摘要
中国政府历来重视以法律的手段打击毒品犯罪。改革开放以后．中国进入了法制建设的新时期。关于惩治毒品犯罪的立法不断发展和日趋完善。1997年修订的刑法典（现行刑法典），结合惩治毒品犯罪司法实践中遇到的问题．参照国际禁毒公约对毒品犯罪的类型以及量刑标准的规定，对中国的毒品犯罪立法作了更为严谨、务实、合理的修改和补充。
The Chinese government always attaches great importance to combating narcotic drug crimesby legal means. Since the adoption of the policy of economic reform and opening to the outside world in 1978, China has been in a new historical period of rapid development of its legal system, with the legislation on punishing narcotic drug crimes keeping developing and improving. Revised in 1997, the current Criminal Law of China, in light of problems encountered in judicial practice to combat narcotic drug crimes, and in accordance with the provisions of international anti-drug conventions for the types of narcotic drug crimes and standards for meting out punishment, makes stricter, more practical and more reasonable revisions and supplementations to China＇s existing legislation on narcotic drug crimes.
