According to Article 66 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment, anyone who engages in prostitution or whoring shall be detained for more than 10 days and less than 15 days, and shall be fined less than 5,000 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan. Whoever solicits customers in public places shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan.

Prostitution and whoring shall be punished in accordance with Article 30 of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Penalties for Public Security. If it is not enough for reeducation through labor, the public security organ may decide to receive education.

County-level public security organs have decided to provide shelter education for prostitutes. Decided to receive education, the relevant public security organs at the county level shall fill in the decision of receiving education. The written decision on asylum education shall be copied to the educated person himself, and the family members, the unit where they work and the local police station where their household registration is located shall be notified within 15 days from the date of the decision.

The duration of detention education is six months to two years, and the date of detention education is counted from the date of implementation.