Is the act of selling and producing anti-epidemic materials legal?
Legal analysis:
Illegal and may constitute the crime of illegal business operations. According to relevant laws and regulations, those who violate the state’s regulations on market operations and price management during the prevention and control of emergencies of infectious diseases and other disasters, drive up prices, make huge profits, seriously disrupt market order, have a large amount of illegal gains, or have other serious circumstances , in accordance with the provisions of Article 225 (4) of the Criminal Law, he was convicted of illegal business operations and was severely punished in accordance with the law.
Legal basis:
According to Article 225 of the "Criminal Law": Anyone who violates national regulations and commits one of the following illegal business activities, disrupts market order, and the circumstances are serious shall be punished The offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be sentenced to a fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and concurrently fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income, or his property shall be confiscated: (1) Operating franchises, monopoly items or other restricted items stipulated in laws and administrative regulations without permission; (2) Buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin, and other business licenses stipulated in laws and administrative regulations or approval documents; (3) illegally operating securities, futures, and insurance businesses without approval from the relevant national competent authorities, or illegally engaging in fund payment and settlement business; (4) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt market order.
According to Article 6 of the "Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in the Handling of Criminal Cases that Impede the Prevention and Control of Sudden Infectious Disease Epidemics and Other Disasters": Violation of the state's regulations on the prevention and control of sudden infectious disease epidemics, etc. Regulations on market operations and price management during disasters, driving up prices, seeking huge profits, seriously disrupting market order, with relatively large amounts of illegal gains, or other serious circumstances, shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of Article 225 (4) of the Criminal Law. , convicted of illegal business operations and severely punished in accordance with the law.