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2026
Execution of four people for drug trafficking and kidnapping
In China, four people were executed for selling drugs and kidnapping. This was announced in February 2026 by the Central Television of China. The execution took place in the city of Shenzhen. According to the materials of the investigation, the attackers committed crimes under the articles of the criminal code: premeditated murder, mutilation, fraud, organization of gambling and dens. The volume of illegally received funds related to criminal circles in Myanmar exceeded 29 billion yuan ($4.2 billion).[1]
11 cyber fraudsters executed in China
On January 29, 2026, China carried out the death sentence against 11 members of criminal groups operating in the northern part of Myanmar. The execution was carried out by a court decision in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province.
According to Xinhua, in September 2025, the court of first instance in Wenzhou found 11 people guilty who held key positions in organizations engaged in telephone fraud. They were charged with premeditated murder, intentional harm to health, illegal imprisonment, fraud and organization of gambling. The verdict of the court was the death penalty.
In November 2025, the Supreme People's Court of Zhejiang Province rejected the appeal of the convicts, leaving the sentence unchanged. In accordance with the law, the case was sent for approval to the Supreme People's Court of the PRC.
The Supreme Court, having examined the materials, approved the death sentences. The audit found that since 2015, convicts have created several bases in Myanmar for committing crimes. Their activities included the organization of telephone fraud, the maintenance of illegal gambling houses and other illegal actions.
According to the Supreme Court, the amount of funds involved in fraudulent schemes and illegal gambling exceeded 10 billion yuan (approximately $1.4 billion). Members of the groups also committed premeditated murders, inflicted bodily harm and illegally held people involved in fraud. Their actions led to the death of 14 China citizens and harm to the health of others.
This execution was the first in China in a criminal case related to the activities of criminal centers in Myanmar. Earlier, in November 2025, five members of the Buy syndicate were sentenced to the highest degree. The trials of two other groups - Wei and Liu - are ongoing as of January 2026.[2]
2025
Former China Huarong CEO Bai Tianhui executed for bribes
In December 2025, former China Huarong CEO Bai Tianhui was executed in a 1.1 billion yuan bribe case.
Earlier, in 2021, the ex-head of the company Lye Xiaoming was executed for a similar crime.
Other top bankers, including ex-top ICBC and Bank of China, received death sentences. Over the years of Xi Jinping's campaign against corruption, more than 1.5 million officials have been fired, with special attention paid to the financial industry.
In China, leaders of fraudulent call centers sentenced to death
Chinese justice sentenced to death the leaders of a criminal group that engaged in industrial-scale cyber fraud from neighboring Myanmar. This became known in November 2025.
As reported by the BBC, in addition to cyber fraud, the convicts were involved in casino management, and also committed violent crimes - murder, self-harm, abduction, extortion, involvement in prostitution. Attackers also transported illegal migrants across the border.
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According to the investigation, the attackers lured out at least ¥29 billion from their victims, which is more than $4 billion. They took the lives of at least six citizens. China The criminal activity was carried out for several years and covered many victims throughout. To China
Bai Seo Cheng, his son Bai Ying Kang, as well as their accomplices Yang Li Qiang, Hu Xiao Jiang and Chen Guo I were sentenced to death. Five more gang members received life sentences. Nine people received sentences ranging from three to twenty years in prison.
Two more were awarded the deferred maximum measure. This means they will be executed if they commit any new crimes in the next two years. Such a measure is applied in the Chinese legal system as an intermediate form of punishment.
Bai Seo Cheng and his son have in the past been officers of the Kokan Border Control Force - a province of Myanmar directly adjacent to China. Kokan's border guards formally submit to Myanmar's ruling military junta, but the actual degree of control is extremely low.
