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Law of the People's Republic of China

Civil Law Family

China operates a civil law system led by the Chinese Communist Party. Its roots reach back to the Qing dynasty's Great Qing Code and other historical Chinese legal traditions, but the modern system reflects continental European civil law, particularly the German civil law tradition as it took hold in China during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hong Kong and Macau, the country's two special administrative regions, must observe the national constitution and the power of the National People's Congress, but largely keep the separate legal systems they inherited from the colonial era.

Facts
Origin Year
1949 2
Example Jurisdictions
People's Republic of China 2
Primary Source of Law
The Constitution and legislation of the National People's Congress 2
Classification
Legal Family
Civil Law 1
Legal Family
Socialist Law 1
Law of the People's Republic of China
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Andrew Cheung

Law of the People's Republic of China

Zhang Jun

Law of the People's Republic of China
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Legal-system family: Civil Law Family, following the CIA World Factbook and JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification.

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Andrew Cheung, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Andrew Cheung
Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China, Regulations

China antitrust statute, within the civil law system of the Peoples Republic of China.

Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Anti-Secession Law, Statutes and Acts
Source Anti-Secession Law (Wikipedia)
Beijing High People's Court, Courts
Source Beijing High People's Court (Wikipedia)
Beijing Intellectual Property Court, Courts
Source Beijing Intellectual Property Court (Wikipedia)
Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, Codes
Source Civil Code of the People's Republic of China (Wikipedia)
Civil Code of the People's Republic of China (2021), Codes
Common Program, Codes
Source Common Program (China) (Wikipedia)
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, Codes
Source Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (Wikipedia)
Duan Jielong, Jurists
Source International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: ITLOS Members of the Tribunal
Guan Zhong, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Guan Zhong
Additional Source Guan Zhong (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Chinese jurists
Hangzhou Internet Court, Courts
Source Hangzhou Internet Court (Wikipedia)
Hong Kong Basic Law, Codes
Source Hong Kong Basic Law (Wikipedia)
Hong Kong National Security Law, Statutes and Acts
Source 2020 Hong Kong national security law (Wikipedia)
Hsu Mo, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Hsu Mo
Additional Source Hsu Mo (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Chinese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
Intermediate people's court, Courts
Source Intermediate people's court (Wikipedia)
John C. H. Wu, Jurists
Source John Ching Hsiung Wu (Wikipedia)
Liu Daqun, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Liu Daqun
Additional Source Liu Daqun (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Chinese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
Local people's court, Courts
Source Local people's court (Wikipedia)
Marriage Law of the Peoples Republic of China (1950), Statutes and Acts
Source New Marriage Law (Wikipedia)
Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), Regulations
Population and Family Planning Law of the Peoples Republic of China, Statutes and Acts
Source Central Intelligence Agency: China, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Primary people's court, Courts
Source Primary people's court (Wikipedia)
Shi Jiuyong, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Shi Jiuyong
Additional Source Shi Jiuyong (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Chinese legal scholars
Supreme People's Court of China, Courts
Wang Chonghui, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Wang Chonghui
Additional Source Wang Chonghui (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Chinese judges of international courts and tribunals
Wellington Koo, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Wellington Koo
Additional Source Wellington Koo (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Chinese jurists
Xue Hanqin, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Xue Hanqin
Additional Source Xue Hanqin (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Chinese women judges
Zhang Jun, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Zhang Jun
Zheng Yuxiu, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Zheng Yuxiu
Additional Source Zheng Yuxiu (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: Chinese women lawyers
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Source Law of China (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Law of the People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China has a type of civil law system... and socialist lawView the Source
2. Law of China (Wikipedia)
  • Section: Communist China
    After the Communist victory in 1949, the newly established People's Republic of China (PRC) quickly abolished the ROC's legal codes and attempted to create a system of socialist law.
  • Section: Constitution and NPC
    The Constitution provides that the NPC is the supreme organ of state power.
  • Introduction, jurisdictions using it
    Chinese law is one of the oldest legal traditions in the world.
  • In Group: Chinese Civil Law Tradition, modern Chinese law is based on Germanic-style civil law socialist law and traditional Chinese approaches
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Major Legal Systems in the World Today
Rene David and John E.C. Brierley, Stevens and Sons, 1985Includes: Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China
Wikidata: Andrew Cheung
Includes: Andrew Cheung, Andrew Cheung is a Hong Kong jurist who has served as Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong since 11 January 2021, the third person to hold the office and the first to haveView the Source
Central Intelligence Agency: China, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyIncludes: Population and Family Planning Law of the Peoples Republic of China, Government, Legal system
Quote, Includes: Population and Family Planning Law of the Peoples Republic of China, Government, Legal system
civil law influenced by Soviet and continental European civil law systems
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Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (Wikipedia)
Includes: Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, Lead section
The Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法) is a procedural statute of China intended to ensure the correct implementation of Chinese criminal law.
