1. A person who has reached the age of 16 commits a crime and shall bear criminal responsibility;
2. A person who has reached the age of 14 and is under the age of 16 commits serious crimes such as intentional homicide and intentional injury, and shall bear criminal responsibility;
3. If a person who has reached the age of 12 but is under the age of 14 commits the crime of intentional homicide or intentional injury, and causes death or serious disability by particularly cruel means, he shall bear criminal responsibility upon approval and prosecution by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
How to protect minors;
1. In terms of family protection, it emphasizes the strengthening of public welfare family education and guidance services, and explores the implementation of public service concessions for families who adopt orphans and disabled children according to law and whose parents are born out of wedlock to perform guardianship duties;
2. In the aspect of school security, it emphasizes promoting the full coverage of after-school services in compulsory education schools, introducing professional forces to participate in student management services, and promoting the development of school social work;
3. In terms of social protection, it is emphasized to improve the guiding mechanism of charitable behavior in the field of juvenile protection, clarify the training objectives of professional social organizations, encourage qualified places to expand the age range of rehabilitation assistance for disabled children, and relax the economic conditions of families;
4. In terms of network protection, it is emphasized to promote the formulation of industry norms and codes of conduct for minors' network protection, and promote the establishment of a unified electronic authentication system for minors' online games;
5. In the aspect of government protection, it is emphasized to improve the professional service level of long-term guardianship, establish and improve the temporary guardianship system, establish the guardianship evaluation system, and build a joint law enforcement mechanism for the social environment in which minors grow up;
6. In terms of judicial protection, it emphasizes the implementation of a one-stop evidence collection and protection mechanism for cases of sexual assault or violence against minors, and deepens the comprehensive trial reform of cases involving minors.
To sum up, in recent years, with the continuous development of social, economic and cultural level, juvenile crimes frequently occur, showing an upward trend, which has become a serious social problem. For juvenile delinquency, the focus is not on punishment, but on education, prevention and rescue of minors. It is necessary to effectively curb the increasingly serious trend of juvenile delinquency and escort the healthy growth of minors.
Legal basis:
Article 17 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
A person who has reached the age of 16 commits a crime and shall bear criminal responsibility.
A person who has reached the age of 14 but is under the age of 16 commits the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion or throwing dangerous substances, and shall bear criminal responsibility.
If a person who has reached the age of 12 but under the age of 14 commits the crime of intentional homicide or intentional injury, causing death or serious disability by particularly cruel means, if the circumstances are bad, he shall be prosecuted with the approval of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and shall bear criminal responsibility.
If a person under the age of 18 is investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, his punishment shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.
If a person is not given criminal punishment because he is under the age of sixteen, his parents or other guardians shall be ordered to discipline him; When necessary, carry out special corrective education according to law.