Contract Law of the People's Republic of China
Author:sipoIssuing Date:2008-01-24 13:28:30Source:sipo
(Adopted at the Second Session of the Ninth National People's Congress on March 15, 1999)
Contents
General Provisions
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapter 2 Conclusion of Contracts
Chapter 3 Effectiveness of Contracts
Chapter 4 Performance of Contracts
Chapter 5 Modification and Assignment of Contracts
Chapter 6 Termination of the Right and Obligations of Contracts
Chapter 7 Liability of Breach of Contracts
Chapter 8 Miscellaneous Provisions
Specific Provisions
Chapter 9 Contracts for Sales
Chapter 10 Contracts for Supply and Use of Electricity, Water, Gas or Heating
Chapter 11 Contracts for Donation
Chapter 12 Contracts for Loans
Chapter 13 Contracts for lease
Chapter 14 Contracts for Financial Lease
Chapter 15 Contracts for Work
Chapter 16 Contracts for Construction Projects
Chapter 17 Contracts for Transportation
Chapter 18 Contracts for Technology
Chapter 19 Contracts for Storage
Chapter 20 Contracts for Warehousing
Chapter 21 Contracts for Commission
Chapter 22 Contracts for Brokerage
Chapter 23 Contracts for Intermediation
Supplementary Provisions
General Provisions
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is formulated with a view to protecting the lawful rights and interests of the parties to contracts, maintaining the social economic order and promoting the progress of the socialist modernization drive.
Article 2 A contract in this Law refers to an agreement establishing, modifying and terminating the civil rights and obligations between subjects of equal footing, that is, between natural persons, legal persons or other organizations.
Agreements involving personal status relationship such as on matrimony, adoption, guardianship, etc. Shall apply the provisions of other Laws.
Article 3 The parties to contract shall have equal legal status. No party may impose its will on the other party.
Article 4 The parties shall have the rights to be voluntary to enter into a contract in accordance with the law. No unit or individual may illegally interfere.
Article 5 The parties shall abide by the principle of fairness in defining the rights and obligations of each party.
Article 6 The parties must act in accordance with the principle of good faith, no matter in exercising rights or in performing obligations.
Article 7 In concluding and performing a contract, the parties shall abide by the laws and administrative regulations, observe social ethics. Neither party may disrupt the socio-economic order or damage the public interests.
Article 8 As soon as a contract is established in accordance with the law, it shall be legally binding on the parties. The parties shall perform their respective obligations in accordance with the terms of the contract. Neither party may unilaterally modify or rescind the contract.
The contract established according to law shall be under the protection of law.
Chapter 2 Conclusion of Contracts
Article 9 In concluding a contract, the parties shall have appropriate civil capacity of right and civil capacity of conduct.
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