However, as great changes have taken place in Chinese political and economic fields, the administrative compulsory measure of reeducation through labor has evolved into a legal means of sanction placed on the same par with criminals 'forced labor reform. 但随着我国政治、经济等方面发生的巨大变化,劳动教养这一行政强制措施,也已逐步演变成为一种与对罪犯进行强制劳动改造相提并论的法律制裁手段。