China Commercial Customs and Commercial Legislation Reasons (Twentieth Century Chinese Legal Classics)

Author: Zhang Jiacheng et al.
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Publishing Date: 2003-11-01
Features: The modern commercial legislation in China began with the reform of laws and regulations during the late Qing Dynasty. On January 21, 1904, the Qing government promulgated the "Soft Commercial Code," which included the "General Provisions of Merchants" (nine articles) and the "Commercial Company Code" (131 articles). This is considered the first "modern code" in the history of Chinese legal system and marks the beginning of the modernization of Chinese law. The appendix of this book includes the "Commercial Customs of Shanghai" published in 1920, which is a compilation of responses to inquiries from the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce and the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce regarding commercial customs issues from the late Guangxu period to nearly three decades before its publication. The modern Chinese commercial law is far from complete, and commercial activities are extremely complex. Therefore, commercial customs play an even more significant role in resolving commercial disputes, and commercial legislation often relies on commercial customs as its foundation. Hence, the richly informative "Commercial Customs of Shanghai" is included as an appendix, together with the main text "Reasons for Investigating Cases," forming the book "Reasons for Commercial Customs and Commercial Legislation in China" and published as a whole for the readers' enjoyment.