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Can infringement of trade secrets constitute a crime?
Legal analysis: Infringement of trade secrets can constitute a crime.

Infringement of trade secrets, suspected of one of the following circumstances, shall be filed for prosecution:

(1) Causing losses of more than 500,000 yuan to the obligee of trade secrets;

(two) the amount of illegal income from infringement of business secrets is more than 500 thousand yuan;

(3) Causing the business secret obligee to go bankrupt;

(four) other circumstances that cause great losses to the right holder of trade secrets.

Legal basis: Article 219 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) who steals, spies on, buys or illegally provides business secrets for overseas institutions, organizations and personnel shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and fined.