Legal basis: Article 307 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention if a witness is prevented from testifying or instructed to commit perjury by violence, threat or bribery; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. Whoever helps a party destroy or forge evidence, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention. Any judicial officer who commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs shall be given a heavier punishment. Article 398 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Any functionary of a state organ who intentionally or negligently divulges state secrets in violation of the provisions of the Law on Guarding State Secrets, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. Non-state employees who commit the crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be punished as appropriate in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Article 389 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * It is a crime of bribery to give property to a state functionary in order to seek illegitimate interests. In economic exchanges, those who, in violation of state regulations, give state functionaries property in a relatively large amount, or those who, in violation of state regulations, give state functionaries kickbacks or service fees in various names, shall be punished as bribery. It is not a bribe to give property to a state functionary because of extortion without obtaining illegitimate benefits. Article 392 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) introduces bribes to state functionaries, and if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined. If a briber voluntarily confesses and introduces bribery before being prosecuted, the punishment may be mitigated or exempted. According to Article 229 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if the personnel of an intermediary agency that undertakes assets evaluation, capital verification, verification, accounting, auditing, legal services, sponsorship, safety evaluation, environmental impact assessment and environmental monitoring intentionally provide false documents, if the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and fined. Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined:
(1) Providing false assets appraisal, accounting, auditing, legal services, sponsorship and other documents related to securities issuance, if the circumstances are particularly serious;
(2) Providing false asset appraisal, accounting, auditing and other supporting documents related to major asset transactions, if the circumstances are particularly serious;
(3) Providing false documents such as safety assessment and environmental impact assessment in major projects and projects involving public safety, thus causing particularly heavy losses to public property and the interests of the state and people.
Whoever commits the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and extorts or illegally accepts other people's property, which constitutes a crime, shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of heavier punishment.
If the personnel specified in the first paragraph are seriously irresponsible and the documents issued are seriously inaccurate, thus causing serious consequences, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined.