Legal basis: Article 3 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): If there are crimes specified in the law, they shall be convicted and punished according to law; If the law does not clearly stipulate that it is a criminal act, it shall not be convicted and punished.
Article 4 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): Anyone who commits a crime is equal in the application of laws. No one is allowed to have the privilege beyond the law.
Article 363 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): Whoever makes, copies, publishes, sells or disseminates obscene articles for profit 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 ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
Whoever provides a book number for others and publishes obscene books and periodicals shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; Whoever knowingly publishes obscene books and periodicals and provides the ISBN shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 364 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): Whoever disseminates obscene books, periodicals, movies, audio-visual, pictures or other obscene articles, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance.
Whoever organizes the broadcast of obscene movies, videos and other audio-visual products 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 ten years and shall also be fined.
Whoever makes or copies obscene movies, videos and other audio-visual products for broadcasting shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph.
Whoever disseminates obscene articles to minors under the age of 18 shall be given a heavier punishment.
Article 365 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): Whoever organizes obscene performances 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 ten years and shall also be fined.