Article 341 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) commits the crime of illegally hunting and killing precious and endangered wild animals; The crime of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling precious and endangered wildlife and its products, the crime of illegally hunting and killing precious and endangered wildlife under special state protection, or the crime of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling precious and endangered wildlife and its products under special state protection 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.