According to Article 351 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China", those who illegally grow opium poppy, marijuana and other original drug plants shall be forced to have their roots carved out. Anyone who commits any of the following circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined:
(1) Planting more than 500 but not more than 3,000 opium poppies or planting other drug-producing plants in large quantities Large ones;
(2) Planted after being dealt with by the public security organs;
(3) Resisting eradication.
Whoever illegally grows more than 3,000 opium poppies or other narcotic original plants shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated. Those who illegally grow opium poppies or other narcotic plants and automatically carve out their roots before harvesting will be exempted from punishment.
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Article 347 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" smuggling, selling, transporting, and manufacturing drugs, regardless of the quantity, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility and punished punishment. Anyone who smuggles, sells, transports, or manufactures drugs under any of the following circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than fifteen years, life imprisonment, or death, and shall also have their property confiscated:
(1) Smuggling, selling, transporting, Producing more than one kilogram of opium, more than 50 grams of heroin or methamphetamine, or other drugs in large quantities;
(2) The ringleader of a smuggling, selling, transporting, or manufacturing drug group;
(3) Armed cover for smuggling, selling, transporting, and manufacturing drugs;
(4) Resisting inspection, detention, or arrest with violence, if the circumstances are serious;
(5) Participate in organized international drug trafficking.
Whoever smuggles, sells, transports or manufactures more than 200 grams but less than one kilogram of opium, more than 10 grams but less than 50 grams of heroin or methamphetamine, or other drugs in larger quantities shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years. and impose a fine.
China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate-Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China