If the attempted theft is useful to the victim, the attempted theft itself is not very serious unless the amount is huge, and the victim's letter of understanding plus a small amount can reduce the criminal responsibility.
Criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law for attempted theft under any of the following circumstances:
1. Taking huge amount of property as the target of theft;
2. Taking precious cultural relics as the target of theft;
3. Other serious circumstances.
[Legal Basis]
Article 264 of the Criminal Law: Whoever steals a relatively large amount of public or private property, or repeatedly steals, burglarizes, steals or pickpockets with lethal weapons, 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 if there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or if 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 sentenced to confiscation of property.