17-year-old man abducted 12-year-old girl, which violated the criminal law and constituted crime of trafficking in children.

Crime of trafficking in children refers to the act of cheating, luring or other means to make minors under the age of 14 leave their families or guardians.

Paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): A person who has reached the age of 16 commits a crime and shall bear criminal responsibility.

Article 240th whoever abducts and sells women and children shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to death and his property shall be confiscated:

(1) The ringleader of a group that abducts and sells women and children;

(2) Abducting and selling more than three women and children;

(3) raping a trafficked woman;

(4) luring or forcing trafficked women to engage in prostitution or selling trafficked women to others for forced prostitution;

(5) Kidnapping women and children by violence, coercion or anesthesia for the purpose of selling;

(6) Stealing infants and young children for the purpose of selling;

(7) Causing serious injury, death or other serious consequences to abducted women, children or their relatives;

(8) Trafficking women and children abroad.

Abduction and trafficking in women and children refers to one of the acts of abducting, kidnapping, buying, selling, picking up and transferring women and children for the purpose of selling.