Reform of China’s Reeducation Through Labor System

Dr. Liu Renwen, visiting fellow at Yale’s China Law Center and Senior Research Fellow at the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), gave a presentation to scholars, activists, and government officials on China’s system of reeducation through labor and shared his ideas for reforming the system. The presentation was based on a portion of Dr. Liu’s recent book, Criminal Policy, published by the Chinese People’s Public Security University (2004).