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1. • • In 1950, China's new Communist government enacted a Marriage Law to allow free choice in marriage and easier access to divorce. Prohibiting arranged marriages, concubinage, and bigamy, it was one of the most dramatic efforts ever by a state to change marital and family relationships.
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   How did China enforce the 1950 Marriage Law?

   • 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).

   Seventy Years of Marriage and Family Law in China: Achievements

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   What was the first marriage law in China?

   • In 1950, the first marriage law of the People's Republic of China inscribed consensual marriage between one man and one woman as the only legal form of marriage, and outlawed polygamy, concubinage, arranged marriage, and minor marriage. Both husband and wife were granted the right to divorce.

   Paradox in marriage values and behavior in contemporary China

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   Why is the 1950 Marriage Law important?

   • Undeniably, the 1950 Marriage Law was an important milestone in the history of the development of Chinese marriage and family law. To further enforce the 1950 Marriage Law, China launched a national Implementation of the Marriage Law Campaign in March 1953 (Xia 2020a).

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   How has Chinese marriage and family law changed over the past 70 years?

   • Since the passage of the 1950 Marriage Law, marriage and family law underwent three major revisions in 1980, 2001 and 2020 and achieved remarkable development over the last 70 years. Chinese marriage and family law plays a vital role in adjusting marriage and family relations and maintaining family stability (Wang 2023).

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   How did the Mao era affect marriage in China?

   • Although the People’s Republic of China established its first marriage law during the Mao era, aiming to promote freedom of marriage and divorce, this did not, however, translate to freedom of love and romance. Love remained bound within a nationalistic framework and was subjected to political revolution.

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   How conservative is Chinese marriage and family law?

   • However, compared with some Western countries, the reform of marriage and family law in China is relatively conservative and cautious. It fails to respond to some needs for social changes. Chinese marriage and family law is also facing some challenges.

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   Feb 8, 2024 · Undeniably, the 1950 Marriage Law was an important milestone in the history of the development of Chinese marriage and family law. To further enforce the 1950 Marriage Law, China launched a national Implementation of the Marriage Law Campaign in March 1953 .

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   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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   Mar 24, 2016 · The ideal vision of marriage embedded in the 1950 law has faced powerful challenges over time, especially as marital conflict and dissolution have received greater societal and legal attention in recent decades.

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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.

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   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.

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   the impact of the law. During a period when not a few theses in the China field have come and gone, the conservative betrayal thesis concerning the impact of the Marriage Law has remained amazingly resilient. Let us look at this thesis in greater detail, beginning with the primary cast of characters involved in the law's life and death ...

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   Sep 6, 2016 · In 1950, the first marriage law of the People's Republic of China inscribed consensual marriage between one man and one woman as the only legal form of marriage, and outlawed polygamy, concubinage, arranged marriage, and minor marriage. Both husband and wife were granted the right to divorce.