Chen Zexian and Fan Wen (eds.), The Reform of the System of Administrative Punishment and Detention, Beijing: China University of Political Science and Law Press, 2016.

After the abolition of the system of rehabilitation through labor, how to reform systems of administrative detention and punishment similar to the system of rehabilitation through labor in accordance with the principles of modern rule of law has been a major and complicated research topic. This book contains the research results of a series of academic seminars, including in-depth analyses and discussions of the current situation of, long-standing problems in, and reform approaches to such relevant systems as shelter and rehabilitation, shelter for education, compulsory isolated detoxification, administrative detention, and security measures, and community correction. It also contains the basic research report and proposals on legislative reform prepared by the Project Team of CASS Law Institute. This book embodies the latest research results in the field of administrative punishment and detention, reflects many years of hard work and insight of many experts and scholars and, as such, is of important theoretical and practical values to China in ruling the country in accordance with the principles and the thinking of rule of law and in advancing the reform of the relevant legal system.