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 17, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 17, Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate...
On June 17, Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate Court sentenced 4 drug traffickers to death, life imprisonment, and fixed-term imprisonment
- JUNE 7, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 7, 6 people, including 2 former Customs chiefs,...
On June 7, 6 people, including 2 former Customs chiefs, were executed in Guangdong after losing their appeals in the mainland's biggest smuggling case
- JUNE 4, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, Huzhou City Intermediate People's Court,...
On June 4, Huzhou City Intermediate People's Court, Zhejiang, meted out a death sentence with a 2-year reprieve to Xie Jianbang, former vice-mayor of Ningbo City, on charges of corruption
- JUNE 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In June, Lan Yike, a cadre of the Sichuan Provincial...
In June, Lan Yike, a cadre of the Sichuan Provincial Foreign Exchange Administrative Bureau, embezzled, or obtained by swindling, more than 10m yuan ($1
- JUNE 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In June, a number of drug traffickers were punished...
In June, a number of drug traffickers were punished or executed in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, and Wenzhou on the eve of International Anti-drug Day
- MAY 18, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, Jiangxi Ye Xiaojun, who killed a policeman...
On May 18, Jiangxi Ye Xiaojun, who killed a policeman during a robbery on March 31, was executed in Jingdezhen City
- MAY 14, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On May 14, the Higher People's Court of northeast China's...
On May 14, the Higher People's Court of northeast China's Liaoning Province sentenced 4 persons to death for murdering Li Xianying, the secretary of the Party Committee of Liaoning's Fushun County
- MAY 12, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On May 12, at least 9 high officials, including the...
On May 12, at least 9 high officials, including the director of Customs at the city of Zhanjiang, were executed in one of the biggest corruption cases
- MAY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On May 3, a Chinese court sentenced 2 people to death...
On May 3, a Chinese court sentenced 2 people to death in the southeastern province of Jiangsu for smuggling metal and evading duties totaling 130 million yuan ($16 million)
- MAY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In May, it was also reported that China had extended...
In May, it was also reported that China had extended its nationwide campaign against tax evasion to e-commerce
- MAY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In May, it was reported that City People's Court in...
In May, it was reported that City People's Court in Xinjiang sentenced Wang Chengbo to death, Liu Weishan to death with a 2-year reprieve, and Li Long to life imprisonment on charges of murder and kidnapping on July 17, 1998
- APRIL 30, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, the Jiangsu province higher court sentenced...
On April 30, the Jiangsu province higher court sentenced Wu Zhongming to death and Zheng Shuiyao to a 2-year suspended death sentence for smuggling a total of 26,000 tons of copper and aluminium into the southern port of Shekou
- APRIL 28, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28, 1999 (1999/61)
- APRIL 23, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 23, Wu Biao a former official of the Ningbo...
On April 23, Wu Biao a former official of the Ningbo branch of the People's Bank of China, was found to have used his banking and local government contacts to obtain loans and deposits totaling about 2 billion yuan ($240 million) that were then channeled
- APRIL 20, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 20, Li Yufui (47) a mainland Chinese citizen...
On April 20, Li Yufui (47) a mainland Chinese citizen and purported master of feng shui - the Chinese art of positioning buildings and furniture to harmonize man with nature - was executed by firing squad after a court rejected his appeal
- APRIL 6, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 6, Chen Mengxing, a farmer from China's northern...
On April 6, Chen Mengxing, a farmer from China's northern Hebei province was sentenced to death for stealing and accidentally shattering Beijing's oldest Buddha statue
- APRIL 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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On April 3, the No
- APRIL 2, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 2, a Beijing court sentenced to death Ma Ke,...
On April 2, a Beijing court sentenced to death Ma Ke, 18, and Jiang Tao, 46, for stabbing Zou Jingmeng to death in the city's western Haidian district on February 22
- APRIL 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In April, a court sentenced restaurant owner Chi Jianguo...
In April, a court sentenced restaurant owner Chi Jianguo to death for poisoning the donkey soup at a nearby rival's eatery and making 148 people ill
- MARCH 27, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 27, a court in Zhengzhouhanded down the death...
On March 27, a court in Zhengzhouhanded down the death sentence with a 2 year reprieve to Ma Jiangping, director of a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), for embezzlement and misuse of nearly 200 million yuan ($24
- MARCH 23, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, it was reported that 10 people were executed...
On March 23, it was reported that 10 people were executed after 8 separate cases for murder, selling women and robbery, including a case in which a taxi driver was killed for about 100 yuan ($12)
- MARCH 11, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, Weifang Intermediate People's Court in...
On March 11, Weifang Intermediate People's Court in Shandong sentenced Cao Yasha, manager of an industrial company in Weifang City, to death for swindling other companies of more than 25m yuan ($3 million) by using financial vouchers
- MARCH 7, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 7, the Supreme People's Court upheld death...
On March 7, the Supreme People's Court upheld death sentences for 2 Zhejiang farmers, Hu Yinfeng and Lu Huaming
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, Zhanjiang City Intermediate People's Court...
In March, Zhanjiang City Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong sentenced Zhang Zhenlian, manager of Zhanjiang City Development Company, to death for issuing fake invoices worth nearly 200m yuan ($24
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, China executed a woman for running a prostitution...
On March 1, China executed a woman for running a prostitution racket in Beijing
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, to ensure public security and crack down...
In March, to ensure public security and crack down on hard-core crimes in Tibet, the Lhasa City Intermediate People's Court held a public rally to pronounce judgment on 17 criminal offenders
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the Intermediate People's Court of the Eighth...
In March, the Intermediate People's Court of the Eighth Farm Reclamation Division under the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps held a public trial to sentence Wang Futian, Li Shuxiang, Mo Yikun, and 3 others to death for murder and robbery
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, Luzhou City Intermediate Court in Sichuan...
On February 24, Luzhou City Intermediate Court in Sichuan sentenced Zhou Yan to death on charges of corruption
- FEBRUARY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On February 3,11 people including a Muslim separatist...
On February 3,11 people including a Muslim separatist were executed in Xinjiang region for various crimes, like theft, rape, drug trafficking, gun running and organized crime, after their sentences were upheld by the High Court of Xinjiang and China's Sup
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the beginning of February, the Intermediate People's...
At the beginning of February, the Intermediate People's Court in Shaoguan city gave the death sentence to 24-year-old Hua Zhiwei, ringleader of a group which gang-raped 14 women on 10 occasions