The Tort Liability Law is a law enacted to protect the lawful rights and interests of civil subjects, clarify tort liability, prevent and sanction tortious behavior, and promote social harmony and stability.
According to Article 1 of the Tort Liability Law of the People's Republic of China, this law is enacted to protect the lawful rights and interests of civil subjects, to clarify the responsibility for infringement, to prevent and sanction infringement, and to promote social harmony and stability.
Article 2 infringement of civil rights and interests, shall be liable for tort in accordance with this law. The civil rights and interests referred to in this law, including the right to life, the right to health, the right to name, the right to reputation, the right to honor, the right to portrait, the right to privacy, the right to marital autonomy, the right to guardianship, the right to ownership, the right to usufruct, the right to encumber, the right to authorship, the right to patents, the right to use trademarks, the right to discovery, the right to shareholding, the right to inheritance, and other rights and interests of the person and property.
Article 3 The infringer has the right to request the infringer to bear the responsibility of infringement.
Article 4 The infringer shall bear administrative liability or criminal liability for the same act shall not affect the liability for infringement according to law. If the infringer's property is insufficient to pay for the infringement liability and administrative or criminal liability due to the same act, the infringer shall bear the infringement liability first.
Expanded: Article 33 If a person with full capacity for civil conduct is at fault for causing damage to another person through temporary lack of awareness or loss of control of his or her own behavior, he or she shall bear the responsibility for the infringement of the rights of others; if he or she is not at fault, he or she shall compensate the victim appropriately in accordance with the economic situation of the person who has committed the act. Full capacity for civil behavior due to drunkenness, abuse of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances on their own behavior temporarily unconscious or out of control caused damage to others, shall bear responsibility for tort. Baidu Encyclopedia - Tort Liability Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China