The Latest Sentencing Standard of Bribery Crime in 2022

According to 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 Corruption and Bribery, the sentencing standards for bribery and corruption crimes are as follows: 1. If the amount of corruption or bribery is more than 30,000 yuan but less than 200,000 yuan, it shall be deemed as a "relatively large amount" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 383 of the Criminal Law, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined. If the amount of corruption is more than 10,000 yuan but less than 30,000 yuan, under any of the following circumstances, it shall be deemed as "other serious circumstances" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 383 of the Criminal Law, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined: (1) misappropriating specific funds and materials such as disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood prevention, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief, epidemic prevention and social donation; (2) Being disciplined or administratively punished for corruption, bribery or misappropriation of public funds; (3) Being criminally investigated for intentional crimes; (four) the stolen money is used for illegal activities; (5) refusing to account for the whereabouts of the stolen money or refuse to cooperate with the recovery work, which makes it impossible to recover it; (6) Causing adverse effects or other serious consequences.