The Study On Amnesty Policy’s Implementation To The Kuomintang War Criminals

The issues of the Kuomintang war criminals occurred in a specifichistorical background, therefore, whether it can be solved successfully linked withthe Communist Party of China’s political wisdom on historical issues. In accordancewith our country’s actual situation and combined with the domestic views from allsocial groups, the Communist Party of China put forward a solution for China’s actualconditions------amnesty policy. With the implementation of the amnesty was carriedon under the provisions of the constitution, it fully reflected the traditional rule of lawin China since the founding of our country. From China’s first batch of theKuomintang war criminals’ amnesty in the beginning of1959to the ending of1975, atotal of seven groups of war criminals were released, so far, there were none warcriminals in custody in the Chinese mainland. In fact, the Kuomintang war criminalsmade plans for the construction of new China actively after they were amnestied, itshowed that the amnesty policy was very successful.In the early years of the founding of people’s republic, owing to the domesticenvironment, the Communist Party of China offered no solutions to solve thecorresponding measures on the Kuomintang war criminals, but with the domesticenvironment gradually stabilized, the Central Committee of the Communist Party helda number of meetings to discuss the solutions of the Kuomintang war criminals.These resolutions that formed in the meeting lay the theoretical foundations to solvethe problem of the Kuomintang war criminals. At the same time, the "people’sRepublic of China Constitution" that adopted in1954provided legal support foramnesty，which stipulated the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congresshad the amnesty’s authority. Finally, after the discussion with the independents anddemocrats, the amnesty policy was formed officially.The amnesty that imposed by the Communist Party of China was theKuomintang war criminals that turned over a new life, however，the standard ofturning over a new life was the transformation of the Kuomintang war criminals thathad been successful. As an important step for the amnesty in the implementationprocess,the study on it is beneficial to deepen the understanding of the amnestypolicy. In order to complete the transformation of the Kuomintang war criminals as soon as possible and make them turned the reactionary thought, no matter which inmaterial or spiritual, the Chinese communists provided the most powerful help forthem. After the success of the transformation, Communist Party imposed the amnestyfor these Kuomintang war criminals in batches. After the amnesty, although all theKuomintang war criminals had the different ending, every of them got the special carefrom the Communist Party of China, the action fully reflected the Communist Party ofChina had a broad heart.After the implementation of the amnesty, whether in border or international, itreacted in the masses strongly and exerted a significant impact. By means of suchapproach, it greatly strengthened the ruling foundation of the Communist Party ofChina. In addition, the Communist Party of China implementation of the amnesty alsoprovided a successful example for solving the historical issues,until today, it also hadsome sense for the society.As an important research topic in modern history, the amnesty policy linked withthe united front policy, legal system construction, the humanitarian spirit that imposedby the Communist Party of China, therefore, researching on it that had the historicalvalue and historical significance.