China's first statute on conflict rules, PRC Law on the Application of Laws to Foreign-related Civil Relationships (中华人民共和国涉外民事关系法律适用法) (Application Law), was passed on October 28 2010 and shall be effective as of April 1 2011.
The rise of party autonomy
The codification of China's civil law took a big step forward with Beijing's release of its hallmark statute on conflict rules. The government is now more flexible in dealing with foreign-related civil relationships, but party autonomy limitations are likely to affect judicial practice
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