In our country, the retroactive period and the retroactive statute of limitations are not the same, they are essentially different. The statute of limitations is the effective period of time for the state to pursue the criminal responsibility of criminals, is the judicial organs ex officio and implementation, while the statute of limitations is the effective period of time for the right to request the court to protect the civil rights and interests of the victim to file a civil lawsuit is the victim out of the need to safeguard their own civil rights and interests to the other side of the exercise of the right to request.
Legal objective:The Criminal Law Article 87 crimes are no longer prosecuted after the following periods: (a) the statutory maximum penalty is less than five years of imprisonment, after five years; (b) the statutory maximum penalty is more than five years less than ten years of imprisonment, after ten years; (c) the statutory maximum penalty is more than ten years of imprisonment, after fifteen years; (d) the statutory maximum penalty of (d) Twenty years if the statutory maximum penalty is life imprisonment or capital punishment. If it is deemed necessary to prosecute after twenty years, it must be reported to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.