The sentencing standards for soliciting prostitutes and chatting on WeChat:

1. If the perpetrator recruits prostitutes and chats through WeChat and gathers and controls many people to engage in prostitution, it constitutes the crime of organizing prostitution. Generally, the sentence is 5-10 years in prison and a fine;

2. If there are serious criminal circumstances, the sentence is 10 years or more in prison or life imprisonment, and a fine or confiscation of property;

3. Anyone who organizes prostitution of minors shall be given a heavier sentence.

Legal Basis

Article 358 of the Criminal Law

Whoever organizes or forces others to engage in prostitution shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years. He shall also be fined; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or his property shall be confiscated.

Whoever organizes or forces minors into prostitution shall be severely punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Anyone who commits the crimes in the first two paragraphs and commits crimes such as killing, injuring, raping, kidnapping, etc. shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of concurrent punishment for multiple crimes.