China's National People's Congress approved on Thursday the project of the first unified civil code in the country's history
BEIJING (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th May, 2020) China's National People's Congress approved on Thursday the project of the first unified civil code in the country's history.
Out of 2,886 delegates present at the session, 2,879 supported the move, two voted against it, and five more abstained, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the site of the vote.
China has made four attempts to adopt a unified civil code, in 1954, 1962, 1979 and 2001. However, all these attempts failed due to differences on wording or understanding of certain concepts.
