Che Jun, Party chief of Zhejiang province, addresses a meeting on reviewing the draft of China's first civil code on May 24. [Photo/zj.zjol.com]

Deputies from Zhejiang province to the 13th National People's Congress reviewed the draft of China's first civil code on May 24.

Che Jun, Party chief of Zhejiang province, expressed his full support for the code, saying that it plays an important role in promoting the rule of law in China, modernizing national governance, protecting people's rights, and safeguarding fairness and justice.

Che urged the Zhejiang government to promote the spirit of the code and launch supporting rules and regulations immediately after the code is enacted.

Yuan Jiajun, governor of Zhejiang, said that the province will go all out in the promotion, study, observation, and implementation of the code in order to promote the rule of law in Zhejiang and boost regional development.

Yuan Jiajun, governor of Zhejiang province, addresses a meeting on reviewing the draft of China's first civil code on May 24. [Photo/zj.zjol.com]

The draft has already been submitted to the third session of the 13th National People's Congress.

Wang Chen, vice-chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, said the civil code would be the first law of the People's Republic of China to be defined as a "code".

The full text of the draft consists of general provisions and six sections on property, contracts, personality rights, marriage and family, inheritance, and torts, respectively.