LEX RUSSICA COUNTERACTING CRIME ABROAD Pan Dunmay* THE PROBLEMS OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND STRUGGLE AGAINST IT IN CHINA Annotation. <...> The current situation with juvenile delinquency in China arouses reasonable public concern. <...> The number of crimes committed by young people in China is rising incessantly. <...> Over the last years have been characterized by the rejuvenation of crime offenders, the incensement in crime activity among younger children, considerable increase of youth group crime statistics, the development as to the methods of committing crimes among youth. <...> In order to prevent juvenile delinquency efficiently, a range of complex measures should be taken, based on the provisions designed by criminology, sociology, psychology, criminal law and state criminal law sanctions. <...> Key words: jurisprudence, juvenile delinquency, complex prevention measures, legislative regulation, current state, specific weight, typological variety, tendencies, dynamics, crime causes. <...> J uvenile delinquency is the global social phenomenon arousing general concern. <...> Nowadays, the juvenile delinquency as negative phenomenon has become one of the most serious issues that the Chinese state and the people are facing. <...> Juvenile delinquency poses great risk to Chinese public and cause a strong reaction from the part of the society. <...> In this regard, research and analysis of juvenile delinquency and its aspects, the development of efficient measures aimed at decreasing the number of juvenile crimes and the prevention of this negative social phenomena is recognized as an essential task, the solution of which will be crucial for the acceleration of economic growth and development of Chinese society. <...> Proportion of young offenders in the overall composition of criminals in China in 1998–2007 (according to the «Chinese Statutes Annuary») © Pan Dunmay., 2014 * Pan Dunmay — PhD of Law, Associate professor at Heilongjiang University in China, external researcher at the Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan. [pangnaja@mail.ru] 150080, 74, Xuefu Road, Harbin. 1540 № 12 (Том XCVII) ДЕКАБРЬ 2014 PAN DUNMAY LEX RUSSICA Juvenile criminals ratio among other criminals in China in 1998-2007 (According to «Chinese Statutes Annuary») Chinese Criminal Code1 In accordance with part 1, section 17, of the , the person who reached the age of 16 before committing crime is subject to criminal responsibility <...>