Border control forces de facto completely subjugated the province and turned it into one of the largest centers of global cybercrime. This activity causes multibillion-dollar damage to the global economy every year. Weak control of the central authorities allowed criminal structures to create their own infrastructure.[3]
==2024: An official was executed in China for embezzlement of funds and bribes worth $426 million. He was engaged in the technical development of the city==
On December 17, 2024, former official Li Jianping was executed in China for embezzlement of funds and bribes. He is a defendant in a corruption case totaling about 3.06 billion yuan (approximately $426 million). Read more here.
2023
Execution of former kindergarten teacher who poisoned 25 children with sodium nitrite
On July 13, 2023, Chinese authorities announced the execution of former kindergarten teacher Wang Yun, who poisoned 25 children with sodium nitrite. The corresponding decision was made by the People's Court of the middle stage of Jiaozo City, Henan Province. Read more here.
Start of Sky Net operation to catch corrupt officials who fled abroad
On March 21, 2023, the Information Department of the State Council of China (SCIO) announced that the country's authorities had initiated a large-scale anti-corruption operation codenamed Sky Net.
The goal of the initiative is to identify, find and prevent corrupt officials from fleeing abroad. In addition, within the framework of the program, measures will be taken to return stolen assets to the PRC. The decision to initiate the Sky Net program was made on March 20, 2023 at a meeting of the department for the repatriation of fugitives of the Central Anti-Corruption Coordination Group of China.
It is noted that in the context of combating corruption, the National Commission for Supervision will lead a targeted campaign to combat crimes related to abuse of office. Procedures are planned to track down corrupt officials hiding in other countries. Such persons may have illegally obtained assets confiscated for their subsequent return to China.
At the same time, the Ministry of Public Security of the PRC organizes the Fox Hunt program to repatriate economic criminals. At the same time, the People's Bank of China will help combat the disguised transfer of misappropriated assets abroad. The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Prosecutor's Office of the PRC will jointly conduct an operation to return stolen assets related to cases in which suspects or accused of committing crimes fled or died to the country. At the same time, the Organizational Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will cooperate with other authorities to resolve issues related to the issuance of documents that can help in the fight against corruption in the ranks of officials.[4]
2021
1st in the world in the number of death executions: more than 1000 per year
The number of prisoners - 1,710,000 people
2020: China lowers age of criminal responsibility to 12
At the end of December 2020, China lowered the age of criminal liability from 14 to 12 years, which is an obvious reaction to the increase in the proportion of crimes committed by minors.
According to the amendment to the criminal liability law, now from the age of 12, children can be criminally liable for causing injuries with particular cruelty, premeditated murder, intentional bodily harm that led to death. For other crimes, they can be sent to correctional institutions. The amendment will enter into force on March 1, 2021. The Supreme People's Prosecutor's Office will be responsible for making decisions on whether to initiate a criminal case in one case or another.
 | This is a small adjustment with careful consideration, strict restrictions and preconditions, - said an expert on criminal law from the legal committee of the National People's Congress. - It insists on the principle of priority of correctional education for minors, and also takes into account the feelings of victims of crimes and society. |  |
In 2017, under-14s accounted for 20% of all crimes committed by minors, up from 12.3% in 2009, according to state-run Chinese media reports.
In some cases, the penalties given to those under the age of criminal responsibility shocked the public. In one case, a 13-year-old boy from Dalian (Liaoning province in northeastern China) convicted of killing a 10-year-old girl in October 2019 received just three years of correctional education.
The average age of criminal responsibility worldwide is 14, according to London's International Network for the Rights of the Child. In the United States, 33 of the 50 states do not have a minimum age, although most have criminal capacity testing.[5]
2019: The minimum age for children to be jailed is 14
2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens
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Notes
- ↑ Four people executed in China for drug trafficking and kidnapping
- ↑ China executes 11 from northern Myanmar telecom fraud rings
- ↑ China sentences 11 members of mafia family to death
- ↑ China kicks off anti-graft operation to pursue fugitives
- ↑ China lowers age of criminal responsibility to 12 from 14
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