The WeChat Platform “Criminal Law Circle” is owned by CASS Law Institute and sponsored by the Criminal Law Department of the Institute. Its main purpose is “to advocate reality concerns, nurture humanistic connotations,encourage academic career, and promote the rule of criminal law”.Relying on the expertise of the Criminal Law Department of CASS Law Institute and basing itself on the forefronts of criminal law research, it will witness the development and progress of Chinese criminal law together with all those who are interested in the development of the rule of law in China.Consisting of such columns as academic fronts, theoretical insights, criminal law information, commentaries on the rule of law, classic translations, academic interviews, the platform will collect the most valuable information in the criminal law circle, pay close attention tothe basic research on and practical operation of criminal aw, promotethe sharing and exchange of academic resources, and strive to build itself into a communication platform with extensive influence in the theoretical and practical circles of criminal law in China