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laws and be unified with the standards for application             ?³ä?è¿???¹ï?2020å¹?12??30?¥ï???é«?ººæ°????
of civil law.6 Therefore, the Supreme People?? Court               ???äº??æ³??è§???????§£????¢æ?????µï?
has launched a comprehensive ??leaning-up?? of the                  ä¸??æ³??è§??ä¸??´ç???364ä»¶ï????ä¿????»§
591 judicial interpretations in force and 139 guidance             ç»????ï¼?????æ³??ï¼??è¦????§°??????æ¬?
cases and public cases, and promoted the formulation               è¿??ä¿?????111ä»¶ï?ç»?¿®?¹é?å¸????2021å¹?1
of new judicial interpretations, which will ensure the             ??1?¥æ?è¡??åº?????æ³?§£??116ä»¶å?ä¼?¤±????
unified and correct implementation of the Civil Code.
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The Supreme People?? Court provided basic principles               æ°??ç±?27ä»¶ã???äº?±»29ä»¶ã???è¯?º§??±»18ä»¶ã??
for ??leaning up?? judicial interpretations: ??irst, the in-        è¯??ç±?19件以???è¡?±»18ä»¶ã??
terpretations that shall be revoked will be subject to
a revocation list to be published upon the review of               ?´æ?åº????116ä»¶å?æ³?§£??¸­??24ä»¶å?åº????
the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People?? Court.              ????¶å??¸å??¸æ?è§£é?ï¼?3ä»¶å?æ­¢å??¹æ??°ç?
Second, the interpretations that require simple revi-              å®?·µ??è¦??????¶å??¸å????æ³?§£????
sion will be submitted to the Judicial Committee of
the Supreme People?? Court, and after review of the Ju-            ???ï¼??é«?ººæ°?????å¹¶å?å¸??ä¸??æ³?????
dicial Committee of the Supreme People?? Court, they               ???ä¸??¹å?7ä»¶æ????æ³?§£???äº?2021å¹?1??1
will be published and implemented as of 1st January                ?¥ä?æ°???¸å?æ­¥æ?è¡??æ¶??æ°???¸æ??´æ???8
2021. There are mainly two types of revisions: (1) revi-           ???ä¿?9?????10???å§»å?åº?11??»§??12??»ºç­?·¥
sions on quoted legal names, article numbers, specific             ç¨????13????¨ä?è®?14??
characters; and (2) revisions on expressions of certain
articles, or removal of certain articles. Third, for the           ???æ³????????????¨æ?å¾???ºä¿®?¹ï????
interpretations that require material modifications, not           ä¸?º³?¥ã???æ³?????å¹¶å????æ³??????????
only their names will be changed, but also their articles          æ³??è¡?¸ºè¿??è§???????é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº???
will undergo massive modifications, or they will be in-            ??<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>?¶é???????å¹²è?
corporated in several judicial interpretations under the           å®????å®?????æ³???½è????æ³??äº??å¼?µ·??
same category, such as the judicial interpretations of             æ°??çº?º·æ¡?»¶,???æ°???¸ç?è§?????æ³????
the Property Law, Contract Law, Guarantee Law and                  è¡?????å¾??å®??èµ·ç?æ°??çº?º·æ¡?»¶,???å½?
Marriage Law. These judicial interpretations shall be              ?¶ç?æ³?????æ³?§£???è§??,ä½??æ³?????æ³?
put in the agenda of revision after the ??leaning up??              è§£é????è§?????å¤?????15ä½??ï¼????æ³????
is complete, and will be revised on schedule. Fourth,              ç¬??????¡è?å®????å¾?????¿æ?è§?????¹æ?§æ?
the interpretations that shall remain, namely those that           è§????æ²»æ?ä¾??????¡ä????ç«??æº???¢å?ï¼?
do not conflict with the Civil Code, will continue to              ä½?¸ºäº??好å?ä¿????????人å??¶ä?ç»?????
be effective and applicable. For example, the Interpreta-
tion of the Supreme People?? Court on Issues of Applica-           8 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>??
tion of the Contract Law (II), Article 28, provides that           ?´æ?????¥å¹²è§????
??here a party requests the people?? court to increase             9 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>??
liquidated damages pursuant to the Contract Law, Ar-               ?³æ?ä¿??åº??è§£é???
ticle 114(2), the increased liquidated damages shall not           10 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>??
exceed the amount of actual losses. If a party makes               ?????§£???ä¸?ï¼???
another request to the other party for compensation                11 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>å©?
for losses after liquidated damages have been increased,           å§»å?åº????§£???ä¸?ï¼???
the people?? court will not sustain this second request.??          12 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>ç»?
The Civil Code, Article 585, corresponding to the Con-             ?¿ç???§£???ä¸?ï¼???
tract Law, Article 114, only revised a part of this, while         13 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????»ºè®¾å·¥ç¨??å·¥å????纷æ?ä»?
the actual meaning has not changed. Therefore, prior               ???æ³???????§£???ä¸?ï¼???
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6 Speech on 20th collective study session of the 19th CPC Central  ??§£???ä¸?ï¼???
Committee?? Political Bureau on 29th May 2020                      15 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>??
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