The execution van, also called a mobile execution unit, was developed by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC)[citation needed] and was first used in 1997.[citation needed] The prisoner is strapped to a stretcher and executed inside the van.[citation needed] The van allows death sentences to be carried out without moving the prisoner to an execution ground.

The vans also require less staffing, requiring four people to assist with the injection and are mobile.[citation needed] The PRC states [citation needed] that the vans are more humane than previous forms of execution.

That may be the highest [citation needed] density I've ever seen.