2024/9/2 凌晨12:25 Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China other agricultural land is damaged, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 5 years or short-term custody, and concurrently, a fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only. Article 342a Whoever, in violation of the laws or regulations on nature reserves management, conducts reclamation or development activities or constructs buildings in national parks or national nature reserves, thereby causing serious consequences, or if there are other grave circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 5 years or short-term custody, and concurrently, a fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only. Whoever commits a crime as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, which constitutes another crime, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions which specify a heavier punishment. Article 343 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of the Mineral Resources Law, mines without any mining license, or enters and mines without authorization in a mining area under the state plan, is of great value to the national economy, or belongs to another person, or mines without authorization for a specific mineral which should be mined for in a protective manner under state regulations, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction, and concurrently, a fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only. If the circumstances are especially serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years, and concurrently, a fine. Whoever, in violation of the provisions of the Mineral Resources Law, mines for a mineral resource in a destructive way, thereby causing serious damage to the mineral resources, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 5 years or short-term custody, and concurrently, a fine. Article 344 Whoever, in violation of state regulations, unlawfully fells or destroys precious trees or other precious plants which are under national key protection, or unlawfully purchases, transports, processes, or sells precious trees or other precious plants which are under national key protection or their products, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction, and concurrently, a fine. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years, and concurrently, a fine. Article 344a Whoever, in violation of state regulations, unlawfully imports, releases, or discards invasive alien species, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years or short-term custody, and concurrently, a fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only. Article 345 Whoever unlawfully fells and steals forest trees or bamboos in a bamboo forest, or other trees or bamboos, if the amount involved is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction, and concurrently, a fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only. If the amount involved is large, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years, and concurrently, a fine. If the amount involved is especially large, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 7 years, and concurrently, a fine. en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2020-12/26/c_921604_13.htm 26/40