Reform and Analysis of the Division of Legal Responsibility between Enterprises and Third-Party Governance under Environmental Pollution

Table 5

Number of natural persons punished for environmental pollution crimes concluded by courts at all levels of a province in the first instance from 2015 to 2021.

Particular year	Exemption from punishment	Single penalty	Probation	Criminal detention	3–7 years	Total
2015	0	0	3	17	2	22
2016	0	3	172	502	20	697
2017	2	1	251	501	8	763
2018	3	5	322	376	1	707
2019	4	5	184	176	7	385
2020	0	3	178	143	16	340
2021	0	1	217	131	20	369