Business & White-Collar Crime

Short answer: yes, tax evasion is a crime in China, but the law gives most first-time offenders a way out. Under Article 201 of the Criminal Law, deliberately e ...

Answer in one line: Yes. Securities fraud in China is not one crime but a family of offences, and the two most common are fraudulent issuance of securities (Cri ...

Direct answer: Yes. Forcing someone to work by violence, threat or restriction of personal liberty is a crime under Article 244 of the Criminal Law, punishable ...

Short answer: in most cases, no. Price fixing between competitors is an administrative violation under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, not a criminal offence, ...

Yes. Producing, selling or even providing counterfeit medicine is a crime in China under Article 141 of the Criminal Law, punishable by anything from a short pr ...

It depends on who does it. “Accounting fraud” is not a single offence in China. A bookkeeping error that is corrected is not a crime, but deliberate ...

Short answer: yes. Giving or taking a bribe in a business setting is a crime in China, and since May 2026 the money thresholds for private-sector bribery have b ...

Short answer: yes. Serious pollution is a criminal offence in China under Article 338 of the Criminal Law (the crime of polluting the environment), and the comp ...

Yes. Credit-card fraud is a criminal offence in China under Article 196 of the Criminal Law, which covers using a forged card, using a card obtained with a fals ...

Yes. Selling or providing someone’s personal information is a crime in China under Article 253-1 of the Criminal Law, and it is one of the easiest white-collar ...