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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- NOVEMBER 20, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least four criminals were executed in Beijing for...
At least four criminals were executed in Beijing for murder, rape and robbery
- NOVEMBER 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people who, disguised as soldiers, had stolen...
Seven people who, disguised as soldiers, had stolen guns and cars and killed 19 people in the southwestern province of Yunnan, were executed
- NOVEMBER 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zheng Daofang, the former deputy director of the Communications...
Zheng Daofang, the former deputy director of the Communications Department of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, was sentenced to death by the Sichuan Higher People's Court for accepting bribes and possessing huge properties without a known source for th
- NOVEMBER 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men were executed in the Yunnan province for trafficking...
Five men were executed in the Yunnan province for trafficking the drug "ice"
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Guoqing, 22, convicted of killing an officer Yuan...
Wang Guoqing, 22, convicted of killing an officer Yuan Shiguang, was executed after being sentenced to death by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court on September 4
- NOVEMBER 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Han Youfu, a 31-year-old farmer from Hezheng County...
Han Youfu, a 31-year-old farmer from Hezheng County was sentenced to death for trafficking in heroin by a Beijing Intermediate People's Court
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Central Discipline Inspection commission and the...
A Central Discipline Inspection commission and the Supervision Ministry said that from September 2000, the Xiamen, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Putian Intermediate People's Courts tried 84 defendants involved in 25 cases
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ying Min, 41, a native of Jinyun county in Zhejiang...
Ying Min, 41, a native of Jinyun county in Zhejiang province, was executed for making out added value tax invoices illegally
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Hunan Changsha Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ou Yang Song, the Director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau of Hunan Province, and Liao Zizhong, the Deputy Director of the Bureau, to death with a two-year reprieve for abuse of power and accept
- OCTOBER 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Jiang Biming, the Legal Representative of Ningbo Tax Bond Zone Material Supply Company, to death with a reprieve of two years
- OCTOBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed...
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed after being convicted of five armed robberies in Yingkou city, in the northeastern Liaoning province, between October 1997 and April 1998
- OCTOBER 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner...
The European Union's External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten, who served as the last British governor of Hong Kong before it reverted to Beijing, said that he regrets that China continues to make almost daily use of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Lai Jinglin, the Director of the Shiwei and Longwen Sub-Branch of the Bank of China's Zhangzhou Branch, to death for embezzling 44
- OCTOBER 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu...
Four convicted criminals were executed in the Jiangsu province after being convicted of kidnapping and selling women and girls into prostitution in southern Hainan province between 1997 and in 1999
- OCTOBER 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Russian border guards were officially informed that...
Russian border guards were officially informed that the People's Supreme Court of Zilin had sentenced Cen Ango, 30, to death for the murder of a Russian border guard five years ago
- OCTOBER 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dian Guoyen a former deputy executive general manager...
Dian Guoyen a former deputy executive general manager of Sinopec Hubei Xinghua Co
- OCTOBER 16, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Commission of Political Science and Law...
The Central Commission of Political Science and Law of the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] Central Committee announced that from early September to October 15, the political science and law departments nationwide pronounced judgment on 158,500 criminal and
- OCTOBER 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhuzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Zhuzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced Li Guiju (female), Li Xiaojun, Li Qiugao and Luo Yongguo to death
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A session of the EU/China "dialogue on human rights"...
A session of the EU/China "dialogue on human rights" took place in Beijing
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 14 more criminals have been executed, in keeping...
At least 14 more criminals have been executed, in keeping with the mainland tradition of getting tough on crime before key holidays, like the National Day
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The High People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province...
The High People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province rejected the appeals of four Chinese men found guilty of the murder of a German Daimler-Benz AG executive, his wife and their two children at their villa in Nanjing on April 1, 2000
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Beijing City No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Beijing City No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced prostitute Hu Kaiying, 20, to death suspended for two years
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A local court in Suqian City in east China's Jiangsu...
A local court in Suqian City in east China's Jiangsu Province sentenced to death four leaders, among them Zheng Mingyue and Zheng Mingliang, of a gang which abducted, raped and then sold 240 poor rural women as brides in the city of Suqian
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven gangsters and their associates were executed...
Seven gangsters and their associates were executed for crimes including murder, kidnapping and running gambling and prostitution rings
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shaanxi Higher Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Shaanxi Higher Court confirmed the death sentence meted out to the former general manager of the Xian Electro-mechanical Devices, Zhou Changqing, involved in the biggest corruption and embezzlement case since the founding of the People's Republic of C
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cheng Kejie, 66, former vice-chairman of the body that...
Cheng Kejie, 66, former vice-chairman of the body that runs China's parliament was executed by the Intermediate People's Court of Beijing, after the confirmation and approval by China's Supreme People's Court of his death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An extraordinary smuggling trial (about £5
An extraordinary smuggling trial (about £5
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Liu Zhongshan, former director of the Sichuan Provincial Communications Department and concurrently chairman of the board of the Sichuan Highway Construction and Development General Company, to death
- AUGUST 31, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy...
China announced that it is planning to adopt a policy of executions by lethal injection throughout the country, but added that executions by firing squad would continue
- AUGUST 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court in southern Guangxi Zhuang...
The Higher People's Court in southern Guangxi Zhuang province sentenced the head of a gang of 14 pirates from Myanmar, Maung Htay Aung, to death with a two-year reprieve for raiding the Marine Master, a Taiwanese cargo ship and setting its 21 crew members