Whoever beats a person into a minor injury shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; The victim shall also be compensated for medical expenses, nursing expenses, transportation expenses, nutrition expenses, hospitalization food subsidies and other reasonable expenses for treatment and rehabilitation.
Legal basis:
Article 234 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
Whoever intentionally harms another person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance.
Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph and causes serious injury to another person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years; Whoever causes death or serious injury to another person by especially cruel means and causes serious disability shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death. Where this Law provides otherwise, such provisions shall prevail.
According to Article 1179 of the Civil Code, which will come into force on January 1, 2021
If a person infringes upon another person and causes personal damage, he/she shall compensate medical expenses, nursing expenses, transportation expenses, nutrition expenses, inpatient food subsidies and other reasonable expenses for treatment and rehabilitation, as well as the reduced income due to missed work. If it causes disability, it shall also compensate for the cost of auxiliary equipment and disability compensation; If death is caused, funeral expenses and death compensation shall also be compensated.
