RUC Legal Scholars Contribute to the Drafting of Chinese Civil Code

(The Civil Code of the People¡¯s Republic of China was adopted)
The
Civil Code of the People¡¯s Republic of China was adopted at the 3rd Session of
the 13th National People¡¯s Congress of PRC on May 28, 2020, declaring a
new era of China¡¯s civil law.
Honored
as the ¡°encyclopedia of social life¡±, the Civil Code consists of seven parts on
general provisions, property rights, contracts, personality rights, marriage
and family, inheritance, tort liabilities and supplementary provisions,
totaling 1260 clauses. Law scholars led by Prof. Wang Liming from RUC Law
School have made important contributions to the Civil Code.
First,
in the Civil Code codification project led by China Law Society, participants
from RUC Law School were the most among countrywide law schools.
Professors
Wang Liming, Wang Yi, Yang Lixin, Zhang Xinbao and Long
Yifei worked as the convener and leader in enacting Parts
of Contracts, Property, Inheritance, Tort and Marriage and
Family respectively. Professors Gao Shengping, Yao Hui and Shi Jiayou also
participated in the legislation as major members. Professor Zhu Hu, as the
member of Civil Code codification group of Legislative Affairs Committee of the
NPC Standing Committee, since April 2017, has directly participated in
drafting Civil Code and written several briefs for Civil Code
popularization.

(Professor Wang
Liming on the 13th National People¡¯s Congress)
Second, serving as
think-tank, the panel from RUC has made massive research on Civil Code. During
the enactment, RUC team has written dozens of expert proposals to the
legislature and published 34 books and over 200 academic papers about Civil
Code. From 2016 to 2019, entrusted by the legislature, the team has held 12
major projects and managed over 20 domestic or international seminars regarding
Civil Code, providing constructive opinions and suggestions which are finally
accepted by the legislature.
For
example, the theory of independence of Personality Rights Part and Tort Part
was first brought up and further studied by Prof. Wang Liming, later turned to
be commonly agreed both theoretically and practically. The idea of ¡°human concern¡± and rules on business environment in Civil Code were
also initiated and comprehensively discussed by RUC panel.
(Editor: Wen Hui, Gao
Kaiming, Sun Hanlin) |