Legal analysis: the death of the party involved in the crime of illegal business operation will not be judged and punished. If the defendant dies, the people's court shall make a ruling to terminate the trial, but if there is evidence to prove the defendant's innocence and the people's court confirms his innocence through trial in absentia, it shall make an acquittal according to law.

legal basis: article 297 of the criminal procedure law of the people's Republic of China, if the defendant dies, the people's court shall make a ruling to terminate the trial, but there is evidence to prove that the defendant is innocent, and if the people's court confirms his innocence through trial in absentia, it shall make a judgment according to law. If the defendant dies in a case retried by the people's court in accordance with the procedure of trial supervision, the people's court may try the case in absentia and make a judgment according to law.