Since the promulgation of the new criminal law in 1997,the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has successively introduced eleven amendments to the criminal law,mainly adding new crimes,espe-cially misdemeanors.This legislative model of frequently amending the criminal law to add new crimes,mainly misde-meanors,is undoubtedly rooted in the positive view of criminal law.Our country is currently in a new era of rapid devel-opment,and the ever-increasing demand for the protection of legal interests determines the legitimacy of our country's misdemeanor legislation guided by a positive view of criminal law.Misdemeanor legislation under a positive view of criminal law leads to the expansion of criminal law,which does not necessarily mean that criminal law is modest.How-ever,there are indeed doubts about the rationality of some misdemeanor legislation,and there are also many disadvanta-ges in the consequences of misdemeanor legislation.In view of this,my country's misdemeanor legislation under the positive criminal law concept should focus on optimizing the rationality of content.While adhering to the modesty of criminal law,it should also focus on improving the scientific nature of legislation,and establish a criminal record elimi-nation system for misdemeanors as soon as possible.
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