Legal basis: Article 13 of the Environmental Protection Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) People's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate environmental protection into the national economic and social development plan. The competent department of environmental protection in the State Council shall, jointly with relevant departments, formulate a national environmental protection plan according to the national economic and social development plan, and report it to the State Council for approval and promulgation. The competent department of environmental protection of the local people's government at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with the relevant departments, formulate the environmental protection plan of the administrative region according to the requirements of the national environmental protection plan, and report it to the people's government at the same level for approval before promulgation and implementation. The content of environmental protection planning should include the objectives, tasks and safeguard measures of ecological protection and pollution prevention, and be connected with the planning of main functional areas, the overall planning of land use and urban and rural planning.
Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting market order, and 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 punishment is especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years. Impose a fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income, or confiscate the property: (1) dealing in commodities that are exclusively sold or monopolized or other commodities whose trading is restricted as stipulated 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; (4) engaging in other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.