The following excerpts are some relevant legal provisions related to the protection of wild animals:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law (Excerpt)
Article 151 Whoever smuggles weapons, ammunition, nuclear materials or counterfeit currency shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years and shall also be fined or confiscated; If the circumstances are relatively minor, 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 smuggles cultural relics, precious metals such as gold and silver prohibited by the state, or precious animals and their products prohibited by the state shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and fined; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years and fined.
Whoever smuggles precious plants and their products and other goods and articles whose import and export are prohibited by the state shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and fined. Whoever commits the crimes mentioned in the first and second paragraphs, if the circumstances are especially serious, shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death, and his property shall be confiscated.
If a unit commits the crime specified in this article, 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 each paragraph of this article:
225th in violation of state regulations, one of the following illegal business practices. Disrupting the market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times for illegal gains or confiscation of property:
(a) operating a franchise or monopoly commodity or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission;
(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;
(three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;
(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.
Article 337 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of the State on animal and plant epidemic prevention and quarantine, causes or is in danger of causing a major animal and plant epidemic, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined. If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, 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 preceding paragraph.
Article 341 Whoever illegally hunts or kills rare and endangered wildlife under special state protection, or illegally buys, transports or sells rare and endangered wildlife under special state protection and its products, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five 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 five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years and shall also be fined or confiscated.
Whoever, in violation of hunting laws and regulations, hunts in a no-hunting area or during a no-hunting period or uses prohibited tools and methods to destroy wildlife resources, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or a fine.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Wildlife Protection Law (Excerpt)
Article 3 Wild animal resources belong to the state. The state protects the legitimate rights and interests of units and individuals that exploit and utilize wildlife resources according to law.
Fifth People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens have the obligation to protect wildlife resources, and have the right to report and accuse any act of encroaching on or destroying wildlife resources.
Article 7 The administrative departments of forestry and fishery in the State Council are respectively in charge of the management of terrestrial and aquatic wild animals throughout the country. The forestry administrative departments of the governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be in charge of the management of inland wildlife within their respective administrative areas. The administrative departments in charge of the management of terrestrial wildlife in autonomous prefectures, counties and municipal governments shall be determined by the governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The fishery administrative departments of local governments at or above the county level shall be in charge of the management of aquatic wildlife within their respective administrative areas.
Article 8 The State protects wild animals and their living environment and prohibits any unit or individual from illegally hunting or destroying wild animals.
Article 17 The State encourages the domestication and breeding of wild animals. Anyone who domesticates and breeds wild animals under special state protection shall hold a license. Measures for the administration of licenses shall be formulated by the administrative department of wildlife in the State Council.
Article 34 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this Law, destroys the main habitats and breeding grounds of wildlife under special state and local protection in nature reserves and game reserves shall be ordered by the wildlife administrative department to stop the destruction, restore the original state within a time limit and be fined.
Article 35 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this Law, sells, purchases, transports or carries wild animals under special state or local protection or their products shall be confiscated by the administrative department for industry and commerce and may also be fined. Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this Law, sells or purchases wildlife under special state protection or its products, if the circumstances are serious enough to constitute the crime of speculation and smuggling, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law.
Regulations on the Protection and Management of Terrestrial Wildlife in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Excerpts
Article 3 Terrestrial wild animals and their products that enter the administrative area of this autonomous region from abroad belong to Appendices I and II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and shall be managed according to Category I and II wildlife under state key protection, and those belonging to Appendix III shall be managed according to wildlife under special protection in this autonomous region.
Article 4 The forestry administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be in charge of the protection and management of inland wildlife within their respective administrative areas. The township (town) people's government shall assist the forestry administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level to do a good job in the protection and management of inland wildlife within their respective administrative areas.
Article 6 Departments of industry and commerce, public security, customs, animal and plant quarantine, highways, railways, civil aviation, shipping, post and telecommunications, tourism and catering services. We should cooperate closely with each other in accordance with their respective responsibilities and do a good job in the protection of terrestrial wildlife.
Eighth to encourage the domestication and breeding of terrestrial wild animals, scientific research. Support units and individuals with capital, site, technology, provenance and other conditions to carry out domestication and breeding of terrestrial wild animals and scientific research.
The administrative department of forestry shall urge and guide the units and individuals that domesticate and breed terrestrial wild animals to establish the pedigree and archives of wild animals. Those who domesticate and breed terrestrial wild animals under special protection shall apply for a domestication and breeding license in accordance with regulations. Do not domesticate and breed terrestrial wild animals beyond the scope specified in the license.
Tenth units and individuals engaged in the utilization of terrestrial wildlife and its products must obtain the license for the operation and utilization of terrestrial wildlife issued by the administrative department of forestry.
Article 12 It is forbidden for any unit or individual to smuggle or illegally kill, purchase, sell, process, utilize, transport and carry terrestrial wild animals and their products under special protection, and it is forbidden to provide tools and places for the above-mentioned illegal acts.
Article 13 No unit or individual may make or publish advertisements with products that focus on the protection of terrestrial wildlife, or publicize and protect terrestrial wildlife resources with products that focus on the protection of terrestrial wildlife. Hotels, restaurants, restaurants, guest houses and individual food stalls. Do not use the names or other names of key protected terrestrial wild animals and their products to attract customers.