Is the civil code a law?

The civil code is the law. In China, the narrow sense of law refers to the normative legal documents formulated by the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee, excluding the Constitution. The Civil Code was voted by the Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress, so it belongs to the law. The position of the civil code in the national legal system is second only to the constitution. It is the first law named after the code in New China, which occupies a fundamental position in the legal system and is also the basic law of the market economy. It is called the encyclopedia of social life.

The role and significance of the civil code lies in:

1. Compiling the Civil Code is a realistic need to uphold and improve the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system;

2. Compiling the Civil Code is an important measure to promote the comprehensive rule of law and the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity;

3. Compiling the Civil Code is an objective requirement for upholding and improving the basic socialist economic system and promoting high-quality economic development.

Legal basis: Article 7 of the Legislative Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The National People's Congress and the NPC Standing Committee exercise the legislative power of the state. The National People's Congress formulates and amends criminal, civil, state and other basic laws. The NPC Standing Committee formulates and amends laws other than those that should be enacted by the National People's Congress; When the National People's Congress is not in session, some laws enacted by the National People's Congress shall be supplemented and amended, but they shall not contravene the basic principles of the law.