TheaimofthistranslationistostatetheContractLawofThePeople'sRepublic,ofChinainaformwhichcanreadilybeunderstoodbyordinaryEnglishreaders.
ThistranslationbringstogetherintheoneplacethecompletetextoftheContractLaw,aswellasthethreeInterpretationsandtheGuidelinesissuedsincebytheSupremePeople'sCourt.
TheContractLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaisnotmerelyofdomesticbutofregionalandglobalsignificance.ItsdisseminationinEnglish,thegloballanguage,inaformworthyoftheoriginal,ishighlydesirable.Thistranslationaimstobeofthatstandard.Itsauthorshopethatwillbeofvaluetopractisinglawyers,scholars,studentsandteachers.inChinaandelsewhere.