1. Before the promulgation of the General Principles of Civil Law, national policies were used as informal laws to handle civil disputes, adjust relationships, and determine civil rights and obligations. At the same time, separate civil laws and related regulations apply, such as the "Economic Contract Law" in December 1981, the "Trademark Law" in February 1982, etc. On April 12, 1986, the "General Principles of Civil Law" was officially adopted at the Fourth Session of the Sixth National People's Congress, which established the basic system of my country's civil law, established the status of my country's civil law as my country's substantive basic law, and established the rules and regulations for the settlement of civil disputes.

2. History: From the political movement that began in 1965 to the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, China's social life was fully politicized for 11 years, and the shadow of civil law was hard to find. This is extremely abnormal social life. At the closing ceremony of the Central Working Conference of the Communist Party of China from November 10 to December 13, 1978, Comrade Deng Xiaoping made the famous report "Emancipate the Mind, Seek Truth from Facts, Unite and Look Forward", which comprehensively concluded the October 1976 In the situation where the party's work has been progressing in hesitation since August, we have begun to comprehensively and conscientiously correct the "Left" errors made in the "Cultural Revolution" and before. It put forward the call that "in order to protect democracy, the legal system must be strengthened" and clearly pointed out that "we should concentrate our efforts on formulating criminal law, civil law, procedural law and other necessary laws" and "make sure that there are laws to abide by and laws must be abided by. Law enforcement must be strict and violations must be prosecuted.” Since then, China has set off a legal craze. Against this background, in November 1979, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress established a Civil Law Drafting Group to draft the third Civil Code after the founding of the People's Republic of China. After three years of hard work and multiple revisions, it was proposed in May 1982. The "Draft of the People's Republic of China and Civil Law (Fourth Draft)" was drafted. However, because our country's reform is in its initial stage and is developing rapidly, and coupled with the debate between civil law and economic law, the legislative body has set the drafting guidelines for civil law. From "wholesale" to "retailing", that is to say, the Civil Code will not be promulgated for the time being, but a separate law will be implemented first. As a result, the third civil law drafting was suspended again. Since then, separate civil laws and related regulations have been enacted, such as the "Economic Contract Law" in December 1981, the "Trademark Law" in February 1982, the "Patent Law" in March 1984, and the "Foreign-related Economic Contracts" in March 1985. Law", the "Succession Law" of March 1985 and the regulations on contracts promulgated by the State Council on the purchase and sale of industrial and mining products, the purchase of agricultural and sideline products, processing and contracting, construction project survey and design, construction and installation project contracting, borrowing, warehousing and custody, property insurance, industrial and commercial enterprises Registration Management Regulations, "Interim Regulations on Company Registration Management", "Regulations on Natural Science Awards", "Regulations on Rewards for Rational Suggestions and Technical Improvements", "Regulations on Awards for Scientific and Technological Progress", etc., have been promulgated one after another.

On April 12, 1986, the "General Principles of Civil Law" was officially adopted at the Fourth Session of the Sixth National People's Congress. After a difficult process, the "General Principles of Civil Law" was born, and with its provisions on the adjustment objects, basic principles, subject systems, behavior systems, rights systems, responsibility systems, etc. of my country's civil law, it structured the basic system of my country's civil law and laid the foundation for The status of my country's civil law as my country's substantive basic law.