Chinese Contract Law

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Sources and the 2020 Civil Code

Chinese contract law is codified in Book III (Contracts) of the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China, effective 1 January 2021, comprising Articles 463 to 977. The Civil Code replaced the Contract Law of 1999, which had itself replaced three separate contract statutes from the early 1980s. Book III preserves much of the 1999 law while introducing innovations drawn from judicial practice and comparative study. It is supplemented by the Supreme People’s Court’s judicial interpretations (sifa jieshi), particularly those on application of the Contract Law (2009, 2012) and subsequent Civil Code interpretations.

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Chinese Contract Law

Sources and the 2020 Civil Code