What is the principle of punishment for attempted crime?

Of course, criminal responsibility should be borne for the attempted crime, but the punishment can be lightened or mitigated compared with the accomplished crime. In other words, attempted crime is also a crime. First of all, criminal responsibility should be borne for attempted crime. Secondly, because the criminal law stipulates that it is "possible" to lighten or mitigate the punishment, it is necessary to determine whether the attempted crime is lightened or mitigated. Finally, if it is determined that the punishment can be lightened or mitigated, it is necessary to further determine whether it should be lightened or mitigated. Attempted crime refers to the state that the perpetrator has started to commit a crime, but the criminal act has not succeeded due to reasons other than the perpetrator's will. Its characteristics are: 1, the actor has started to commit a crime, which means that the actor has started to commit an act as a constituent element of a specific crime as stipulated in the specific provisions of the Criminal Law; 2. Attempted crime means that the direct intentional content of the crime has not been fully realized, and all the constituent elements of the crime have not been completed. Legal basis: Article 23 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) has begun to commit a crime, and if it fails due to reasons other than the will of the criminals, it is an attempted crime. Attempted crime can be given a lighter or mitigated punishment according to the accomplished crime.