Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 363 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 367 The term "obscene articles" as mentioned in this Law refers to obscene books, periodicals, films, video tapes, audio tapes, pictures and other obscene articles that specifically depict sexual behavior or publicly publicize pornography.