Legal basis: Article 190 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if a state-owned company, enterprise or other state-owned unit, in violation of state regulations, deposits foreign exchange abroad without authorization, or illegally transfers domestic foreign exchange abroad, if the circumstances are serious, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention.