CISG and China

Abstract

This paper will briefly look at the general law-making process in China, followed by a discussion of the CISG as applied in China. The purpose of such a study is to establish a starting point, the description of the black letter law. Problems which emerged by the application, or lack of black letter law will be discussed to [page 8] establish the "legal reality" concerning the implementation practice of the CISG in China. It should expose what is familiar to us and highlight the unfamiliar in order to appreciate legal difference, not only in substantive law, but also in philosophy and purpose of law.