1, "reeducation through labor" has two meanings. First, it refers to compulsory labor and ideological education for criminals held in prisons. The second refers to the system of reeducation through labor. In 20 13, China abolished the system of reeducation through labor.

2. The present significance refers to the implementation of military control and forced labor, as well as ideological and political education, giving revolutionary humanitarian treatment in life and urging them to turn over a new leaf.