Information on whether common law marriage is recognized by the Family Planning Bureau [CHN14488]

According to a representative of the Cultural Section of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China, common law marriage is not legal in China and is culturally unacceptable (16 June 1993).

Additional and/or corroborative information on the requested subject could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.

Reference

Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Cultural Section, Ottawa. 16 June 1993. Telephone Interview with a Representative.