Criminal law is a law that stipulates crime and punishment. In order to safeguard the interests of the ruling class, the ruling class stipulates which acts are crimes and which criminal penalties are given in the name of the state, which is the general name of legal norms.

Criminal law can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. The criminal law in a broad sense is the general name of all criminal legal norms, while the criminal law in a narrow sense only refers to the criminal code, that is, China's People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law. ? Associated with broad criminal law and narrow criminal law, criminal law can also be divided into general criminal law and special criminal law. Ordinary criminal law refers to the criminal law with universal application effect, and actually refers to the criminal code. Special criminal law refers to the criminal law that only applies to a specific person, a specific time, a specific place and a specific event (crime). In China, it is also called single criminal law and subsidiary criminal law.

2017165438+1October 4th, the 30th meeting of the standing Committee of the 12th NPC passed the "People's Republic of China (PRC) criminal law amendment (X)". The revised Criminal Law shall come into force as of the date of promulgation of 20 17 1654381October 4. This is also the tenth amendment to the criminal law after the comprehensive revision of 1997 criminal law.