China's System of Anti-corruption Charges: The Tightening-up Process and Future Development

• Published in: Social sciences in China Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 128 - 147
• Main Author: Zhigang, Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.11.2011
• Subjects: Abolitionism; anti-corruption; China; Corruption; crime of abusing one's position; Criminal law; Institutionalism; legislative model; Legislative process; reform and opening up; Structural change; system of charges
• ISSN: 0252-9203; 1940-5952
• DOI: 10.1080/02529203.2011.625184

伴随着中国的改革开放, 中国反腐败的罪名体系走过了一条逐步精致化、细腻化 的发展历程, 完成了多次细化和全面转型,形成了严密的反腐败刑事法网和二元制罪 名体系。二元制的反腐败罪名体系在过去30年间贡献卓著,它不仅是法律逻辑自然演 进的结果,背后也承载着复杂的社会变革因素,更体现了立法者试图在制度层面遏制 腐败的主观期待。伴随着中国改革开放力度和范围的加大,中国反腐败罪名体系的未 来走向,必然是坚决废弃二元制罪名体系和彻底恢复一元制罪名体系。 关键词: 反腐败 罪名体系 改革开放 立法模式 职务犯罪 In step with reform and opening up, the Chinese system of anti-corruption charges has been progressively refined and elaborated. Its successive refinements and comprehensive transformation have resulted in a tight-knit network of anti-corruption criminal law and a dual system of charges. This system has made a remarkable contribution to combating corruption over the last three decades. More than the outcome of the natural evolution of legal logic, it also involves complex considerations of social transformation and reflects lawmakers' expectations of being able to prevent corruption at the institutional level. With the deepening and widening of reform and opening up, China's system of anti-corruption charges will inevitably develop towards the thorough abolition of the dual system of charges and the complete restoration of the unitary system.