2024/9/2 凌晨12:25 Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China Whoever commits a crime as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, which concurrently constitutes another crime, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions that specify a heavier punishment. Article 287 Whoever uses computers to commit financial fraud, theft, embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds, theft of state secrets, or any other crime shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Law. Article 287a Whoever uses information networks to commit any of the following acts, 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: (1) setting up websites or communication groups for committing fraud, teaching methods of committing a crime, producing or selling prohibited or controlled items or carrying out other illegal and criminal activities; (2) publishing information about the production or sale of narcotic drugs, guns, pornographic materials, or other prohibited or controlled items, or publishing any other illegal information; or (3) releasing information for carrying out fraud or other illegal activities. An entity committing a crime as prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be fined, and the directly responsible persons in charge and other directly responsible persons shall be punished in accordance with the provisions in the first paragraph. Whoever commits a crime as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, which concurrently constitutes another crime, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions that specify a heavier punishment. Article 287b Whoever, knowing that another person is committing or is going to commit a crime by using information networks, still provides the person with technical support such as internet access, server hosting, network storage, communications and transmission, or provides assistance in advertising or promotion, or payment and settlement, etc., 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. An entity committing a crime as prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be fined, and the directly responsible persons in charge and other directly responsible persons shall be punished in accordance with the provisions in the first paragraph. Whoever commits a crime as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, which concurrently constitutes another crime, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions that specify a heavier punishment. Article 288 Whoever, in violation of the state regulations, sets up and uses a radio station or occupies radio frequencies without authorization, thereby interfering with the normal operation of radio communications, if the consequences are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction, and en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2020-12/26/c_921604_13.htm 9/40