Legal basis: Article 241 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that whoever buys abducted women and children shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance. Whoever buys a trafficked woman and forcibly has sexual relations with her shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 236 of this Law.
Whoever buys abducted women and children and illegally deprives them of their personal freedom, or commits criminal acts such as injury or insult, shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Law.
Whoever buys abducted women and children and commits the crimes specified in the second and third paragraphs shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of combined punishment for several crimes.
Whoever buys abducted women and children shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 240th of this Law.
Whoever buys abducted women and children, does not abuse the bought children and does not hinder the rescue, may be given a lighter punishment; If it conforms to the wishes of the bought woman and does not prevent her from returning to her original place of residence, she may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.