Electronic Commerce Law of the People's Republic of China (Закон Китайской Народной Республики «Об электронной коммерции»)

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Electronic Commerce Law¹ of the People's Republic of China

 (Закон Китайской Народной Республики «Об электронной коммерции»)

(Adopted at the 5th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on August 31, 2018)

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II E-Commerce Operators

Section 1 General Rules

Section 2 E-Commerce Platform Operators

Chapter III Formation and Performance of E-Commerce Contracts

Chapter IV Settlement of E-Commerce Disputes

Chapter V Promotion of E-Commerce

Chapter VI Legal Liability

Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1. This Law is enacted to safeguard the lawful rights and interests of e-commerce participants, regulate e-commerce, maintain market order, and promote sustainable and sound e-commerce development.

Article 2. This Law applies to e-commerce within the territory of the People's Republic of China.

For the purposes of this Law, «e-commerce» means business activities of selling goods or providing services through the internet or any other information network.

Where any other law or administrative regulation provides otherwise for the sale of goods or provision of services, such other laws or administrative regulations shall apply. This Law shall not apply to financial products and services and content services provided via information networks, such as news information, audio-video programs, publications, and cultural products.

Article 3. The State encourages the development of new forms of e-commerce and the creation of new models of commerce, promote the research, development and application of e-commerce technology, facilitate e-commerce credibility building, foster a market environment favorable for e-commerce innovation and development, and ensure that e-commerce plays an important role in promoting high-quality development, meeting the people's ever-growing needs for a better life, and developing an open economy.

Article 4. The State shall provide equal treatment to online and offline commerce and stimulate their integration. The people's governments and relevant departments at all levels may neither implement discriminatory policies or measures nor abuse their administrative power to exclude or restrict market competition.