1, where the statutory maximum penalty is less than five years' imprisonment, after five years;
2. If the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, after ten years;
3. The statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of more than 10 years, after 15 years;
4. The maximum legal punishment is life imprisonment or death penalty, after 20 years. 20 years later, if it is deemed necessary to prosecute, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.
Legal basis: Article 87 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
After the following time limit, the crime will not be prosecuted:
(1) Five years have passed if the statutory maximum penalty is less than five years of fixed-term imprisonment;
(2) Ten years if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years;
(3) Fifteen years if the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years;
(4) Twenty years have passed if the maximum legal punishment is life imprisonment or death penalty. 20 years later, if it is deemed necessary to prosecute, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.
Article 88
Those who evade investigation or trial after the people's procuratorate, public security organ or state security organ files a case for investigation or the people's court accepts the case are not limited by the time limit for prosecution.
If the victim files a complaint within the time limit for prosecution, the people's court, the people's procuratorate or the public security organ shall file a case but not file it, and it is not limited by the time limit for prosecution.
Article 89
The time limit for prosecution shall be counted from the date of committing the crime; If the criminal act has a continuous or continuous state, it shall be counted from the date when the criminal act ends.
If a crime is committed within the time limit for prosecution, the time limit for prosecution of the former crime shall be counted from the date when the latter crime is committed.