civil code of the People's Republic of China

E85190

civil code codified statute fundamental law

The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China is the country's comprehensive fundamental law governing private rights and civil relations, including property, contracts, personality rights, marriage and family, and inheritance.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Civil Code of the People's Republic of China	6
Book IV of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China	1
Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China	1
Inheritance Law of the People's Republic of China	1
civil code of the People's Republic of China canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T685615 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: civil code of the People's Republic of China
Context triple: [Supreme People's Court of China, interprets, civil code of the People's Republic of China]

A. Constitution of the People's Republic of China
The Constitution of the People's Republic of China is the country's fundamental law that defines the structure of the state, the leadership role of the Communist Party, and the rights and duties of citizens.
B. Imperial Household Law
The Imperial Household Law is the Japanese statute that governs the structure, succession, and internal affairs of the Imperial Family.
C. Italian Civil Code
The Italian Civil Code is the fundamental body of private law in Italy, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations within the Italian legal system.
D. Code of Civil Procedure of Japan
The Code of Civil Procedure of Japan is the primary statute that governs how civil lawsuits are conducted and adjudicated in Japanese courts.
E. Body of Civil Law
The Body of Civil Law is the monumental 6th-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, which became a foundational source for later European legal systems.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: civil code of the People's Republic of China
Target entity description: The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China is the country's comprehensive fundamental law governing private rights and civil relations, including property, contracts, personality rights, marriage and family, and inheritance.

A. Constitution of the People's Republic of China
The Constitution of the People's Republic of China is the country's fundamental law that defines the structure of the state, the leadership role of the Communist Party, and the rights and duties of citizens.
B. Imperial Household Law
The Imperial Household Law is the Japanese statute that governs the structure, succession, and internal affairs of the Imperial Family.
C. Italian Civil Code
The Italian Civil Code is the fundamental body of private law in Italy, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations within the Italian legal system.
D. Code of Civil Procedure of Japan
The Code of Civil Procedure of Japan is the primary statute that governs how civil lawsuits are conducted and adjudicated in Japanese courts.
E. Body of Civil Law
The Body of Civil Law is the monumental 6th-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, which became a foundational source for later European legal systems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil code ⓘ codified statute ⓘ fundamental law ⓘ
adoptedBy	National People's Congress ⓘ
aimsTo	adjust civil relations ⓘ maintain social and economic order ⓘ protect the lawful rights and interests of civil subjects ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple	equality of civil subjects ⓘ fairness ⓘ good faith ⓘ green principle ⓘ voluntariness ⓘ
containsPart	Contracts ⓘ General Provisions ⓘ inheritance ⓘ surface form: Inheritance Marriage and Family ⓘ Personality Rights ⓘ Real Rights ⓘ Tort Liability ⓘ
country	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
excludesJurisdiction	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Macau ⓘ surface form: Macao Special Administrative Region Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan region
governs	civil relations ⓘ private rights ⓘ
jurisdiction	Greater China ⓘ surface form: Mainland China
language	Chinese ⓘ
legalField	civil law ⓘ
legalStatus	fundamental civil law of China ⓘ
legalSystem	socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics ⓘ
legislature	National People's Congress ⓘ
predecessor	Contract Law of the People's Republic of China ⓘ General Principles of Civil Law of the People's Republic of China ⓘ civil code of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Inheritance Law of the People's Republic of China Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China ⓘ Property Law of the People's Republic of China ⓘ Tort Liability Law of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
promulgatedBy	President of China ⓘ surface form: President of the People's Republic of China
protects	lawful inheritance rights ⓘ lawful interests of families ⓘ personality rights of natural persons ⓘ property rights of civil subjects ⓘ
regulates	contracts ⓘ inheritance ⓘ marriage and family ⓘ personality rights ⓘ property ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil obligations ⓘ civil rights ⓘ private law ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme People's Court of China → interprets → civil code of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

civil code of the People's Republic of China → predecessor → civil code of the People's Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Civil Code of the People's Republic of China

this entity surface form: Inheritance Law of the People's Republic of China

General Principles of Civil Law of the People's Republic of China → supersededBy → civil code of the People's Republic of China ⓘ