Business & White-Collar Crime

Yes. Raising money from the public in China without official approval is a crime. The umbrella term is illegal fundraising (feifa jizi), and depending on your i ...

Yes. Using someone else’s identity in China is a criminal offence, and it can be punished in several different ways depending on what you do with the iden ...

Short answer: yes. Pyramid selling is banned in China, and organizing or leading a pyramid scheme is a criminal offence under Article 224-1 of the Criminal Law ...

Lending money to a friend is legal in China. Loan sharking is not. Unlicensed, business-style lending at very high interest can be prosecuted as illegal busines ...

Not automatically. Running a business without the licence or approval it needs is first an administrative violation in China: the market supervision authority c ...

Yes — but China’s Criminal Law does not criminalise every unpaid wage. Article 276-1 of the Criminal Law, added by Amendment VIII, makes it a crime to eva ...

Short answer: yes. Using an identical trademark on identical goods or services, or knowingly selling counterfeit branded goods, can be a crime in China — ...

Usually not. Copying or selling a patented product without a licence is a civil dispute in China – the patent owner sues for an injunction and damages. It ...

Yes. In China, copyright infringement is not only a civil wrong — once the scale passes certain thresholds it becomes a criminal offence. The core provisi ...

Short answer: yes — a company’s crime can put its directors and managers in prison, but not every officer is automatically guilty. China uses a “dual punishment ...