The Draft Civil Code of the People's Republic of China: English Translation (Prepared by the Legislative Research Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Contents

- Preliminary Material (i-xxviii) (186K)
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  - Contents
  - A Note On The Legislative Research Group Of Chinese Academy Of Social Sciences And Translators
  - Preface
  - Foreword
- Fundamental Principles (1-4) (44K)
- Natural Persons (5-16) (98K)
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  - Section 1. Capacity To Possess Civil Rights
  - Section 2. Right To Dignity
  - Section 3. Capacity To Perform Civil Acts
  - Section 4. Adjudication Of Disappearance
  - Section 5. Adjudication Of Death
  - Section 6. Domicile
- Juristic Persons, Unincorporated Associations (17-26) (91K)
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  - Section 2. Establishment Of A Juristic Person
  - Section 3. Juristic Person’s Organs
  - Section 4. Change Of A Juristic Person
  - Section 5. Disbanding And Liquidating A Juristic Person
  - Section 6. Unincorporated Associations
- Object Of Rights (27-30) (48K)
- Juristic Acts (31-38) (79K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Declaration Of Intention
  - Section 3. Invalidity And Termination Of The Declaration Of Intention
  - Section 4. Conditions And Durations Of Juristic Acts
  - Section 5. Interpretation Of A Juristic Act
- Agency (39-48) (91K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Direct Agency
  - Section 3. Indirect Agency
- Limitation Of Actions (49-56) (83K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Cessation And Non-Completion Of Limitation Of Actions
  - Section 3. Cessation Of The Limitation Of Actions
- Date, Period (57-58) (42K)
- General Rules (59-72) (101K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Alteration Of Real Rights
  - Section 3. Real Rights Claims
- Ownership (73-108) (206K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Ownership Of Land
  - Section 3. Condominium Ownership Of Buildings
  - Section 4. Relationship With Neighboring Immovable Property
  - Section 5. Ownership Of Movable Property
  - Section 6. Co-Ownership
- Use Right Of Residential Land (109-116) (70K)
- Farmland Use Right (117-122) (62K)
- Neighboring Land Use Right (123-130) (64K)
- Right Of Pawnage (131-134) (53K)
- Mortgage Right (135-150) (117K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Ceiling Mortgage
  - Section 3. Collective Mortgage Of Enterprise Assets
  - Section 4. Enterprise Security Rights
- Right Of Pledge (151-160) (88K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Pledge Over Moveable Things
  - Section 3. Pledge Over Rights
- Right Of Retention (161-164) (51K)
- Chattel Mortgage (165-166) (44K)
- Possession (167-170) (51K)
- General Provisions (171-174) (42K)
- Causes Of Obligation (175-182) (76K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Unjust Enrichment
  - Section 3. Negotiorum Gestio
  - Section 4. Unilateral Promise
- Categories Of Obligations (183-190) (80K)
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  - Section 1. Indefinite And Specific Obligation
  - Section 2. Currency Obligation And Interest Obligation
  - Section 3. Alternative Obligations
  - Section 4. Several Obligation
  - Section 5. Indivisible Obligation
  - Section 6. Joint And Several Obligation
- Performance Of Obligation (191-198) (80K)
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  - Section 1. Performance
  - Section 2. Non-Performance
  - Section 3. Delayed Acceptance
- Preservation Of Obligations (199-204) (70K)
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  - Section 1. Obligee’s Right Of Subrogation
  - Section 2. Obligee’s Right Of Revocation
- Modification And Transfer Of Obligation (205-212) (75K)
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  - Section 1. Modification Of Obligation
  - Section 2. Assignment Of Obligatory Right
  - Section 3. Assumption Of Debt
  - Section 4. General Transfer Of Obligatory Right And Debt
- Extinguishment Of Obligations (213-218) (72K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Liquidation
  - Section 3. Deposit
  - Section 4. Offset
  - Section 5. Exemptions
  - Section 6. Merger
- General Provisions (219-222) (40K)
- Establishment Of Contracts (223-232) (74K)
- Effect Of Contracts (233-234) (40K)
- Termination And Dissolution Of Contract (235-238) (53K)
- Performance Of Contracts (239-242) (55K)
- Liability For Breach Of Contract (243-248) (61K)
- Sales Contracts (249-258) (87K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Special Sales
- Electricity,Water, Gas And Heat Supply Contracts (259-262) (61K)
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  - Section 1. Electricity Supply Contracts
  - Section 2. Water, Gas And Heat Supply Contracts
- Contracts Of Donation (263-266) (47K)
- Contracts Of Lease (267-272) (58K)
- Financial Leasing Contracts (273-278) (57K)
- Deposit Contract (279-286) (78K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Personal Deposit Contract
  - Section 3. Unit Deposit Contract
- Loan Contracts (287-296) (90K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Loan Contracts In Which A Financial Institution Acts As The Lender
  - Section 3. Contracts Of Loan In Which A Natural Person Acts As A Lender
- Contracts Of Loan For Use (297-298) (43K)
- Employment Contracts (299-302) (47K)
- Manufacturing Contracts (303-306) (52K)
- Contracts For Construction Projects (307-312) (58K)
