General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Article 98 Citizens have the right to life and health.
Article 119 Whoever infringes upon a citizen's body and causes injury shall pay compensation for medical expenses, income reduced due to missed work, living allowance for the disabled and other expenses; If death is caused, the funeral expenses and the necessary living expenses of the dependents of the deceased shall be paid.
Tort Liability Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Twenty-second violations of the personal rights and interests of others, causing serious mental damage to others, the infringed may request compensation for mental damage.
General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and national laws.
Article 110 A natural person enjoys the right to life, body, health, name, portrait, reputation, honor, privacy and marital autonomy. Legal persons and unincorporated organizations enjoy the right of name, reputation and honor.
The Supreme People's Court's explanation on several issues concerning the determination of compensation liability for mental damage caused by civil tort.
Article 1 If a natural person brings a lawsuit for compensation for mental damage to a people's court because of illegal infringement of the following personal rights, the people's court shall accept it according to law:
Right to life, health and body;
(two) the right to name, portrait, reputation and honor;
(3) the right to personal dignity and personal freedom.
Infringement of public interests, social morality and other personal interests, the victim to the people's court for compensation for mental damage on the grounds of infringement, the people's court shall accept it according to law.
Article 3 After the death of a natural person, if his close relatives suffer mental pain due to the following tort, the people's court shall accept it according to law:
(1) Infringe upon the name, portrait, reputation and honor of the deceased by insulting, slandering, belittling, vilifying or other ways that violate social public interests and social morality;
(2) Illegal disclosure or use of the privacy of the deceased, or violation of public interests and social morality in other ways;
(three) illegal use, damage to the remains and bones, or otherwise contrary to public interests and social morality.