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      • The new marriage law was enacted in May 1950, delivered by Mao Zedong himself. It provided a civil registry for legal marriages, raised the marriageable age to 20 for males and 18 for females, and banned marriage by proxy; both parties had to consent to a marriage.
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  2. The New Marriage Law (also First Marriage Law, Chinese: 新婚姻法; pinyin: Xīn Hūnyīn Fǎ) was a civil marriage law passed in the People's Republic of China on May 1, 1950. It was a radical change from existing patriarchal Chinese marriage customs, and needed constant support from propaganda campaigns.

  3. Feb 8, 2024 · The future development of Chinese marriage and family law will absorb the beneficial legislative experience from the last 70 years and the excellent Chinese traditional culture, formulate new laws for the empty fields and refine existing laws to respond to the existing challenges and other marriage and family issues, and humbly learn from ...

  4. Marriage in China has undergone change during the country's economic reform period, especially as a result of new legal policies such as the New Marriage Law of 1950 and the family planning policy in place from 1979 to 2015.

    • Arranged Marriages Outlawed, Romance Becomes Political
    • 'Bachelors Are Bank Cards, Bachelorettes Are Properties'
    • 'Leftover Women' and 'Bare Branches'

    The Marriage Law of 1950 outlawed arranged marriages, enabled women to divorce their husbands, and made it illegal for men to have multiple wives. Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, the founding director of the Centre for Family and Population Research (CFPR) at the National University of Singapore, said the new law played a significant role in addressing gender ...

    While love and marriages are more liberated in China, parents still play an important but less influential role in their children's spouse selection, with some taking matters into their own hands. In Shanghai, hundreds of parents gather at what is widely-known as the "marriage corner" or "marriage market" in People's Park every weekend to display t...

    Chinese bachelors and bachelorettes who remain single after their late-20s face immense pressure to get married and have children, with derogatory terms such as "leftover women" and "bare branches" given to those who remain unmarried beyond a certain age. More than 85 per cent of young Chinese have been pushed by older family members to get married...

  5. The New Marriage Law (also First Marriage Law, Chinese: 新婚姻法; pinyin: Xīn Hūnyīn Fă) was a civil marriage law passed in the People's Republic of China on May 1, 1950. It was a radical change from existing patriarchal Chinese marriage traditions, and needed constant support from propaganda campaigns.

  6. For ex­ample, the new Marriage Law, which went into effect in 1950, 12 drew on a number of sources: Marx and Engels, Soviet law, the experience and laws of the pre-1949 Chinese Communist base areas, and the laws of the former Guomindang regime. 13 The law was designed to revolu­tionize China’s rural culture and economy by re-defining ...

  7. This Revised Marriage Law (RML) introduces new elements to deal with emerging marriage and family issues in Chinese society vis à vis the rapid social changes. Highlights of the RML Mistresses: The RML forbids the cohabitation of a spouse with a non-spousal person.

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