1997年3月14日,第八届全国人民代表大会第五次会议通过了修改的刑法。从此,我国于1979年7月1日问世的第一部刑法,在历经17年后,得到了全方位的修改、补充和完善。 近些年来,我国刑事犯罪出现了许多新情况、新问题。比如:犯罪的种类增加了;过去已铲除的某些犯罪,又死灰复燃;过去涉 On March 14, 1997, the fifth session of the Eighth National People’s Congress passed a revised criminal law. Since then, our first criminal law, which came out on July 1, 1979, has been revised, supplemented and improved in all aspects after 17 years. In recent years, many new situations and new problems have emerged in criminal offenses in our country. For example, the types of crimes have increased; certain crimes that have been eradicated in the past have resurfaced;