The crime of abducting and selling people is the crime of abducting and selling women and children in the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). The sentencing standard is: whoever abducts and sells women and children shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and fined. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to death and his property shall be confiscated.
According to Article 240th of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever abducts and sells women and children shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and fined; Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to death and his property shall be confiscated: (1) the ringleader of the group that abducts and sells women and children; (2) Abducting and selling more than three women and children; (3) raping a trafficked woman; (4) luring or forcing trafficked women to engage in prostitution or selling trafficked women to others for forced prostitution; (5) Kidnapping women and children by violence, coercion or anesthesia for the purpose of selling; (6) Stealing infants and young children for the purpose of selling; (7) Causing serious injury, death or other serious consequences to abducted women, children or their relatives; (8) Trafficking women and children abroad.