The Criminal Law's Protection On Social Security System

Social security system, being called "safety netting" or "shock absorber" in our society, plays a very important role in maintaining social stability and promoting economy development. In China, whether such a system will be successfully established and be properly implemented not only affects the laborers' normal life but also determines whether China's economy can advance'in a sustainable, fast and healthy way. Now China's social security system has been built up in spite of a series of damages. As penal code guarantees the full operation of other laws and regulations, it bears a major responsibility for safeguarding the social security system too. So it owes great value and practical significance to probe the problem of the criminal laws' protection on social security system.Concerning the observation of China's social security system, much attention is put to the problem of how to set it up and make it confirmative to the standard, perfect and reasonable. But the issue of the protection structure, especially the criminal protection structure, is rarely touched. This text begins with the disclosure of the basic theory its of social security system and the description of its developing history. Then it analyses the existing protection system and points out its defects. Basing on this, a detailed and thorough demonstration argues its necessity and urgency of foliating the criminal law's protection on our social security system. In view of these, the essay in final suggests to add some new social security crimes and demands the perfection of the relative clauses in the Penal Code so that the protection measures can be strengthened and the hitting power intensified and sanctions against the violation of the security laws and the destruction of the security system.