On May 28, 2020, in its third session, the 13th National People's Congress (hereinafter the"
NPC") adopted the Chinese Civil Code (hereinafter the" CCC"). The CCC represents a …

Despite a long unsuccessful history, civil law codification has entered into a new stage in
China in 2014 when the Central Committee of the Communist Party (CCP) made its call for …

Civil law in China not only contains time-honored principles ready to be applied to existing
situations, but also embodies fundamental principles from which new principles can be …

This article reviews the historical development of Chinese civil law since reform and opening
up of China and argues that the primary achievement of civil law legislation over the last four …

In China, matters relating to contract, property, torts, and companies are governed by
specific special laws such as Contract Law,'Property Law, 2 Tort Law, 3 Succession Law, 4 …

In 2015, the codification of Chinese civil law has set off its new journey. The agenda of the
Chinese civil codification is divided into two steps: firstly the promulgation of the General …

In terms of legal tradition China has long belonged to the civil law family with embodiment of
legal principles and rules into codes as the most reliable sources of law. After China's …

The picture of Chinese law that Western scholars and commentators portray is often an
increasingly bleak one: since the mid-2000s, China has been retreating from political and …

Chinese elites have celebrated its new Civil Code (2021) as the most important statute in the
nation's history, and the 'cornerstone'of its turn toward 'rule of law'. The Code expressly binds …

The Chinese Civil Code (2020) is the first ever Civil Code in mainland China since 1949. In
addition to the consolidation of existing civil legislations, the Code incorporated a number of …