(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.)
Section 4 Sentencing on Multiple Counts of Conviction
Article 69 [Sentencing on Multiple Counts of Conviction of an Offender before Judgment]
Where a person commits multiple crimes before the judgment is pronounced, the combined length of both or all the sentences shall be less than the total of the sentences imposed on each count and more than the higher or highest of the sentences as appropriate, except for sentences of death and life imprisonment; provided, however, that the combined length shall not be more than three years in case of sentences of supervised release, one year in case of sentences of custody, twenty years in case of sentences of imprisonment for no more than thirty-five years in total, or twenty-five years in case of sentences of imprisonment for more than thirty-five years in total.
Where several crimes are sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and custody, fixed-term imprisonment shall be executed.
Where several crimes are sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and supervised release, or to custody and supervised release, supervised release shall still be executed after the execution of fixed-term imprisonment and custody.
Where accessory penalties are imposed for several convictions, they shall be executed in combination if they are of the same type, or executed separately if they are of different types.
