Constitutes the crime of illegal business operations.
Legal basis: "Criminal Law"
Article 225: If the crime of illegal business violates state regulations, one of the following illegal business behaviors disrupts market order, and the circumstances are serious, The offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income, or his property shall be confiscated. :
(1) Operating special items or other restricted items stipulated in laws and administrative regulations without permission;
(2) Buying and selling import and export licenses, import Exporting 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 the approval of the relevant national competent authorities, or illegal Fund payment and settlement business;
(4) Other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt market order.