[Commentary] The draft of the Civil Code will be submitted to the Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress for deliberation, which means that the first civil code of New China is only "one step away" from the official release. What are the features and highlights of this draft Civil Code? What are the effects of people's lives? Let's take a look.
[Commentary] The newly compiled draft of the Civil Code consists of 7 parts, followed by general parts, property rights, contracts, personality rights, marriage and family, inheritance, tort liability, and supplementary articles, a total of 1260 articles, creating a new China A new record in the history of legislation.
[Explanation] The Civil Code is called the "Encyclopedia of Social Life". It is a collection of laws protecting private rights. Almost all civil activities are as large as contract signing, company establishment, small payment of property fees, divorce, and even the rights of the fetus. The protection of personality rights after death can be found in the civil code. It can be said that it is a comprehensive code to protect the civil rights of the people.
【Explanation】 According to experts from the Legal Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the draft civil code meets the needs of the development of the times and responds to the real needs of today's society. For example, the draft Civil Code clearly stipulates various “human flesh searches” and illegal theft of information from others, including donation of corpses, sexual harassment in the workplace and campus, illegally engaging in medical and scientific research activities related to human genes and human embryos All will be strictly regulated.
[Explanation] In recent years, tragedies caused by high-altitude parabolic incidents have occurred repeatedly. The draft of the Civil Code has newly added a "prohibition of throwing objects from buildings", and has refined the responsibilities of all parties to effectively maintain the "overhead security" of the people. .
[Explanation] At the same time, the draft civil code also reflects the characteristics of the times, it responds to the new legal issues brought about by social development. The draft Civil Code has a separate personality rights editor, which highlights the protection of people ’s rights of reputation and privacy. It is not only a major innovation in Chinese civil legislation, but also contains full respect and protection of people ’s rights. In response to the infringement of personal information brought about by the development of technologies such as the Internet and big data, the draft Civil Code stipulates rules for the protection of personal information. It also includes data and network virtual property for the first time.
[Explanation] It is reported that after the formal implementation of the Civil Code, the current Marriage Law, Inheritance Law, General Rules of Civil Law, Adoption Law, Guarantee Law, Contract Law, Property Law, Tort Law and Civil Law General Rules will be abolished at the same time.
Reporter Shan Lu from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]