- Contracts For Build-Operate Projects (313-314) (43K)
- Contracts Of Carriage (315-322) (80K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Contracts Of Passenger Carriage
  - Section 3. Contracts For Carriage Of Goods
  - Section 4. Contracts For Multi Modal Carriage
- Contracts Of Mandate (323-326) (51K)
- Contracts Of Brokerage (327-330) (48K)
- Intermediation Contracts (331-332) (42K)
- Technology Contracts (333-342) (90K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Technology Development Contracts
  - Section 3. Technology Transfer Contracts
  - Section 4. Technical Service Contracts
- Storage Contracts (343-346) (50K)
- Warehouse Service Contracts (347-350) (49K)
- Property Management Contracts (351-354) (46K)
- Teaching And Training Contracts (355-358) (51K)
- Medical Service Contracts (359-364) (58K)
- Dining Contracts (365-366) (42K)
- Lodging Contracts (367-370) (47K)
- Travel Service Contracts (371-374) (52K)
- Performance Contracts (375-376) (43K)
- Publication Contracts (377-378) (43K)
- Partnership Contracts (379-386) (78K)
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  - Section 2. Sleeping Partnership
- Guarantee Contracts (387-402) (115K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. General Guarantee Contract
  - Section 3. Joint Liability For Guarantee Contracts
  - Section 4. Continuous Guarantee Contract
- Independent Guarantee Contracts (403-410) (64K)
- General Provisions (411-420) (79K)
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  - Section 1. Definition Of Torts, Causes Of Liability, And Capacity For Liability
  - Section 2. Damages
  - Section 3. Causation And Joint Torts
  - Section 4. Defenses
  - Section 5. Other Provisions
- One’s Own Tortious Act (421-428) (79K)
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  - Section 1. Torts Against Rights To Dignity
  - Section 2. Infringement Of Property Rights And Property Interest Or Mental Health Interest
  - Section 3. Liability Of Expert
- Liability For The Torts Of Others (429-432) (63K)
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  - Section 1. Liability Of Guardian
  - Section 2. Liability Of The Juristic Person And Other Social Organizations, Vicarious Liability, State Compensation Liability
- Quasi Tort: Liability Without Fault (433-440) (78K)
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  - Section 1. Damages Caused By Things
  - Section 2. Damage Caused By Environmental Pollution And Dangerous Work, Etc.
  - Section 3. Damage Caused By Vehicles And Other High-Speed Transport
  - Section 4. Product Liability
- Civil Liability In Tort (441-444) (67K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Payment Of Damages
  - Section 3. Application Of Other Methods Of Accounting For Civil Liability
- General Provisions (445-448) (42K)
- Kinship (449-452) (47K)
- Marriage (453-456) (64K)
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  - Section 1. Essential Requisites Of Marriage
  - Section 2. Formal Requisites For Marriage
  - Section 3. Invalidity And Rescission Of Marriage
- Relationship Between Spouses (457-462) (72K)
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  - Section 1. Rights And Obligations Of Spouses
  - Section 2. Matrimonial Property Regimes
- Divorce (463-470) (78K)
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  - Section 1. Divorce By Registration
  - Section 2. Divorce By Adjudication
  - Section 3. Guardianship, Maintenance And Education Of The Children After Divorce
  - Section 4. Remedies And Division Of Common Property After Divorce
- Parents And Children (471-478) (82K)
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  - Section 1. Parents And Their Natural Children
  - Section 2. Adopted Child And His Adoptive Parents; Step Child And His Step Parents
  - Section 3. Rights And Duties Of The Child In The Family
  - Section 4. Parental Custody Rights
- Adoption (479-486) (78K)
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  - Section 1. Adoption And The Principles Of Adoption
  - Section 2. Formation Of The Adoptive Relationship
  - Section 3. Effect Of Adoption
  - Section 4. Cancellation Of Adoptive Relationship
- Maintenance (487-492) (68K)
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  - Section 1. Maintenance And Maintenance Relationship
  - Section 2. Extent And Form Of Maintenance
  - Section 3. Modification And Termination Of The Maintenance Relationship
- Guardianship And Curatorship (493-504) (101K)
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  - Section 1. Guardianship Over Minors
  - Section 2. Custodianship Of Adult
- General Provisions (505-510) (49K)
- Intestate Inheritance (511-514) (49K)
- Testamentary Disposition (515-524) (88K)
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  - Section 1. General Provisions
  - Section 2. Formalities Of A Will
  - Section 3. Content Of Will
  - Section 4. Revocation And Alteration Of Will
  - Section 5. Effect Of Will
  - Section 6. Execution Of Will
- Legacy-Support Agreement (525-526) (39K)
- Disposition Of Estate (527-534) (69K)
- Index (535-550) (85K)

Book: The Draft Civil Code of the People's Republic of China: English Translation (Prepared by the Legislative Research Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Publication Year: 2011
Language: English
Edited by: H. Liang
ISBN: 9789004190429
e-ISBN: 9789004216631
Subject: International Law
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004190429.i-550

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