Typical cases
In May this year, the Mulan County Public Security Bureau in Harbin City cracked a case of illegal logging by a gang. The criminal suspect Wang and others hired Wang and Chen to illegally cut down more than 1,000 collective larch trees without applying for a forest felling permit, accumulating more than 500 cubic meters. Zhou knew that it was a stolen forest but still bought it. The criminal suspect Sheng issued a false testimony to cover up the crime. The above-mentioned five people involved in the illegal logging case have now been transferred for prosecution, and Zhou, who is suspected of illegally purchasing timber, and Sheng, who is suspected of issuing false certificates, have been wanted on the Internet. 
Legal Terms
Paragraph 1 of Article 345 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China is the crime of illegal logging. This crime refers to the act of cutting down forests or other forests owned by the state, collectives or individuals without authorization for the purpose of illegal occupation in violation of the state's laws and regulations on the protection of forests, and the amount of trees is relatively large.
**Tips
The state has strict and clear regulations on forest harvesting procedures. Be sure to go through the relevant procedures in accordance with the regulations and harvest with a license. The purchase of timber transactions should be carried out through normal transactions, and the forests that are significantly lower than the market and unclear must not be purchased. Criminals who are motivated by profit to commit criminal acts such as illegal logging of trees will be punished by law.