12 January 2010 :
seven men were executed by the by the Shijiazhuang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in Hebei Province, north China. Zhang Baoyi, 47, Gao Yuehui,49, He Pidong, 39, Liu Luntao, Zhang Guo, Li Qing and Zhang Zhiyu, were executed for various charges including organising criminal gangs, theft and murder.