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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- OCTOBER 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 22, Jinan City Intermediate People's Court...
On October 22, Jinan City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhou Haixing, 24, manager of Shandong Baosheng Jewellery to death for issuing false VAT invoices and bribery
- OCTOBER 20, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, China executed Yang Rongsong in the...
On October 20, China executed Yang Rongsong in the northeastern province of Liaoning for kidnapping and murdering Lin Ti-chuan, a Taiwan opposition politician in 1998
- OCTOBER 12, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 12, a death sentence, suspended for 2 years,...
On October 12, a death sentence, suspended for 2 years, was imposed on Zheng Rongfang, former vice-mayor of Enping city in Guangdong
- OCTOBER 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In October, Liu Jiaguo was executed for 11 cases of...
In October, Liu Jiaguo was executed for 11 cases of rape, some of which involved juveniles under 14
- SEPTEMBER 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 30, the Rome Court of Appeal upheld the...
On September 30, the Rome Court of Appeal upheld the request for extradition presented by the authorities of the People's Republic of China with regard to Song Zhicai, a Chinese citizen arrested in Italy on November 6, 1998, with a international warrant i
- SEPTEMBER 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 24, the Sichuan High Court upheld the...
On September 24, the Sichuan High Court upheld the suspended death sentence for the 2 former chairmen of the Dongfang Boiler (Group) Company Ltd
- SEPTEMBER 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 22, as part of a crackdown on crime ahead...
On September 22, as part of a crackdown on crime ahead of the 50th anniversary of communist rule a further 26 executions were carried out in the southwestern city of Chongqing
- SEPTEMBER 20, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 20, Yili Prefectural Intermediate People's...
On September 20, Yili Prefectural Intermediate People's Court held a public trial in Yining County to pass judgment on 22 terrorists guilty of "violent terrorist activities
- SEPTEMBER 8, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 8, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's...
On September 8, the Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court gave its final judgment on the case of the wounding of the leading cadres of Jiangxi's Anyi County which shocked the whole country
- SEPTEMBER 2, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 2, a court in Guangzhou sentenced one...
On September 2, a court in Guangzhou sentenced one man to death and another to life imprisonment for forcing 5 women into prostitution
- AUGUST 25, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou...
On August 25, a Chinese court sentenced a woman Zhou Mingrong to death for masterminding a fraudulent savings scheme that bilked depositors out of more than 70 million yuan ($8
- AUGUST 15, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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On August 15, Maj
- AUGUST 9, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East...
On August 9, the most notorious smugglers in South-East Asia had their death sentences upheld by the Chinese Supreme Court
- JULY 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 30, 4 people were executed in the northern...
On July 30, 4 people were executed in the northern region of Ningxi Hui, after they had been given death sentences by a Yinchuan court
- JULY 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 30,2 chairmen of the Shanghai-listed Dongfang...
On July 30,2 chairmen of the Shanghai-listed Dongfang Boiler (Group) Company Ltd
- JULY 22, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
China signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated themselves from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death pena
- JULY 21, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 21, the Yinchuan Intermediate People's Court...
On July 21, the Yinchuan Intermediate People's Court found that Xie Jianwen, Yang Jie, Yang Jun, and Zhang Yanbin stole 120 kg
- JULY 19, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 19, a Taiwanese soldier was sentenced to death...
On July 19, a Taiwanese soldier was sentenced to death after he admitted raping and murdering a 17-year-old schoolgirl in a case which caused a public outcry and saw several officers reprimanded
- JULY 16, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 16, a group of criminals were also executed...
On July 16, a group of criminals were also executed in Guangzhou for murder, robbery, kidnapping and drug trafficking, but the exact number of people put to death was not revealed
- JULY 15, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, 20 people convicted of robbery and murder...
On July 15, 20 people convicted of robbery and murder were executed in Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Evening News reported
- JULY 14, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's...
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced the result of its second-instance trial of Li Chenglong, former deputy mayor of Guigang City, and upheld a lower court ruling of the death penalty
- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered...
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered 8 girls in Beijing, was sentenced to deathby the Beijing No
- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for...
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for being members of a smuggling ring that sold thousands of skins and parts of endangered tigers, leopards, snakes and other animals through the post
- JUNE 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 30, Zhou Xia, 36, a female drug dealer was...
On June 30, Zhou Xia, 36, a female drug dealer was executed in the city of Anshan, one of China's steel production bases in the northeastern province of Liaoning
- JUNE 28, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 28, Jiang Zhongsheng, the former chairman and...
On June 28, Jiang Zhongsheng, the former chairman and party secretary of the Dongfang Boiler (Group) Company Ltd
- JUNE 28, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 28, China executed the "ringleader" of a Pakistani...
On June 28, China executed the "ringleader" of a Pakistani fundamentalist group in the north-west Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
- JUNE 25, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 25, authorities in Changsha and other areas...
On June 25, authorities in Changsha and other areas executed 8 drug traffickers
- JUNE 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, Urumqi City Intermediate People's Court...
On June 24, Urumqi City Intermediate People's Court sentenced 6 drug traffickers to death for selling heroin ranging from 190 to 717g
- JUNE 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, 3 drug traffickers were executed in Mianyang...
On June 24, 3 drug traffickers were executed in Mianyang City in Sichuan Province
- JUNE 21, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 21, a Chinese court sentenced Liu Jia-guo,...
On June 21, a Chinese court sentenced Liu Jia-guo, 34,the leader of Christian sect to death for swindling fellow sect members