文档介绍：中华人民共和国合同法(中英文对照)
 
(1999年3月15日第九届全国人民代表大会第二次会议通过)
(Adopted and Promulgated by the Second Session of the Ninth National People’s Congress on March 15, 1999.)
总则
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
第一章一般规定
Chapter One: General Provisions
第一条为了保护合同当事人的合法权益,维护社会经济秩序,促进社会主义现代化建设,制定本法。
Article 1 Purpose
This Law is formulated in order to protect the lawful rights and interests of contract parties, to safeguard social and economic order, and to promote socialist modernization.
第二条本法所称合同是平等主体的自然人、法人、其他组织之间设立、变更、终止民事权利义务关系的协议。婚姻、收养、监护等有关身份关系的协议,适用其他法律的规定。
Article 2 Definition of Contract; Exclusions
For purposes of this Law, a contract is an agreement between natural persons, legal persons or anizations with equal standing, for the purpose of establishing, altering, or discharging a relationship of civil rights and obligations.
An agreement concerning any personal relationship such as marriage, adoption, guardianship, etc. shall be governed by other applicable laws.
第三条合同当事人的法律地位平等,一方不得将自己的意志强加给另一方。
Article 3 Equal Standing of Parties
Contract parties enjoy equal legal standing and neither party may impose its will on the other party.
第四条当事人依法享有自愿订立合同的权利,任何单位和个人不得非法干预。
Article 4 Right to Enter into Contract Voluntarily
A party is entitled to enter into a contract voluntarily under the law, and no entity or individual may unlawfully interfere with such right.
第五条当事人应当遵循公平原则确定各方的权利和义务。
Article 5 Fairness
The parties shall abide by the principle of fairness in prescribing their respective rights and obligations.
第六条当事人行使权利、履行义务应当遵循诚实信用原则。
Article 6 Good Faith
The parties shall abide by the principle of good faith in exercising their rights and performing their obligations.
第七条当事人订立、履行合同,应当遵守法律、行政法规,尊重社会公德,不得扰乱社会经济秩序,损害社会公共利益。
Article 7 Legality
In concluding or performing a contract, the parties shall abide by the relevant laws and administrative regulations, as well as observe social ethics, and may not disrupt social and economic order or harm the public interest