(Selected from the translated work titled The Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, authored by Robert Zhang and Steve Li, criminal defense lawyers registered in Shanghai, China.)
Article 47 [Calculation and Deduction of the Term of Fixed-term Imprisonment] The term of fixed-term imprisonment shall be counted from the date of execution of the decree, and for each day held in custody before the execution of the decree, one day shall be deducted from the term.
