The National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) approved the decision of the State Council 1957 on reeducation through labor and the supplementary provisions of 1979 on reeducation through labor, both of which regard reeducation through labor as a compulsory education measure. At present, the Law on the Correction of Illegal Acts, which has been included in the legislative plan of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), also defines it as compulsory education and corrective measures for those who have illegal habits.
Relevant regulations
Article 76 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment (revised on 20 12): Those who have committed the acts in Articles 67, 68 and 70 of this Law and still do not change after repeated education may take compulsory education measures in accordance with state regulations.
Article 67? Whoever lures, shelters or introduces others to prostitution shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and may be fined not more than 5,000 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan.
Article 68? Whoever makes, transports, copies, sells or rents obscene books, periodicals, pictures, movies, audio-visual products and other obscene articles or uses computer information networks, telephones and other communication tools to disseminate obscene information shall be detained for more than 10 days and less than 15 days, and may also be fined less than 3,000 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan.
Article 70 Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, provides conditions for gambling or participates in gambling in a large amount shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and fined for more than 3,000 yuan in 500 yuan.