Consanguineous marriages are invalid.
In accordance with the Civil Code of China:
- consanguineous marriage is prohibited and invalid;
- consanguineous marriage refers to a marriage between you and your lineal relatives by blood or collateral relatives by blood up to the third degree of kinship;
- lineal relatives by blood refer to your parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren;
- collateral relatives by blood up to the third degree of kinship refer to your grandparents’ other children as well as their children and grandchildren; and
- consanguinity marriage shall not be binding ab initio and the parties concerned shall be devoid of the rights or duties of a husband and wife.
References:
Civil Code of China: Part V Marriage and Family (2020): Article 1048, 1051, 1053
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