China's criminal law emphasizes the combination of fighting crime and protecting human rights. Punishing crimes fairly and appropriately can guarantee people's life and property safety and social stability and harmony, and realize long-term social stability.
In addition, while protecting national interests, social order and citizens' rights and interests, criminal law also pays attention to the education and reform of criminals, so as to urge them to become law-abiding members of society again.
It should be noted that the legislative purposes and principles of criminal law are constantly improved with the development of society and the progress of the concept of rule of law.
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Legal basis: Article 1 of the Criminal Law.
In order to punish crimes and protect the people, this law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution and in combination with China's specific experience and actual situation in fighting crimes.
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The tasks of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) are: to fight against all criminal acts with penalties, so as to safeguard national security, the people's democratic dictatorship and the socialist system, to protect state-owned property and property collectively owned by working people, to protect property privately owned by citizens, to protect citizens' personal rights, democratic rights and other rights, to maintain social and economic order and to ensure the smooth progress of socialist construction.