Persons in criminal detention have criminal records, and criminal records and files will always be retained.
Legal basis:
Article 286 of the "Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China" * * * A minor offender who was under 18 years old when committing a crime shall be sentenced to less than five years If the person is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, the relevant criminal records shall be sealed. If criminal records are sealed, they may not be provided to any unit or individual except for the needs of judicial organs for case handling or for inquiries by relevant units in accordance with national regulations. Units that conduct inquiries according to law shall keep sealed criminal records confidential.
Notices issued by the Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate, Ministry of Public Security, etc. two. Main contents of the criminal record system (1) Establishment of criminal information database In order to strengthen the effective management of criminal information, rely on the existing networks and resources of political and legal agencies, public security agencies, national security agencies, people's procuratorates, and judicial administrative agencies to establish relevant record information. The databases should be interconnected and interconnected, and a unified national criminal information database should be established when conditions are ripe. The information entered by the criminal information registration authority shall include the following: the basic information of the offender, the name of the procuratorate (private prosecutor) and the judicial authority, the judgment number, the date of the judgment, the crime committed, the penalty imposed and the execution of the penalty, etc. (3) Standardize the criminal information inquiry mechanism. Public security agencies, national security agencies, people's procuratorates and judicial administrative agencies are respectively responsible for accepting, examining and processing criminal record inquiries. When the above-mentioned agencies provide criminal information inquiry services to the society, they shall strictly comply with the provisions of laws and regulations on the qualifications and conditions for continuing education, enlistment, and employment. In order to perform defense duties in accordance with the law, the defense lawyer requested to inquire about the criminal records of the criminal suspects and defendants in this case, except for those criminal records involving minors that have been sealed by law enforcement agencies in accordance with the law.