Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.
Article 243rd Whoever fabricates facts and falsely accuses others with the intention of making others be investigated for criminal offences, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If serious consequences are caused, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years. State functionaries who commit the crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be given a heavier punishment. If there is no intentional frame-up, but false accusation or frame-up, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall not apply. Article 244 Whoever forces others to work by means of violence, threat or restriction of personal freedom shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined. Whoever knowingly recruits or transports personnel for him or assists in forcing others to work shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. If a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.
Article 244-1 Whoever, in violation of labor management regulations, recruits minors under the age of 16 to engage in heavy manual labor, aerial work or underground work, or to work in an explosive, flammable, radioactive or toxic dangerous environment, if the circumstances are serious, the person who is directly responsible shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. Whoever commits the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and causes an accident, which constitutes other crimes, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions on combined punishment for several crimes.