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CHN-2020-L-111290
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Title_of_text
Civil Code of the People's Republic of China.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
China
Subjects (Classification)
Civil, commercial and family law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2020-05-28
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
中华人民共和国民法典
Abstract/Citation
The first Chinese law to carry the title "code" since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
The Law is "formulated in accordance with the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China for the purposes of protecting the lawful rights and interests of the persons of the civil law, regulating civil-law relations, maintaining social and economic order, meet the needs for developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, and carrying forward the core socialist values" (Article 1).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
National Peoples Congress of China (NPC)
URL
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/c30834/202006/75ba6483b8344591abd07917e1d25cc8.shtml
File
CHN111290 Chn.pdf (PDF of Code in Chinese)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
The State Council - the Peoples Republic of China
URL
http://english.www.gov.cn/
File
CHN111290 Eng.pdf (PDF of Code in English)