The Making of the Chinese Civil Code: Promises and Persistent Problems

The Chinese Civil Code (2020) is the first ever Civil Code in mainland China since 1949. In addition to the consolidation of existing civil legislations, the Code incorporated a number of doctrinal and structural changes that are significant both in and beyond China. The chapters in this volume demonstrate the extent of European influence in Chinese Civil Law and also shows how Chinese law innovates upon those influences. The book shares the insights from both the key Chinese scholars who were directly involved in the drafting process and veteran Western scholars who study Chinese private law.

Hao Jiang is Assistant Professor of Comparative Private Law at Bocconi University. He has written about Chinese, European and American private law from a comparative perspective. He also writes about contract theory. With James Gordley, he co-authored the Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law (2021).

Pietro Sirena is Professor of Civil Law, European Private Law, and Comparative Private Law at Bocconi University, where, since 2018, he serves as Dean of the Law School. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the European Law Institute (ELI) and as Director of the Società Italiana per la Ricerca nel Diritto Comparato (SIRD). In 2022, he was elected President of the Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA); in 2018, membre associé of the Académie International de Droit Comparé (AIDC).