Legal subjectivity:

1. Different regions have different regulations on the price difference between the purchase and sale of masks, and there is no unified definition standard for whether the price of masks constitutes price gouging. 2. For example, the Hubei Provincial Market Supervision Bureau stipulates that during the public health first-level response period, medical commodities, protective and disinfection commodities related to the epidemic are not allowed to increase in price; the commodities sold have no reference price, and the price difference between purchase and sale exceeds 15%. , constituting price gouging behavior. Legal objectivity:

Article 225 of the "Criminal Law": Anyone who violates state regulations and commits one of the following illegal business activities, disrupts market order, and the circumstances are serious shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention. A fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income may be imposed, or solely; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the person 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 the illegal income, or have property confiscated: (1) Operating laws without permission , Monopoly items or other restricted items as prescribed by administrative regulations; (2) Buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin, and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated in laws and administrative regulations; (3) Illegal operations of securities, futures, and insurance businesses without approval from relevant state authorities, or illegal activities of fund payment and settlement; (4) Other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt market order.