Relevant laws and regulations
According to the Supreme People's Court's "Several Specific Opinions on Handling Property Division in the Trial of Divorce Cases by People's Courts", the following properties can be recognized as the joint property of husband and wife and treated as the joint property of husband and wife:
(1) If a house owned by one party before marriage is used, operated and managed jointly by both parties after 8 years of marriage, it can be regarded as the husband and wife sharing the same room.
(2) If both parties extend the houses owned by one party before marriage within 8 years after marriage, the extended houses shall be treated as the joint property of the husband and wife; However, if the house owned by one party before marriage has been repaired, renovated, demolished or newly built, and the property right has not changed at the time of divorce, the house shall be owned by the property owner, and the part that should be shared by the other party shall be compensated to the other party at a discount by the house owner.