Article 37 of the Advertising Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that if an advertisement is used to make false propaganda of goods or services, the relevant administrative organ shall order it to stop the illegal act, confiscate the advertising expenses and impose a fine of more than one time but less than five times the advertising expenses. If the circumstances are serious, the advertising business shall be stopped according to law.

Article 55 stipulates that those who publish false advertisements in violation of the provisions of this law shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce to stop publishing advertisements, and the advertisers shall be ordered to eliminate the influence within the corresponding scope, and a fine of not less than three times but not more than five times the advertising expenses shall be imposed.

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According to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Article 20 Where an operator, in violation of the provisions of Article 8 of this Law, makes false or misleading commercial propaganda on his commodities, or organizes false transactions to help other operators make false or misleading commercial propaganda, the supervision and inspection department shall order him to stop the illegal act and impose a fine of not less than 200,000 yuan but not more than 1 million yuan; If the circumstances are serious, a fine ranging from/kloc-0 to 2 million yuan may be imposed, and the business license may be revoked.

Operators who publish false advertisements in violation of the provisions of Article 8 of this Law shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Advertising Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 21 Where business operators and other natural persons, legal persons and unincorporated organizations violate the provisions of Article 9 of this Law, the supervision and inspection department shall order them to stop their illegal acts, confiscate their illegal income and impose a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 1 million yuan; If the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 500,000 yuan but not more than 5 million yuan shall be imposed.

Article 22 Where an operator conducts sales with prizes in violation of Article 10 of this Law, the supervision and inspection department shall order him to stop the illegal act and impose a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan.

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