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.

Illegal business operation refers to the operation of franchise, monopoly goods or other restricted goods without permission, import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin, business licenses or approval documents stipulated by other laws and administrative regulations, and other illegal business activities that disrupt market order and have serious circumstances.

The penalties for illegal business operations are as follows:

1. If it operates without a business license, its illegal income shall be confiscated and a fine of less than 5,000 yuan shall be imposed. In addition, individuals or units that illegally engage in securities, futures and insurance business, or illegally engage in fund payment and settlement business without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention;

2. If the scale of unlicensed operation is large and the social harm is serious, a fine of more than 20,000 yuan and less than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed, and the unit shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the regulations;

3. If unlicensed operation endangers human health, has major security risks, threatens public safety and destroys environmental resources, tools, equipment, raw materials, products and other property specially used for unlicensed operation shall be confiscated, and a fine of 50,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan shall be imposed.

To sum up, if it constitutes the crime of illegal business operation, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more 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; 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.

Legal basis:

Article 225 of the Criminal Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The crime of illegal business operation violates the provisions of the state and commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting the market order, and if the circumstances are serious, it 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:

(a) operating a franchise or monopoly commodity or other commodities whose operation 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.