixiu, a Taiwanese woman, was sentenced to death...
Zhang Meixiu, a Taiwanese woman, was sentenced to death by a court in Shantou city, south China's Guangdong province for trying to smuggle 427
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Despite their appeals, two Hong Kong men were executed...
Despite their appeals, two Hong Kong men were executed for smuggling 1kg of heroin each in their part of the operation
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Railway Transport Intermediate People's Court in...
The Railway Transport Intermediate People's Court in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, tried 17 alleged drugs criminals and executed three of them
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
June 25/26 2002: Beijing Number One and Number Two...
June 25/26 2002: Beijing Number One and Number Two Intermediate People's Courts separately executed six alleged drug criminals including Xu Chunming (1776 2504 2494), Chen Baohua (7115 1405 5478), Ma Jiyuan (7456 4949 0337), Li Bangcai (2621 6721 2088), W
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial organs in Hengyang, Hunan Province, executed...
Judicial organs in Hengyang, Hunan Province, executed 21 drug traffickers, smugglers, murderers and robbers, the Hunan Daily reported
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tianjin city convened anti-narcotics "strike hard"...
Tianjin city convened anti-narcotics "strike hard" rallies to punish drug criminals, the Tianjin Daily reported
- JUNE 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three alleged drug criminals, including Wang Shiguo...
Three alleged drug criminals, including Wang Shiguo (3769 0013 0948), Li Ping (2621 1627) and Hu Rujun (5706 1172 0193) were executed in Shanghai for drug smuggling and trafficking, the Jiefang Daily reported