Article 264 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever steals public or private property in a relatively large amount, or repeatedly steals, enters a house, carries a murder weapon or pickpockets, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall 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 particularly serious circumstances, a heavier punishment may be imposed. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail. Theft mentioned in the preceding paragraph refers to the act of secretly stealing other people's (including their own) property for the purpose of illegal possession, which is carried out in a large amount or many times.
Theft refers to the act of secretly stealing public and private property for the purpose of illegal possession. In China's criminal law, theft: theft is attempted, and those who steal more than three times in a year can be regarded as recidivists. Attempted theft can also be classified as theft. The so-called "secret theft" refers to the intention and will of the actor to obtain possession of property by secret means, such as the act of secretly stealing the victim's property. Simply put, if the actor doesn't know the existence of the owner of the money in advance, it belongs to illegal acquisition in the crime of theft. Specifically, the actor took advantage of the victim's ignorance of the owner of the money, that is, the actor directly obtained the money.
The first paragraph of Article 192 of the Criminal Law stipulates that it is a crime of fraud to defraud a large amount of public or private property for the purpose of illegal possession. Article 2 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft stipulates that whoever steals a large amount of public or private property, or steals it for many times or at home, shall be convicted and punished according to the following provisions respectively: (1) Whoever knowingly commits the theft successfully; Secretly transfer items to others or hide them in hidden places for many times and take them away for others to own or possess.