
Sun, 02 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Liu Qiang 刘强
The collection of personal information should be lawful, justified and necessary, as a principle upheld by Chinese courts in Guo v. Hangzhou Safari Park (2020).
China promulgated its first-ever Civil Code in May 2020, which includes seven parts, i.e., General Principles, Real Rights, Contracts, Personality Rights, Marriage and Family, Succession, Liability for Tort, and Supplementary Provisions.
For China Civil Code (Free English Version), please click each part as follow:
Book I General Principles (English, Chinese)
Book II Real Rights (English, Chinese)
Book III Contract (English, Chinese)
Book IV Personality Rights (English, Chinese)
Book V Marriage and Family (English, Chinese)
Book VI Succession (English, Chinese)
Book VII Liability for Tort (English, Chinese)
Sun, 02 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Liu Qiang 刘强
The collection of personal information should be lawful, justified and necessary, as a principle upheld by Chinese courts in Guo v. Hangzhou Safari Park (2020).
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
China promulgated its first-ever Civil Code (民法典) in May 2020.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 4 Jan. 2021, Shanghai Financial Court, for the first time, applied the Civil Code in a case concerning financial loan contract disputes.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China’s Supreme People's Court fully completes the sorting out of judicial interpretations and issues the first batch of supporting judicial interpretations of the Civil Code.
Thu, 07 Jan 2021 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陈彦茹
China’s first Civil Code, issued in May 2020, introduced a new divorce procedure, i.e., a cooling-off period for divorce. Divorce registration procedures were modified accordingly.
Sun, 06 Dec 2020 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team
The #MeToo campaign, now a global movement, has reverberated around China, as China cracks down on sexual harassment in its first-ever civil code.
Sun, 06 Dec 2020 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team
China promulgated its first Civil Code in May 2020, which includes seven parts, i.e., General Principles, Real Rights, Contracts, Personality Rights, Marriage and Family, Succession, Liability for Tort, and Supplementary Provisions.
Fri, 31 Jul 2020 Insights China Laws Portal Team
China promulgated its first-ever Civil Code in May 2020. The Liability for Tort is its seventh part.
Sun, 26 Jul 2020 Insights China Laws Portal Team
China promulgated its first-ever Civil Code in May 2020. The Succession is its sixth part.
Sat, 18 Jul 2020 Insights China Laws Portal Team
China promulgated its first Civil Code in May 2020. The Marriage and Family is its fifth part.