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 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-nine public-sentencing rallies were held in...
Twenty-nine public-sentencing rallies were held in Jiangsu to pass judgment, including the death penalty, on 156 drug convicts involved in 114 cases, 62 of which were in Nanjing city
- JUNE 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China denied it harvested organs from executed prisoners,...
China denied it harvested organs from executed prisoners, including from some not quite dead, after a Chinese doctor testified to the U
- JUNE 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Guoqi, a Chinese burn specialist seeking political...
Wang Guoqi, a Chinese burn specialist seeking political asylum in the United States said that as a physician in China, he took part in removing corneas and harvesting skin from more than 100 executed prisoners, including one who had not yet died
- JUNE 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a background briefing on the Wang Guoqi's case, the U
In a background briefing on the Wang Guoqi's case, the U
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Daily newspaper said that Zhu Qinggang,...
The Shanghai Daily newspaper said that Zhu Qinggang, a 30-year-old trafficker from Sichuan province, was executed "to help mark World Anti-Drug Day"
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On the International Day against Drug Abuse, the local...
On the International Day against Drug Abuse, the local court of the southern island province of Hainan condemned eight people to death for drug trafficking and trading
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangxi judicial organs publicly executed Chen Falong,...
Guangxi judicial organs publicly executed Chen Falong, Gan Yuan, Liu Aiguo, Huang Weiguang, Jin Xinbao (female), Zhang Mudong (female), Zhong Qiuqi, Zhang Guo, Chen Shichao, Li Kecai, Song Huaqiang, Lin Mingjian, Zhu Yi, Tan Jiming, Zhang Yueqiang, Wang Z
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong residents Tan Hung-chien and Tan Hao-hui...
Hong Kong residents Tan Hung-chien and Tan Hao-hui were condemned to death by the Guangdong Supreme People's Court
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed at least 56 people for drug crimes and...
China executed at least 56 people for drug crimes and staged mass rallies nationwide to mark a UN anti-drug day
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
The Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province held a judgment pronouncement rally at the Haikou gymnasium
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sichuan's Mianyang city convened a judgment rally to...
Sichuan's Mianyang city convened a judgment rally to showcase the initial results from the "Hurricane-C" centralized operation
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people found guilty of abducting and selling women...
Six people found guilty of abducting and selling women were executed in Jining City, Inner Mongolia
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
The Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province found Cao Xiaojun, Yang Qingsong, and Sun Jinglian guilty of murder during a judgment pronouncement rally at the Haikou gymnasium
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five felons received the death sentence in five cities...
Five felons received the death sentence in five cities of southwest China's Tibet for murder, robbery or bomb attacks
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court confirmed the death sentences...
The Supreme People's Court confirmed the death sentences handed down to He Aizhen and Chen Chun, peasants from Xinhua County in the Hunan Province
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Criminals Mayidaile, Mayahaiya, and Mayiliangsi were...
Criminals Mayidaile, Mayahaiya, and Mayiliangsi were caught when they were trafficking 200, 268, and 738 grams of heroin, respectively, in Urumqi City at different times since the beginning of 2000
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two drug-traffickers were executed following a court...
Two drug-traffickers were executed following a court judgment announced at a rally held in the capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China marked the United Nations Anti-Drug Day with...
China marked the United Nations Anti-Drug Day with the execution of at least 50 people for drug crimes and the staging of mass rallies nationwide
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The higher and intermediate people's courts in Urumqi...
The higher and intermediate people's courts in Urumqi City held an open sentencing rally and condemned to death a number of heinous criminals
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Urumqi court condemned to death Gan Zexue and Xu...
The Urumqi court condemned to death Gan Zexue and Xu Shuangquan, together with their accomplices for carrying out a violent robbery armed with knives with the intention of taking other people's property illegally
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced...
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced judgment on numerous cases and sentenced to death several drug traffickers
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A public-sentencing rally was held in Hangzhou to pronounce...
A public-sentencing rally was held in Hangzhou to pronounce judgment on 11 alleged drug criminals involved in eight cases - including one death sentence, which was carried out afterwards on Wang Chao
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Tibet Regional Higher People's Court held a news...
The Tibet Regional Higher People's Court held a news conference on public sentencing rallies held in Lhasa City and the prefectures of Xigaze [Shigatse], Shannan, Qamdo, and Nagqu earlier that day
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ningbo judicial organs (Zhejiang Province) held a rally...
Ningbo judicial organs (Zhejiang Province) held a rally to try 27 drug suspects
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The city of Wuhan convicted a group of drug offenders,...
The city of Wuhan convicted a group of drug offenders, sentencing 13 of them to death
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
During a large-scale meeting held as part of the strike-hard...
During a large-scale meeting held as part of the strike-hard campaign, five Taiwanese citizens who had gone to mainland China to manufacture, smuggle and deal drugs, were sentenced to death and executed by firing squad at an execution field in Xiamen
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed Li Shaoju, a citizen of Myanmar, for...
China executed Li Shaoju, a citizen of Myanmar, for smuggling more than 136 kilograms of heroin, opium, and morphine from Myanmar to China
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the end of an open trial, the Qujing Intermediate...
At the end of an open trial, the Qujing Intermediate Court held that Luo Wenyun, Li Caijin, Tao Fusheng, Li Lianglou, Wang Deshou and 11 other criminals jointly and separately committed crimes in 12 cases of raping and robbing in places under the jurisdic
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court in Beijing upheld the death...
The Supreme People's Court in Beijing upheld the death sentence given to Li Shaoju, a Myanmar [Burma] citizen for drug trafficking
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xian City Intermediate Court pronounced judgment on...
Xian City Intermediate Court pronounced judgment on six drug dealers involved in trafficking 320