China Laws Directory

Civil & Commercial Laws

98 instruments · English translations

This directory lists the English translations of China’s Civil & Commercial Laws published on this site. Civil and commercial laws govern the legal relationships between equal parties — individuals and companies — in everyday economic life. The directory includes only complete translations of laws and regulations that are currently in force (the latest version of each instrument).

A

• Administrative Measures for QFII and RQFII Domestic Securities and Futures Investment of China (the PRC)
• Administrative Measures for the Registration of Legal Representatives of Enterprises of China (the PRC)
• Administrative Measures for the Registration of Pledges of Equity Interests of China (the PRC)
• Administrative Measures on Domestic Securities and Futures Investment by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors of China (the PRC)
• Announcement on Several Issues Concerning Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfers of Property by Non-Resident Enterprises of China (the PRC)
• Anti-Unfair Competition Law of China (the PRC)
• Auction Law of China (the PRC) – Full English Translation (1996, Amended 2004)

C – E

• Civil Code of China (the PRC) — Book I: General Part
• Civil Code of China (the PRC) — Book II: Property Rights
• Civil Code of China (the PRC) — Book III: Contracts
• Civil Code of China (the PRC) — Book V: Marriage and Family
• Civil Code of China (the PRC) — Book VI: Inheritance
• Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China — Book IV: Personality Rights
• Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China — Book VI: Succession
• Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (2024 Revision)
• Copyright Law of China (the PRC)
• Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Establishing Maritime Courts in Coastal Port Cities
• Deposit Insurance Regulations of China (the PRC)
• E-Commerce Law of China (the PRC)
• Electronic Commerce Law of China (the PRC)
• Electronic Signature Law of China (the PRC)
• Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of China (the PRC)

G

• Guarantee Law of China (the PRC)

I

• Implementation Measures for the Party Commitment System in Securities and Futures Administrative Law Enforcement
• Insurance Law of China (the PRC)
• Interim Measures for the Administration of Securities and Futures Investment Consulting of China (the PRC)
• Interim Measures for the Administration of Securities Exchange Risk Funds
• Interim Measures on the Administration of Cross-Border E-Commerce Retail Imports of China (the PRC)
• Interim Provisions on the Administration of Foreign-Invested Securities Companies
• Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Copyright Dispute Cases

L – N

• Law of China (the PRC) on Judicial Immunity of the Property of Foreign Central Banks
• Law of China (the PRC) on Sino-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures
• Law of China (the PRC) on Specialized Farmers Cooperatives
• Law of China (the PRC) on the Application of Laws to Foreign-Related Civil Relations
• Maritime Law of China (the PRC)
• Maritime Procedure Law of China (the PRC)
• Maritime Traffic Safety Law of China (the PRC)
• Measures for the Administration of Assets and Liabilities of Insurance Companies of China (the PRC)
• Measures for the Administration of Information Disclosure of Asset Management Products of Banking and Insurance Institutions
• Measures for the Administration of Patent Priority Examination of China (the PRC)
• Measures for the Administration of the Registration of Property Rights of State-Owned Enterprise Assets of China (the PRC)
• Measures for the Registration of Adoption of Children by Foreigners in the People’s Republic of China
• Measures for the Registration of Pledges of Accounts Receivable of China (the PRC)
• Measures on the Administration of Securities Registration and Settlement of China (the PRC)
• Negotiable Instruments Law of China (the PRC)
• Notice of the China National Intellectual Property Administration on the Implementation of the Measures for the Administration of Patent Priority Examination

P

• Partnership Enterprise Law of the People’s Republic of China
• Patent Law of China (the PRC)
• Personal Information Protection Law of China (the PRC)
• Provisional Regulations of China (the PRC) on House Property Tax
• Provisions of the SPC on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Company Law of China (the PRC) (I)
• Provisions of the State Council on Handling Foreign-Related Intellectual Property Disputes of China (the PRC)
• Provisions of the State Council on the Implementation of the Registered Capital Registration Management System under the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China
• Provisions on Administration of Commercial Franchising
• Provisions on Foreign Exchange Administration of Cross-Border Guarantees (Hui Fa No. 29, 2014)
• Provisions on Simplified Measures for Personal Information Protection by Small Personal Information Processors
• Provisions on the Administration of Foreign-Invested Insurance Companies of China (the PRC)
• Provisions on the Administration of Foreign-Invested Partnership Enterprises
• Provisions on the Administration of the Registration of Enterprise Names of China (the PRC)
• Provisions on the Certification of Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information
• Provisions on the Prohibition of Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights to Exclude or Restrict Competition of the People’s Republic of China
• Provisions on the Recognition and Protection of Well-Known Trademarks of China (the PRC)
• Provisions on the Standard Contract for Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information
• Public Cultural Service Guarantee Law of China (the PRC)

R – T

• Regulation on the Administration of Enterprise Name Registration of China (the PRC)
• Regulations of China (the PRC) on Company Registration Administration
• Regulations of China (the PRC) on Customs Affairs Guarantee
• Regulations on Agricultural Insurance of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on Compulsory Liability Insurance for Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on Individual Industrial and Commercial Households of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on Marriage Registration of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on Patent Agency of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Administration of Commercial Franchise of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Administration of Foreign Contracted Projects of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Administration of International Maritime Transport of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Enterprise Legal Persons of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Market Entities of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Partnership Enterprises of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Administration of Securities Companies of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Implementation of the Consumer Rights Protection Law of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Protection of Computer Software of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Protection of Geographical Indication Products of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Protection of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Protection of Olympic Symbols of China (the PRC)
• Regulations on the Risk Disposal of Securities Companies of the People’s Republic of China
• Rural Land Contracting Law of China (the PRC)
• Securities Investment Fund Law of China (the PRC)
• Securities Law of China (the PRC)
• Several Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on the Jurisdiction over First-Instance Intellectual Property Civil and Administrative Cases
• Several Provisions on the Establishment of Foreign-Invested Joint Stock Companies of China (the PRC)
• Sole Proprietorship Enterprise Law of China (the PRC)
• SPC Judicial Interpretation (II) on Company Dissolution and Liquidation
• SPC Judicial Interpretation (III) on Capital Contribution and Shareholder Liability
• Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China (2026 Revision)
• Trust Law of China (the PRC)

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