Legal analysis: it is illegal to maliciously hoard grain and speculate to drive up prices. It is necessary to strengthen the analysis and judgment of grain production, circulation and trading, adhere to the bottom line thinking and risk awareness, and prevent the butterfly effect and chain reaction; It is necessary to further improve the monitoring of grain and oil prices and macro-control of grain. Once the incipient problems are discovered, we should respond accurately and decisively, and resolutely crack down on illegal activities such as malicious speculation and hoarding.

Legal basis: Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) violates state regulations and commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting market order. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention; 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 the illegal income or confiscation of property: (1) Operating without permission as stipulated 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; (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.