Although Chinese law prohibits gathering evidence through torture and provides for punishment of those guilty of torture, the Chinese definition of torture does not fully correspond to the international standard contained in article 1 of CAT.
尽管中国法律禁止以酷刑手段收集证据，并规定对酷刑罪予以惩罚，但中国对酷刑的定义并没有同《禁止酷刑公约》第1条中的国际标准完全一致。