Anyone suspected of drug trafficking may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and fined; Specific sentencing depends on the circumstances.
article 347 of the criminal law of the people's Republic of China crimes of smuggling, selling, transporting and manufacturing drugs. whoever smuggles, sells, transports or manufactures drugs, regardless of the quantity, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility and punished.
Whoever smuggles, sells, transports or manufactures drugs under any of the following circumstances shall be sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, life imprisonment or death, and his property shall be confiscated:
(1) Smuggling, selling, transporting or manufacturing more than one kilogram of sliced crow, more than 5 grams of heroin or methamphetamine or other drugs in large quantities;
(2) ringleaders of drug smuggling, trafficking, transporting and manufacturing groups;
(3) Armed cover for smuggling, trafficking, transporting or manufacturing drugs;
(4) resisting inspection, detention or arrest by violence, if the circumstances are serious;
(5) participating in organized international drug trafficking activities.
whoever smuggles, sells, transports or manufactures sliced crow's feet (more than 2 grams but less than 1 kilogram), heroin or methylphenylamine (more than 1 grams but less than 5 grams) or other drugs in large quantities shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years and fined.
Whoever smuggles, sells, transports or manufactures less than 2 grams of sliced crow, less than 1 grams of heroin or methylphenylamine or other small amounts of drugs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, 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 seven years and shall also be fined.
if a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the second, third and fourth 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 these paragraphs.
Whoever uses or instigates minors to smuggle, sell, transport or manufacture drugs, or sells drugs to minors, shall be given a heavier punishment.
if drugs have been smuggled, sold, transported or manufactured for many times without treatment, the amount of drugs shall be calculated cumulatively.