Liangshaoyikuan (Chinese: 兩少一寬), literally "two fewers [in arrests and executions], one leniency [in sentencing]", was a policy of the government of the People's Republic of China of giving leniency in charges and sentences with regard to minorities as compared to Han for the same criminal offenses.
On July 9, 2010, a statement jointly published by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, and United Front Work Department suggested that "everyone should be equal before the law, and criminals should be punished regardless of their ethnicity".
However, they do not have the legal authority to challenge a policy implemented by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, a higher authority; the policy has thus never been officially repealed.
In November 1931, the policy of the treatment toward ethnic minorities by the Chinese Communist Party was formulated in Ruijin, Jiangxi Province, then capital of the Chinese Soviet Republic.
At the time of its abolition, the policy was heavily opposed by prominent members of the ethnic minorities, who believed it encouraged criminal activity among young members of ethnic minority groups.