With the frequent exposure of school bullying cases, the Chinese government has been working to address the prevention and treatment of school bullying in recent years. School bullying infringes on individuals and disrupts peer relationships, which matches restorative justice’s focus on the harm to interpersonal relationships and the process of addressing it. This paper aims to explore the advantages and outlooks of restorative justice in preventing and addressing school bullying, starting from the theory of restorative justice and integrating with China’s campus environment and judicial practices. In theory，restorative justice encourages the restoration of interpersonal relationships，meeting the very needs of reconstructing peer relationships in school bullying；It emphasizes a victim-centered balance of justice, providing the mental comfort that the victims urgently need. Meanwhile, restorative justice encourages reconciliation and negotiation，aligns with China’s traditional legal culture of “no litigation” and the pursuit of values of “harmony is precious”；It emphasize on educate, guide, and treat individuals equally, which is in line with the original intention of school education. In practice，traditional restorative mediation model or meeting model can theoretically be used for different bullying cases, focusing on “truth-telling,” “empowerment,” and “apology and compensation.” In the future, based on traditional Chinese campus culture and the authority of class teachers, a natural environment and appropriate mediators are provided for restorative justice，we can extend the bully prevention further by reinforcing proactive practices of educational learning and reactive practices of responding to harm and wrongdoing.

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Xuanyu Chen, Beijing Normal University, China

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Dr Xuanyu Chen is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Beijing Normal University in China

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