Whoever, in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts the market order, 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 for illegal gains or confiscation of property:
1. Without permission, engaging in franchise or monopoly commodities or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations;
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;
3, 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;
4. Other illegal business operations that seriously disrupt the market order.
Legal basis: Article 13 of the Building Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), construction enterprises, survey units, design units and project supervision units engaged in construction activities are divided into different qualification levels according to their registered capital, professional technicians, technical equipment and the achievements of completed construction projects. Only after passing the qualification examination and obtaining the qualification certificates of corresponding levels can they engage in construction activities within the scope permitted by their qualification levels.