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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- JUNE 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men were sentenced to death by South China's Shenzhen...
Four men were sentenced to death by South China's Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court
- JUNE 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial organs in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, convened...
Judicial organs in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, convened rallies in Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Putian to pronounce execution of 16 drug criminals, the Fujian Daily reported
- JUNE 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, a...
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, a court in Xiamen, Fujian Province, executed an alleged drug trafficker from Taiwan, Li Yuzhang (2621 3022 3864), the People's Daily reported
- JUNE 23, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its final trial, railway transport courts in Chengdu,...
In its final trial, railway transport courts in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and Guiyang, Guizhou Province, sentenced five alleged drug traffickers, including Liu Quanyu (0491 0356 3768), Yang Fen (2799 5358), female, Zhang Xiaohui (1728 1420 2585), Ma Lian
- JUNE 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A barber from Hong Kong whose death sentence for dadah...
A barber from Hong Kong whose death sentence for dadah trafficking was upheld by the Federal Court of Malaysia, last year is seeking a review of his conviction because the chemist who analysed the dadah sample had failed to state its actual weight
- JUNE 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The family of a man executed for killing factory his...
The family of a man executed for killing factory his boss after being laid off insisted that Xu Yudong never planned to murder and that he should have been spared the death sentence
- JUNE 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly...
Lai Changxing, China's most wanted fugitive who allegedly oversaw a huge smuggling empire, was denied political asylum by a Canadian immigration panel
- JUNE 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
From 20 to 25 June 2002, courts in Jiangsu Province...
From 20 to 25 June 2002, courts in Jiangsu Province tried 119 alleged drug dealers, and sentenced seven to death, the Xinhua Daily reported
- JUNE 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people convicted of homicide and robbery were executed...
Six people convicted of homicide and robbery were executed at Fuyang City in east China's Zhejiang Province
- JUNE 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial organs in Qinghai Province, with the approval...
Judicial organs in Qinghai Province, with the approval of the Supreme People's Court, executed Chen Zhiqing (7115 1807 3237), cadre of the State Treasury Office of the Bank of China, Xining Branch, a legal newspaper from Shaanxi Province reported
- JUNE 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three drug dealers were executed in Dongguan, south...
Three drug dealers were executed in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong province
- JUNE 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Putian,...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Putian, Fujian Province, sentenced Cai Penghua (5591 7729 5478) to death for assault and organizing others to smuggle themselves across the border; Lin Feiting (2651 7378 1656) to death for robbery, assault and
- JUNE 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least five people have been executed in the capital...
At least five people have been executed in the capital for violent crimes
- JUNE 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Jinan...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Jinan Province sentenced Dai Jinggang (2071 7234 0494), director of the project office of Shandong Yitong Investment Consultancy Ltd Co (Yitong Investment Co), to death and confiscation of 100,000 yuan of asset
- JUNE 13, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A former central bank official was executed for stealing...
A former central bank official was executed for stealing nearly 15
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wan Ruizhong, a Communist Party official, was sentenced...
Wan Ruizhong, a Communist Party official, was sentenced to death for accepting bribes to cover up a mine accident that killed 81 people
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Hubei Provincial Higher People's...
With the approval of the Hubei Provincial Higher People's Court, courts in Xiangfan, Jingzhou, and Yichang carried out execution orders on three principal suspects: Yu Lin, Yang Yiyong, and Zhao Hongyan
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Xiangfan,...
The Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Xiangfan, Hubei Province, pronounced death sentences on principal triad organization members, Yu Lin (0151 2651) and Li Guojun (2621 0948 6511), the daily newspaper of the Ministry of Public Security reported
- JUNE 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the...
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the Intermediate People's court in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, executed Li Lixin, a Hunan "Yiyang Bang" gangster
- JUNE 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
The Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province executed six alleged drug criminals, including Zhang Ruifa and Zhang Chunlie
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An official from Shenyang was sentenced to death for...
An official from Shenyang was sentenced to death for his role in a massive corruption case that brought the municipal Government to its knees, AFP quoted state media reports as saying
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for abducting 104 women...
A man was sentenced to death for abducting 104 women and selling them as wives to unwed farmers
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In an unusual case, a Chinese public prosecutor withdrew...
In an unusual case, a Chinese public prosecutor withdrew charges because of reasonable doubt against a murder and robbery case suspect who earlier had been sentenced to death
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Zhihong, a man convicted of causing two deaths...
Wang Zhihong, a man convicted of causing two deaths by poisoning food in a school canteen in Chancheng County in China's Henan Province, was executed
- JUNE 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
June-July,2002: in the last two months 185 persons...
June-July,2002: in the last two months 185 persons were executed in China: 164 drug traffickers, 17 criminals involved in organized crime and 4 others were killed for corruption
- JUNE 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, in...
With the approval of the Supreme People's Court, in its second trial, the Provincial Higher People's Court in Hunan Province executed seven criminals, the Xinhua Daily Telegraph reported
- MAY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has made all-out efforts to crack down on tax...
China has made all-out efforts to crack down on tax rebate fraud, said Deputy Commissioner of State Administration of Taxation Cui Junhui at a national conference on cooperation between trade and taxation departments in Dalian
- MAY 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Ruihua, Xu Weiguo and Nie Shaowen, convicted of...
Yao Ruihua, Xu Weiguo and Nie Shaowen, convicted of murder and robbery, were executed on the orders of the Shanghai Higher Court
- MAY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed a former central bank official for his...
China executed a former central bank official for his part in stealing nearly 15
- MAY 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Dali Prefecture Intermediate People's Court, in...
The Dali Prefecture Intermediate People's Court, in Yunnan Province, sentenced former singer Yang Hongying (2799 3163 5391) to death with two years reprieve for allegedly raising 114m yuan illegally, and 65m by fraud, the Guangzhou Daily reported