Amnesty's note on figures from China: in 2009 Amnesty International stopped publishing its estimated figures on the use of the death penalty in China; this decision reflected concerns about how the Chinese authorities misrepresented Amnesty International’s estimated numbers. In stopping publishing estimates on China the organisation challenged China to publish information on the use of the death penalty. China has yet to publish any figures on the death penalty. However, available information indicates that thousands of people are executed and sentenced to death in China each year.