Crime of organizing prostitution:
Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
Article 358 Whoever organizes or forces others to engage in prostitution shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
Whoever organizes or forces minors to engage in prostitution shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Whoever commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs and commits crimes such as murder, wounding, rape and kidnapping shall be punished in accordance with the provisions on combined punishment for several crimes.
Whoever recruits or transports people or assists others in organizing prostitution for the purpose of organizing prostitution shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years and 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.
Crime of luring, sheltering and introducing prostitution;
Article 359 Whoever lures, shelters or introduces others to prostitution shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five 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 five years and fined.
Whoever lures a young girl under the age of 14 into prostitution shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and fined.
Provisions on dealing with organizing, forcing, luring, sheltering and introducing prostitution by personnel in specific units:
Article 361 Personnel of hotels, catering services, cultural and entertainment industries, taxi industry and other units who use the conditions of their own units to organize, force, seduce, shelter or introduce others to prostitution shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Articles 358 and 359 of this Law.
The principal responsible person of the unit listed in the preceding paragraph who commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be given a heavier punishment.
Extended data:
Punishment that does not constitute criminal punishment if the circumstances are minor:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law
Article 66 Whoever engages in prostitution or whoring shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and may also be fined not more than 5,000 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan. Whoever solicits prostitutes in public places shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan.
Article 67 Whoever lures, shelters or introduces others to prostitution shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and may be fined not more than 5,000 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan.