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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- JANUARY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Domestic consumption of drugs is becoming `more serious...
Domestic consumption of drugs is becoming `more serious with each passing day', according to an official white paper, which acknowledges that `the situation is grim for the anti-drug struggle
- JANUARY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International believes that in actual fact...
Amnesty International believes that in actual fact the number of death sentences and executions is much higher than the figures in their possession; this is because the Chinese authorities never publish statistics on the death penalty as they are consider
- JANUARY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China also condemned to death and executed many people...
China also condemned to death and executed many people in accord with the national campaign against corruption, which was strengthened after March's annual session of the National People's Congress
- JANUARY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China still holds the record for executions
China still holds the record for executions
- JANUARY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in...
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are often pronounced in public and...
Death sentences are often pronounced in public and the condemned prisoner is presented to the crowd and forced to bow his head and wear a sign with the name of his crime written on it around his neck
- JANUARY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Also executed were political prisoners in the restive...
Also executed were political prisoners in the restive northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang, whom Peking regards as terrorists
- DECEMBER 28, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 28, the Tianjin Municipal No
On December 28, the Tianjin Municipal No
- DECEMBER 27, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 27, 5 men were executed in the northeastern...
On December 27, 5 men were executed in the northeastern city of Shenyang, in Liaoning Province, after the provincial high court upheld their death sentences for armed robberies that resulted in the deaths of 16 people
- DECEMBER 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 24, one Indonesian and 12 mainland Chinese...
On December 24, one Indonesian and 12 mainland Chinese pirates were sentenced to death for their role in the hijacking of the Cheung Son and the subsequent murder of the 23-strong crew last year
- DECEMBER 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 24, Haikou City Intermediate People's Court...
On December 24, Haikou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Chen Zewu, Ke Xingzhi, Lin Zai to death; Lin Ning, Feng Yaji to death with two years reprieve; Lin Jianlong and another 10 criminals were sentenced to terms of imprisonment
- DECEMBER 21, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 21, the second summit between China and...
On December 21, the second summit between China and the European Union was held in Beijing
- DECEMBER 12, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 12, Chongqing Higher People's Court sentencedLin...
On December 12, Chongqing Higher People's Court sentencedLin Shiyuan, a former vice secretary of the Qijiang County Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, to death with a 2-year reprieve for disclosing information regarding the crimes of other suspects
- DECEMBER 4, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 4, the Yangzhou Intermediate People's Court...
On December 4, the Yangzhou Intermediate People's Court in eastern Jiangsu province rejected the appeal of Hao Jingwen, upholding a death sentence imposed in 1998
- DECEMBER 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 3, Lin Guoti, former director of the Machinery...
On December 3, Lin Guoti, former director of the Machinery Industry Bureau of Hunan Province, was sentenced to death following his conviction on charges of bribery
- DECEMBER 2, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens...
On December 2, a Chinese court sentenced 2 Taiwan citizens to death and jailed 2 more for trying to smuggle out 44
- DECEMBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In December, 6 Chinese gang members were to be executed...
In December, 6 Chinese gang members were to be executed for killing 77 people in a murder, rape and robbery spree
- DECEMBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In December, 2 Muslims, Jurat Nuri, 26, and Abduhalik...
In December, 2 Muslims, Jurat Nuri, 26, and Abduhalik Abdureshit, 23, were to be executed in Xinjiang and 9 others were jailed for separatist activities
- NOVEMBER 29, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 29, the Ningbo Municipal Intermediate People's...
On November 29, the Ningbo Municipal Intermediate People's Court was called to order to try the case of Zhu Huaguang (2612 5478 0342), the "No
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, a Hong Kong gangster and 4 mainlanders...
On November 23, a Hong Kong gangster and 4 mainlanders were executed for a string of murders and robberies in Macao and Guangdong, minutes after a Zhuhai court in the south's Guangdong Province was told their appeals had been rejected
- NOVEMBER 11, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 11, a Thai man was among 36 people executed...
On November 11, a Thai man was among 36 people executed in a fresh crackdown on crime in Guangdong province, southern China
- NOVEMBER 9, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 9, with the approval of the Supreme People's...
On November 9, with the approval of the Supreme People's Court, Zhang Deyuan, former chairman and president of the International Trust and Investment Company in Hunan Province, who accepted more than 1
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Sun Yanbiao, the deputy mayor of the...
On November 8, Sun Yanbiao, the deputy mayor of the southern city of Ningbo from 1993 to 1998 was sentenced to death for taking bribes
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Chinese police formally arrested 111...
On November 8, Chinese police formally arrested 111 members of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement on charges ranging from obstruction of the law to stealing state secrets, said Li Bing, deputy head of the information office of the State Council, o
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, Jin Jianpei, former director of the...
On November 4, Jin Jianpei, former director of the Hong Kong Office of Hubei Province was sentenced to death on charges of embezzlement and misappropriating public funds
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Chinese representative Sun Ang, speaking...
On November 3, Chinese representative Sun Ang, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 116 a), question on human rights, said that in the area of human rights instruments, as in other areas of international affairs, the principle o
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, So Kwai-biu and Chen Weicheng, a Hong...
On November 3, So Kwai-biu and Chen Weicheng, a Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice who appeared at Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court, were found guilty of murder and condemned to death
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In November, it was reported that 23 drug smugglers...
In November, it was reported that 23 drug smugglers were executed and 46 given suspended death sentences in Shaanxi Province, in northwest China, since an intensive campaign to curb drug-related crimes was launched in 1998
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 1, China passed a law which opens the way...
On November 1, China passed a law which opens the way for the death penalty for the leaders of the banned Falun Gong group -a mixture of Buddhism, Taoism and qiqong, which is designed to harness inner energy and heal
- OCTOBER 27, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, the Tianjin Municipal No
On October 27, the Tianjin Municipal No