Legal Consultation of Chinese Lawmakers
In March of 1998 the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress created a timeline for the completion of a civil code. The plan envisioned first enacting a uniform contractual code and then a succession of further codes through 2010. The contractual code was passed on 15 March 1999. Property law as well as tort law and international private law have subsequently been undertaken.In cooperation with the Peking branch of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), the Institute served as an advisor to the Chinese legislature. In September 2005 Gebhard Rehm travelled to Chengdu and Peking in order to participate in two symposia on the drafting of a Chinese property law. In November 2005 the Institute in Hamburg hosted members of the Legal Committee and Prof. Dr. Hinrich Julius of the Peking branch of the GTZ in order to discuss the draft of the 8th book planned for the Chinese civil code, covering torts. At the start of October 2006 a consultation took place at the Hamburg Institute regarding the 9th book, treating international private law. At the end of October Gebhard Rehm and Knut Benjamin Pißler travelled to Peking to answer further questions of the Legal Committee regarding the codification on international private law.
In similar cooperation with the GTZ, the Institute assisted the Ministry of Civil Affairs, responsible for the registration and administration of non-profit organisations, in improving the Chinese regulations governing foundations. Towards this aim Thomas von Hippel and Knut Benjamin Pißler travelled to Peking in November 2005 in order to attend an international symposium which had been organised by the GTZ and the Ministry of Civil Administration on mechanisms for evaluating foundations.
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Consultation on the codification of Chinese international private law in October 2006 |
Scientific projects about this topic
Further Information
Publications
- Hinrich Julius, China auf dem Weg zu einem Zivilgesetzbuch: Zur Nichtverabschiedung des Sachenrechtsgesetzes, in: ZChinR, Volume 13 (2006), pp. 270-176.
- Hinrich Julius/Niels Petersen, Die Kodifikation des chinesischen Sachenrechts. Zu zwei Symposien zum chinesischen Sachenrecht am 13./14.09.2005 in Chengdu sowie am 31.10./01.11.2005 in Peking, in: ZChinR, Volume 13 (2006), pp. 151-153.
- Knut Benjamin Pißler/Thomas von Hippel, Stiftungsrecht in der Volksrepublik China: Zwischen Zivilgesellschaft und Überwachungsstaat? - Zur neuen Stiftungsverordnung vom 8. März 2004, in: RabelsZ, Volume 70 (2006), Issue 1, pp. 89-137.