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The primary objective of the Marriage Law of 1950 was to abolish the feudalistic marriage system that persisted in China before 1949. Another development around 1950 was the land reform which granted women the right to own land, enabling them to achieve some more financial autonomy.
Feb 8, 2024 · To further enforce the 1950 Marriage Law, China launched a national Implementation of the Marriage Law Campaign in March 1953 (Xia 2020a). It was promoted through newspapers, brochures, lectures, and so on, and basically achieved the goal of changing customs (Zhang and Mo 2008).
The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the Marriage Law 1950) was the first national law after the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949.
Mar 24, 2016 · With the rise to power of the Communist Party in 1949 and its first piece of national legislation, the 1950 Marriage Law, marital regulation achieved new prominence on the national stage.
The 1950 Marriage Law challenged Chinese traditional beliefs and practices by encouraging free choice of marital partners, monogamy, and equality within the marital relationship.
- Yan Ruth Xia, Haiping Wang, Anh Do, Shen Qin
- 2014
Many peasants misunderstand the Marriage Law. They blindly emphasize that the Marriage Law “liberated” them. This is the case for some women in particular, who have become very unconventional and dissolute in their sexual relations.
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May 5, 2021 · One of its strategic priorities was to establish a new socialist order by reconstructing China’s marriage and family system. This gave birth to the 1950 Marriage Law, which abolished polygamy, along with arranged marriages, mercenary marriages and child betrothals.
