刑罚既是刑事法的重要组成部分,也是刑事执行法的基础,刑罚改革不仅涉及犯罪学、社会学、刑事政策学等学科知识,而且需要兼顾刑事实体法和程序法的变革。2011年12月17日,由中国人民大学刑事法律科学研究中心举办的“刑罚改革学术研讨会”在北京召开,来自立法机构、司法机关、高等院校和科研机构的100多位专家学者,就刑罚改革热点问题进行了富有成效的研讨和交流。 Penalty is not only an important part of criminal law, but also the basis of criminal law enforcement. Penal reform not only involves disciplinary knowledge of criminology, sociology and criminal policy, but also takes into account the changes of criminal substantive law and procedural law. On December 17, 2011, the “Penal Reform Seminar” was held in Beijing by the Criminal Law Science Research Center of Renmin University of China. More than 100 experts and scholars from legislatures, judicial organs, universities and research institutes , Conducted a fruitful discussion and exchange on the issue of penal reform.