Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 3 The personal rights, property rights and other lawful rights and interests of civil subjects are protected by law, and no organization or individual may infringe upon them.
Article 4 Civil subjects have equal legal status in civil activities.
Article 5 Civil subjects engaged in civil activities shall follow the principle of voluntariness and establish, change and terminate civil legal relations according to their own wishes.
Article 8 Civil subjects engaged in civil activities shall not violate laws, public order and good customs.
Article 10 Civil disputes shall be handled according to law; Where there are no provisions in the law, customs can be applied, but they must not violate public order and good customs.
Article 11 Where other laws have special provisions on civil relations, such provisions shall prevail.