China's draft civil code to be submitted to NPC annual session for review

BEIJING - China's draft civil code will be submitted to next year's annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) for deliberation, according to an NPC Standing Committee resolution.

The resolution was approved Saturday at the end of a bimonthly session of the NPC Standing Committee, which ran from Dec 23 to 28.

The draft consists of general provisions and six sections on property, contracts, personality rights, marriage and family, inheritance, and torts.

The draft will be sent to all national lawmakers to solicit opinions in January, and opinions of local legislatures, relevant authorities and the public will also be solicited to improve the draft before it is submitted to the NPC annual session, said Shen Chunyao, vice chairman of the NPC Constitution and Law Committee, while briefing lawmakers on the draft Monday.

The third annual session of the 13th NPC will be held on March 5, 2020.