Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.
Article 285 Whoever, in violation of State regulations, invades computer information systems in the fields of State affairs, national defense construction and cutting-edge science and technology shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention. Whoever, in violation of state regulations, invades a computer information system other than the one mentioned in the preceding paragraph, or uses other technical means to obtain data stored, processed and transmitted in the computer information system, or illegally controls the computer information system, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. Those who provide programs and tools specially used to invade or illegally control computer information systems, or who knowingly provide them to others, if the circumstances are serious, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding three paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.
Article 217 Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, commits one of the following acts that infringe on copyright or rights related to copyright, and the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined: (1) Copying and distributing his written works, music, art, audio-visual works, computer software and other works prescribed by laws and administrative regulations to the public through the information network without the permission of the copyright owner; (2) Publishing books with exclusive publishing rights enjoyed by others; (3) Reproduction, distribution and dissemination of audio and video products made by the producer to the public through the information network without the permission of the producer; (4) Reproduction and distribution of audio and video products of their performances without the permission of performers, or dissemination of their performances to the public through information networks; (five) the production and sale of counterfeit works of art; (6) Technical measures taken to intentionally avoid or destroy the copyright to protect the copyright or copyright-related rights of his works, audio-visual products, etc. Without the permission of the copyright owner or the copyright-related obligee.
Article 225 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 his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated: (1) dealing in franchise, monopoly goods or other commodities whose business is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission; (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.