2020年5月通过的 ≪中华人民共和国民法典≫ 第127条对网络虚拟财产的保护问题作了宣示性规定, 但是具体保护规则不清晰。在中国刑事司法实践中,对网络虚拟财产法律性质的认识存在分歧, 同时也缺乏针对网络虚拟财产的价值评估标准, 导致同案不同判、量刑畸轻或畸重的情况时有发生。 目前, 中国法律在网络虚拟财产价值评估方面还缺少相应的强制规定,加上网络虚拟财产具有依附性、数字性等特点,使得网络虚拟财产缺乏专门的管理部门, 没有明确的虚拟财产价值计算方法, 导致司法实践中网络虚拟财产的价值常常难以准确评估。因此, 在理论上非常有必要明确网络虚拟财产的性质和计算方法。 通过对现有网络虚拟财产法律性质的几种学说进行比较, 并在对其他国家的 相关立法进行比较的基础上, 本文认为在中国刑事司法实践中, 应当将网络虚 拟财产统一定性为中国刑法第92条之中的 “其他财产”予以保护。进一步通过对现有网络虚拟财产价值的计算方法进行分析, 提出网络虚拟财产价值评估的新思路, 为解决当前中国刑事司法实践中有关网络虚拟财产犯罪案件的定罪量刑问题提出建议。

Article 127 of the Civil Code of the people’s Republic of China adopted in May 2020 makes declarative provisions on the protection of network virtual property, but the specific protection rules are not clear. In the practice of criminal justice in China, there are differences in the understanding of the legal nature of network virtual property, and there is also a lack of value evaluation standards for network virtual property, resulting in different sentences in the same case, light or heavy sentencing often occurs. At present, China’s law in the evaluation of the value of network virtual property is still lack of corresponding mandatory provisions, coupled with the characteristics of network virtual property such as dependency, digital, making the network virtual property lack of special management department, there is no clear calculation method of virtual property value, leading to the value of network virtual property in judicial practice is often difficult to accurately assess. Therefore, in theory, it is necessary to clarify the nature and calculation method of network virtual property. By comparing several theories of the legal nature of the network virtual property, and on the basis of comparing the relevant legislation of other countries, this paper holds that in China’s criminal justice practice, the network virtual property should be uniformly defined as “other property” in Article 92 of the Chinese criminal law to be protected. Further, through the analysis of the existing calculation methods of the value of network virtual property, this paper puts forward a new idea of value evaluation of network virtual property, and puts forward suggestions for solving the problem of conviction and sentencing of network virtual property crime cases in the current criminal judicial practice of China.