2024/9/2 凌晨12:19 Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China Section 5 Crimes of Impairing Public Health Section 6 Crimes of Impairing the Conservation of Environment and Resources Section 7 Crimes of Smuggling, Trafficking, Transporting, or Manufacturing Narcotic Drugs Section 8 Crimes of Organizing, Forcing, Inducing, Sheltering, or Procuring People to Engage in Prostitution Section 9 Crimes of Producing, Selling, or Disseminating Pornographic Materials Chapter VII Crimes of Impairing the Interests of National Defense Chapter VIII Crimes of Embezzlement and Bribery Chapter Ⅸ Crimes of Dereliction of Duty Chapter X Crimes of Serviceperson’s Transgression of Duty Supplementary Provision Part I General Provisions Chapter I Tasks, General Principles, and Scope of Application of the Criminal Law Article 1 This Law is enacted in accordance with the Constitution, based on the practical experience of fighting against crime, and in line with the realities of China, in order to punish crime and protect the people. Article 2 The tasks of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China are, by fighting against all forms of crime with criminal punishment, to protect national security, the state power of the people's democratic dictatorship, and the socialist system; to protect state-owned property, collectively owned property, and private property owned by citizens; to protect personal rights, democratic rights, and other rights of citizens; to maintain social and economic order; and to safeguard the smooth progress of the socialist cause. Article 3 Anyone who commits an act explicitly provided by law to be a crime shall be subjected to conviction and punishment in accordance with the law, while anyone who commits an act that is not explicitly provided by law to be a crime shall not be subjected to conviction or punishment. Article 4 Whoever commits a crime shall be treated equally in the application of the law and no one is permitted to have any privilege to transcend the law. Article 5 Criminal punishment shall be proportionate to the severity of the offense and the consequent criminal liability to be born by the offender. en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2020-12/26/c_921604.htm 4/9