Terrorism in China

The risk of terrorist attacks in China over the past years can be classified as below average. Globally, the country took a less important role for terrorism so far. Over the past 5 years a total number of 72 terrorist incidents has been recorded, in which 545 people have been killed and 683 injured. Among them were 8 suicide acts.

In 5 incedents a total of 103 people have been kidnapped or taken as hostage.

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Most frequent attack targets in China

(2012 to 2016)

Target	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Police	31	268	106	1
Private citizens	20	248	297	0
Business	10	101	47	0
Transportation	7	47	262	1
Government	6	67	27	1
Airports & Aircraft	3	0	13	100
Journalists & Media	1	0	1	0
Religious institutions	1	1	0	0
Military	1	11	4	0

Most affected regions

(2012 to 2016)

Region	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Xinjiang	53	473	375	102
Yunnan	4	37	158	0
Shaanxi	3	9	14	1
Guangdong	2	1	16	0
Shandong	2	4	42	0
Beijing	1	5	40	0
Shanxi	1	1	8	0
Guizhou	1	14	7	0
Hong Kong	1	0	1	0
Qinghai	1	0	1	0
Zhejiang	1	0	2	0
Guangxi	1	1	6	0
Inner Mongolia	1	0	13	0

All information sourced from the "National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism" (START) and its Global Terrorism Database. An act of terrorism is concidered every incident which is aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal, but not for pure profit motives. In addition these incidents must not be legitimized by warfare activities, listet in the Geneva Conventions of 1949.