Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.
Article 263 Whoever robs public or private property by violence, coercion or other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 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, life imprisonment or death, and shall also be fined or confiscated: (1) robbery at home; (2) Robbery on public transport; (3) robbing banks or other financial institutions; (4) Robbery for many times or the amount of robbery is huge; (5) Robbery causes serious injury or death; (six) posing as military and police personnel to rob; (7) Armed robbery; (eight) robbing military supplies or emergency rescue, disaster relief and relief supplies.
Article 264 Whoever steals a large amount of public or private property, or repeatedly steals, enters a house, carries a weapon or steals, 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; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, 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 amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious 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.