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Intermediate people's court (Wikipedia)
Includes: Intermediate people's court, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Intermediate people's court, Lead section
An intermediate people's court (Chinese: 中级人民法院) is the second-lowest local people's court in China.
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Primary people's court (Wikipedia)
Includes: Primary people's court, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Primary people's court, Lead section
A primary people's court (simplified Chinese: 基层人民法院; traditional Chinese: 基層人民法院; pinyin: Jīcéng Rénmín Fǎyuàn) is a lowest level court in the Courts of General Jurisdiction in the People's Republic of China.
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Beijing High People's Court (Wikipedia)
Includes: Beijing High People's Court, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Beijing High People's Court, Lead section
The Beijing High People's Court, officially called High People's Court of Beijing Municipality, is the high people's court for Beijing, China.
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Local people's court (Wikipedia)
Includes: Local people's court, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Local people's court, Lead section
A local people's court is a local level (first instance) court of the People's Republic of China.
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2020 Hong Kong national security law (Wikipedia)
Includes: Hong Kong National Security Law, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Hong Kong National Security Law, Wikipedia lead paragraph
The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kon
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Anti-Secession Law (Wikipedia)
Includes: Anti-Secession Law, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Anti-Secession Law, Wikipedia lead paragraph
The Anti-Secession Law is a law of the People's Republic of China, passed by the 3rd Session of the 10th National P
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Hangzhou Internet Court (Wikipedia)
Includes: Hangzhou Internet Court, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Hangzhou Internet Court, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Internet Court is a court of special jurisdiction in China. The court was established on August 18, 2017, ba
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Beijing Intellectual Property Court (Wikipedia)
Includes: Beijing Intellectual Property Court, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Beijing Intellectual Property Court, Wikipedia lead paragraph
chǎnquán fǎyuàn) is a Court of special jurisdiction in the People's Republic of China, which handles: "first-instance IP civil or admin
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Civil Code of the People's Republic of China (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, Wikipedia lead paragraph
The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国民法典; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gòn
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Common Program (China) (Wikipedia)
Includes: Common Program, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Common Program, Wikipedia lead paragraph
1949. Replacing the constitution of the Republic of China, the Common Program served as the provisional con
View the Source
Hong Kong Basic Law (Wikipedia)
Includes: Hong Kong Basic Law, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Hong Kong Basic Law, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is a Chinese national law that describes the syst
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Wikidata: Zhang Jun
Includes: Zhang Jun, Wikipedia category: 21st-century Chinese judgesView the Source
John Ching Hsiung Wu (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: John C. H. Wu, Wikipedia category: Chinese juristsView the Source
New Marriage Law (Wikipedia)
Includes: Marriage Law of the Peoples Republic of China (1950), Introduction
Quote, Includes: Marriage Law of the Peoples Republic of China (1950), Introduction
The New Marriage Law (also First Marriage Law, Chinese: 新婚姻法; pinyin: Xīn Hūnyīn Fǎ) was a civil marriage law passed in the People's Republic of China on May 1, 1950.
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International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: ITLOS Members of the Tribunal
International Tribunal for the Law of the SeaIncludes: Duan Jielong, Members: current composition of the Tribunal
Quote, Includes: Duan Jielong, Members: current composition of the Tribunal
Jielong Duan (China)
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Xue Hanqin (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Xue Hanqin, Wikipedia category: Chinese women judges
Quote, Includes: Xue Hanqin, Wikipedia category: Chinese women judges
Category:Chinese women judges
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Shi Jiuyong (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Shi Jiuyong, Wikipedia category: Chinese legal scholars
Quote, Includes: Shi Jiuyong, Wikipedia category: Chinese legal scholars
Category:Chinese legal scholars
View the Source
Wellington Koo (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Wellington Koo, Wikipedia category: Chinese jurists
Quote, Includes: Wellington Koo, Wikipedia category: Chinese jurists
Category:Chinese jurists
View the Source
Liu Daqun (Wikipedia)
Includes: Liu Daqun, Wikipedia category: Chinese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
Quote, Includes: Liu Daqun, Wikipedia category: Chinese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
Category:Chinese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
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Hsu Mo (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Hsu Mo, Wikipedia category: Chinese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
Quote, Includes: Hsu Mo, Wikipedia category: Chinese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
Category:Chinese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
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Wang Chonghui (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Wang Chonghui, Wikipedia category: Chinese judges of international courts and tribunals
Quote, Includes: Wang Chonghui, Wikipedia category: Chinese judges of international courts and tribunals
Category:Chinese judges of international courts and tribunals
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Zheng Yuxiu (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Zheng Yuxiu, Wikipedia category: Chinese women lawyers
Quote, Includes: Zheng Yuxiu, Wikipedia category: Chinese women lawyers
Category:Chinese women lawyers
View the Source
Guan Zhong (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Guan Zhong, Wikipedia category: Chinese jurists
Quote, Includes: Guan Zhong, Wikipedia category: Chinese jurists
Category:Chinese jurists
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