The invention provides a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker comprises a shell, a contact system, a transmission system, a tripping system, a driving motor and an operating handle, wherein the transmission system comprises a driving piece, a transmission piece, a rotating piece and a linkage piece; an elastic piece is arranged between the transmission piece and the shell; the stripping system comprises a stripping shaft; and a trigger part for pressing the tripping shaft is arranged on the transmission piece or the rotating piece. When a user is in arrearage, the driving motor drives the transmission piece to overcome the elastic force of the elastic piece to rotate to a set angle, the stripping shaft is pressed, and the contact system is switched off; after the user pays the fee, the driving motor continues to rotate, the stripping shaft is not pressed any longer, the transmission piece is detachably matched with the driving piece, the transmission piece turns round under the elastic force effect of the elastic piece, and the linkage piece is driven through the rotating piece, so that the contact system is switched on. Therefore, before the user continues to pay the electric charge, the user cannot get the electricity automatically due to the fact that the stripping system is at a trigger state and the operating handle can automatically reset to a switch-off position even if the operating handle is artificially pulled to be switched on.