Legal basis: Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 17 A person who has reached the age of 16 shall bear criminal responsibility for committing a crime.
A person who has reached the age of 14 but under the age of 16 commits the crime of intentional homicide, intentional injury, causing serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion or throwing dangerous substances, and shall bear criminal responsibility. If a person who has reached the age of 12 but under the age of 14 commits the crime of intentional homicide or intentional injury, causing death or serious disability by particularly cruel means, and the circumstances are bad, he shall bear criminal responsibility if the Supreme People's Procuratorate approves the prosecution. Persons under the age of 18 who are investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs shall be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. If a person is not given criminal punishment because he is under the age of sixteen, his parents or other guardians shall be ordered to discipline him; When necessary, carry out special corrective education according to law.
Article 236 Whoever rapes a woman by violence, coercion or other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years. Whoever rapes a girl under the age of 14 shall be regarded as rape and given a heavier punishment. Whoever rapes a woman or rapes a young girl under any of the following circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death:
(a) rape of women, rape of young girls;
(2) raping women and raping many young girls;
(3) raping a woman or raping a young girl in public in a public place;
(four) gang rape of two or more people;
(5) raping a young girl under the age of 10 or causing harm to a young girl;
(6) Causing serious injury or death to the victim or causing other serious consequences.