(Selected from the translated work titled The Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, authored by Robert Zhang and Steve Li, criminal defense lawyers registered in Shanghai, China.)
Article 24 [Desistance] Where an offender discontinues the commission of a crime or effectively prevents the occurrence of the consequences of a crime, it constitutes desistance from crime.
For an offender of a desisted crime, punishment shall be exempted if no damage has been done, and shall be mitigated if damage has been done.
