Legal basis: Article 25 of the Regulations on River Management in People's Republic of China (PRC) must be reported to the competent authority for approval to carry out the following activities within the scope of river management; Where other departments are involved, it shall be approved by the river authorities in conjunction with relevant departments: (1) sand mining, earth borrowing, gold panning and disposal of sand or silt; (2) Blasting, drilling and digging fish ponds; (three) storing materials, building factories or other building facilities in the river beach; (four) the exploitation of underground resources and archaeological excavations in the river beach.
Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting market order, and if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated: (1) dealing in franchise, monopoly goods or other commodities whose business is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission; (2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations; (three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business; (four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.