The crime of buying State secrets for others shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment. This crime refers to the act of buying state secrets for overseas institutions, organizations and personnel.
Legal basis: Article 111 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years if it steals, spies on, buys or illegally provides state secrets or intelligence for institutions, organizations or personnel outside the country; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment; If the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.
