中华人民共和国合同法 英文版

1、ContractLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(AdoptedattheSecondSessionoftheNinthNationalPeople'sCongressonMarch15,1999andpromulgatedbyOrderNo.15ofthePresidentofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaonMarch15,1999)ContentsGeneralProvisionsChapterICommonProvisionsChapterIIMakingoftheContractChapterIIIValidityoftheContractChapterIVFulfillmentoftheContractChapterVModificationandTransferoftheContractChapterVITerminationofRightsandObligationsundertheContractChapterVIILiabilityforBreachofContractChapterVIIIMiscellaneo。

2、usProvisionsSpecificProvisionsChapterIXPurchaseandSaleContractsChapterXContractsfortheSupplyandConsumptionofElectricity,Water,GasorHeatChapterXIDonationContractsChapterXIILoanContractsChapterXIIILeaseContractsChapterXIVContractsforFinancialLeaseChapterXVWorkContractsChapterXVIConstructionProjectContractsChapterXVIICarriageContractsChapterXVIIITechnologyContractsChapterXIXContractsofDepositChapterXXWarehousingContractsChapterXXIEntrustmentContractsChapterXXIIBrokerageContractsChapterXXIIIIntermed。

3、iationContractsSupplementaryProvisionsGeneralProvisionsChapterICommonProvisionsArticle1ThisLawisenactedforthepurposeofprotectingthelegitimaterightsandinterestsofthepartiestocontracts,maintainingthesocio-economicorderandpromotingthesocialistmodernization.Article2ForthepurposeofthisLaw,acontractmeansanagreementontheestablishment,alterationorterminationofacivilright-obligationrelationshipbetweennaturalpersons,legalpersonsorotherorganizationsassubjectswithequalstatus.Agreementsonestablishingsuchpers。

4、onalrelationshipsasmarriage,adoptionandguardianshipshallbegovernedbytheprovisionsofotherlaws.Article3Thepartiestothecontracthaveequallegalstatus,andneitherpartymayimposeitswillontheother.Article4Thepartiesshall,pursuanttolaw,havetherighttoenterintoacontractontheirownfreewill,andnounitorpersonmayunlawfullyinterfere.Article5Thepartiesshallobservetheprincipleofequityindefiningeachother'srightsandobligations.Article6Thepartiesshallobservetheprincipleofgoodfaithinexercisingtheirrightsandfulfillingthe。

5、irobligations.Article7Thepartiesshall,inmakingandfulfillingthecontract,abidebylawsandadministrativeregulationsandrespectsocialethics,andmaynotdisruptthesocio-economicordernorimpairsocialandpublicinterests.Article8Alegallyexecutedcontracthaslegalbindingforceontheparties.Thepartiesshallfulfilltheirobligationsascontracted,andmaynotarbitrarilymodifyorterminatethecontract.Alegallyexecutedcontractisprotectedbylaw.ChapterIIMakingoftheContractArticle9Thepartiesshall,whenmakingacontract,havecorresponding。

6、capacityforcivilrightsandcivilconduct.Apartymay,inaccordancewiththelaw,entrustanagenttomakeacontract.Article10Thepartiesmay,whenmakingacontract,usewrittenform,verbalformoranyotherform.Thewrittenformshallbeadoptediflawsoradministrativeregulationssorequire.Thewrittenformshallbeadoptedifthepartiessoagree.Article11Writtenformasusedhereinmeansanyformwhichrenderstheinformationcontainedinacontractcapableofbeingreproducedintangibleformsuchasawrittenagreement,aletter,orelectronictext(includingtelegram,te。

7、lex,facsimile,electronicdatainterchangeande-mail).Article12Thecontentofacontractisdeterminedbythepartiesandgenerallyincludesthefollowingclauses:(1)designationsornamesandaddressesoftheparties;(2)thetargetedmatter;(3)quantity;(4)quality;(5)priceorremuneration;(6)time,placeandmodeoffulfillment;(7)liabilityforbreachofcontract;and(8)disputesettlement.Thepartiesmaymakecontractswithreferencetovariousmodelcontractforms.Article13Thepartiesshall,inmakingacontract,taketheformofofferandacceptance.Article14A。

8、nofferisanintentindicationshowingthedesiretoenterintoacontractwithothers,andtheintentindicationshallconformtothefollowingprovisions:(1)thecontentindicatedshallbeconcreteanddefinite;(2)theofferorshall,asisindicated,beboundbytheintentindicationuponitsacceptancebyanofferee.Article15Aninvitationforofferisanintentindicationshowingthedesiretoreceiveoffersfromothers.Mailedordeliveredpricecatalogs,auctionannouncements,invitationsforbid,capital-raisingprospectusandcommercialadvertisementsaresuchinvitatio。

9、nsforoffer.Acommercialadvertisementshall,ifitscontentconformstotheprovisionsregardingoffers,bedeemedanoffer.Article16Anofferbecomeseffectivewhenitreachestheofferee.Ifacontractismadeintheformoftextinelectronicdataandthereceiverhasdesignatedaspecialreceivingsystemtoreceivesuchdatatext,thetimeatwhichthetextinelectronicdataentersthedesignatedspecialsystemshallbethetimeofarrival;ifnospecialreceivingsystemisdesignated,thetimeatwhichthetextinelectronicdatafirstentersanyofthereceiver'ssystemsshallbethet。

10、imeofarrival.Article17Anoffermaybewithdrawn.Thewithdrawalnoticeofanoffershallreachtheoffereebeforeoratthesametimeasthearrivaloftheofferattheofferee.Article18Anoffermayberevoked.Therevocationnoticeofanoffershallreachtheoffereebeforethedispatchofanacceptancenoticebytheofferee.Article19Anoffermaynotberevokedunderanyofthefollowingconditions:(1)theofferorhasspecifiedatimelimitfortheacceptance,orhasexplicitlyindicatedinanyothermannertheirrevocabilityoftheoffer;(2)therearegroundsfortheoffereetomaintaint。