Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
Article 163 Employees of companies and enterprises accept bribes. Employees of companies and enterprises who take advantage of their positions to extort or illegally accept other people's property and seek benefits for others shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention. If the amount is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and may also have his property confiscated.
Staff members of companies and enterprises who, in economic exchanges, violate state regulations and accept kickbacks and service fees in various names, which are owned by individuals, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Personnel of state-owned companies and enterprises engaged in official business and personnel assigned by state-owned companies and enterprises to engage in official business in non-state-owned companies and enterprises who commit the acts mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Articles 385 and 386 of this Law.
Article 164 Whoever, in the crime of bribery, gives money or property to the staff of a company or enterprise in order to seek illegitimate interests, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the amount is huge, 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 a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
If a briber voluntarily confesses to taking bribes before being prosecuted, the punishment may be mitigated or exempted.