Dawn of a Civil Code Era
May 28, 2020
2 minutes
By Lan Xinzhen
Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar
One of the top priorities on the agenda of the annual session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), the national legislature, was set much before the novel coronavirus pandemic or other recent issues. It was to vote on the draft civil code, a milestone in developing a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics.
A new civil code will contribute to modernizing the
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