Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.
Thirtieth companies, enterprises, institutions, organs, organizations to commit acts that endanger society, the law stipulates that a unit commits a crime, and shall bear criminal responsibility.
Article 31 If a unit commits a crime, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished. Where there are other provisions in the specific provisions of this Law and other laws, those provisions shall prevail.
Article 137 Where a construction unit, a design unit, a construction unit or a project supervision unit, in violation of state regulations, lowers the project quality standards, thus causing a major safety accident, the persons who are directly responsible shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention. If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.