Taking into account the peculiarities of the Chinese state structure and legislation, the article reveals the main directions of the modern penal enforcement policy of the People’s Republic of China, which consists in a combination of punishment and correction in order to re-socialize convicts in the context of preventing them from committing new crimes and other offenses. Among them: improving the organization of interrelated vocational training and labor use of convicts; ensuring the safety and stability of the administration of the penitentiary institution; improving psychological support for the execution of punishment, etc. Special attention is paid to improving the effectiveness of interaction between penitentiary institutions with local authorities, business entities, educational and other organizations and other members of the public in order to integrate persons into society after release from punishment through the practice of their vocational training and employment, providing them with social and other assistance, as well as monitoring their post-penitentiary behavior.