law Mainland China Official translation

Civil Code of the People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国民法典

The general private-law framework for legal persons, civil juristic acts, agency, property, contracts, tort liability, and remedies that company-law disputes often rely on.

Use It For

Pair the Civil Code with the Company Law when problems turn on separate personality, authority of representatives, apparent authority, contract enforcement, or tort liability.

Teaching Notes

The Civil Code is not a company statute, but it supplies the private-law grammar that Chinese company-law disputes often speak.