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BackThe Supreme People's Court and three other departments jointly issued the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases Involving Fentanyl Substances"
The Supreme People's Court and three other departments jointly issued the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases Involving Fentanyl Substances"
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The Supreme People's Court and three other departments jointly issued the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases Involving Fentanyl Substances"

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The Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Handling of Criminal Cases Involving Fentanyl Substances", which clarifies the standards for conviction and sentencing of fentanyl-type substance crimes, divides them into two categories: medicinal and non-medicinal, and stipulates the scope, evidence requirements, identification rules, etc., in order to strictly punish fentanyl-type substance crimes in accordance with the law and safeguard people's lives and health and social harmony and stability.

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In order to accurately punish crimes involving fentanyl-like substances in accordance with the law, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases involving Fentanyl-like Substances" (Fafa [2026] No. 12), and simultaneously issued the "Regulations on the Filing and Prosecution Standards for Cases concerning Fentanyl-like Substances Crime".

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In order to accurately punish crimes involving fentanyl-like substances in accordance with the law, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security recently jointly issued the "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases involving Fentanyl-like Substances" (Fafa [2026] No. 12). The "Opinions" strictly follow the relevant legal provisions of the Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, etc., and provide guidance on several issues such as the application of law in criminal cases involving fentanyl-related substances, emphasizing that crimes involving fentanyl-related substances should be severely punished in accordance with the law, and resolutely safeguard the lives and health of the people and social harmony and stability.

There are 18 articles in the "Opinions", which mainly clarify the quantitative standards for conviction and sentencing of fentanyl-type substance crimes, and divide fentanyl-type substances into two categories: medicinal and non-medicinal. Medicinal fentanyl-type substances refer to the quantitative standards for fentanyl stipulated in the "Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Drug Crime Cases" by the Supreme People's Court, and non-medicinal fentanyl-type substances refer to the quantitative standards for heroin stipulated in the Criminal Law.

The "Opinions" also stipulates the scope of fentanyl-like substances, basic requirements for collecting evidence, basic rules for determining knowingness, recovery of illegal income, jurisdiction of related cases, etc., and details the work responsibilities of the three organs of public security, procuratorate, and law in handling criminal cases involving fentanyl-like substances, providing a clear basis for law enforcement and judicial handling of cases.

At the same time, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security also issued the "Regulations on the Standards for the Filing and Prosecution of Fentanyl Substance Crime Cases."

In the next step, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security will work together to implement the work, continue to strengthen the legal punishment and comprehensive management of fentanyl-related substance crimes, and continue to promote the high-quality development of anti-drug work.

(CCTV reporter Ji Chenghai)

Open Questions

  • How will this opinion be implemented specifically in grassroots judicial organs?
  • What are the specific sentencing standards for medicinal and non-medicinal fentanyl substances?
  • Will existing cases be applied retroactively?

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