China's current policy regarding death penalty is to preserve it but use it cautiously.

To date, China's criminal, civil and administrative procedure laws have combined to form a relatively comprehensive system.

We hope that the reform of the recruitment system for judges and the introduction of assistants will help establish a stricter system for entering the profession and that a better training system will improve the proficiency of judges.

In 2006, our number one task is to persist in the Strike Hard campaign, strictly punish crimes that subvert state power and try to split the country.

I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed.

I'm actually really opposed to the death penalty.