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PEOPLE AND DEFENSE 2026

SÄLEN, SWEDEN 20260111Swedish Minister of Defense Pål Jonson (M), Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) and Minister of Civil Defense Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M) during a press conference at the Folk och Försvar Annual National Conference at the Högfjällshotellet in Sälen, Sweden, January 11, 2026.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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SWEDEN STATE VISIT FROM ICELAND

President Halla Tomasdottir, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Björn Skúlason, Sweden’s Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir look at a smartwatch, that has been hacked, during their visit at Cybercampus Sverige at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, May 7, 2025.Iceland’s President Halla Tómasdóttir is on a State Visit to Sweden 6-8 May, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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SWEDEN STATE VISIT FROM ICELAND

President Halla Tomasdottir, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Björn Skúlason, Sweden’s Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin and Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir look at a smartwatch, that has been hacked, during their visit at Cybercampus Sverige at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, May 7, 2025.Iceland’s President Halla Tómasdóttir is on a State Visit to Sweden 6-8 May, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

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Appeal hearing in reinstatement case of Iryna Farion in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - MAY 9, 2024 - A copy of the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine is pictured during a hearing of the Lviv Court of Appeal set to consider the decision of the Halytskyi District Court of Lviv which refused to reinstate Ukrainian linguist, politician, former MP and professor Iryna Farion as a professor of the Department of Ukrainian Language at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, western Ukraine. Iryna Farion was fired from the Lviv Polytechnic National University on November 15, 2023, following the scandal sparked by the Rendezvous with Yanina Sokolova programme, in which the professor criticized Russian-speaking Ukrainian military personnel, in particular from the Third Assault Brigade.

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Xiaopeng Flying Car

YANTAI, CHINA - APRIL 14, 2024 - Visitors view the XiaoPeng Hutian "Traveler X2" flying car at the Spring Auto Show in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, April 14, 2024. On March 21, 2024, the application for the type Certificate (TC) of the flying body (code: X3-F) of Xiaopeng Hutian's "land aircraft carrier" flying car was officially accepted by the Central South Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China, marking that the model is about to enter the airworthiness certification stage.

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Xiaopeng Flying Car

YANTAI, CHINA - APRIL 14, 2024 - Visitors view the XiaoPeng Hutian "Traveler X2" flying car at the Spring Auto Show in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, April 14, 2024. On March 21, 2024, the application for the type Certificate (TC) of the flying body (code: X3-F) of Xiaopeng Hutian's "land aircraft carrier" flying car was officially accepted by the Central South Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China, marking that the model is about to enter the airworthiness certification stage.

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Xiaopeng Flying Car

YANTAI, CHINA - APRIL 14, 2024 - Visitors view the XiaoPeng Hutian "Traveler X2" flying car at the Spring Auto Show in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, April 14, 2024. On March 21, 2024, the application for the type Certificate (TC) of the flying body (code: X3-F) of Xiaopeng Hutian's "land aircraft carrier" flying car was officially accepted by the Central South Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China, marking that the model is about to enter the airworthiness certification stage.

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Xiaopeng Flying Car

YANTAI, CHINA - APRIL 14, 2024 - Visitors view the XiaoPeng Hutian "Traveler X2" flying car at the Spring Auto Show in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, April 14, 2024. On March 21, 2024, the application for the type Certificate (TC) of the flying body (code: X3-F) of Xiaopeng Hutian's "land aircraft carrier" flying car was officially accepted by the Central South Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China, marking that the model is about to enter the airworthiness certification stage.

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Xiaopeng Flying Car

YANTAI, CHINA - APRIL 14, 2024 - Visitors view the XiaoPeng Hutian "Traveler X2" flying car at the Spring Auto Show in Yantai, East China's Shandong province, April 14, 2024. On March 21, 2024, the application for the type Certificate (TC) of the flying body (code: X3-F) of Xiaopeng Hutian's "land aircraft carrier" flying car was officially accepted by the Central South Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China, marking that the model is about to enter the airworthiness certification stage.

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(240108) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows boys prior to a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code in April 2022, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(240108) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows youths in costume prior to a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code in April 2022, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(240108) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Youths walk to attend a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code in April 2022, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(240108) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows youths in costume prior to a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code in April 2022, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(240108) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Girls walk to attend a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code in April 2022, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(240108) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Girls walk to attend a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code in April 2022, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(240108) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Girls walk to attend a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 8, 2024. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code in April 2022, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl in kimono takes part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Teenagers take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-YOKOHAMA-COMING OF AGE DAY

(230109) -- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls in kimonos take part in a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2023. Coming of Age Day is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday of January. With the enactment of the revised Civil Code last April, the age of adulthood was lowered to 18 from 20. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Top court upholds paternity even if blood ties disproved by DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 17, 2014, shows the First Petty Bench of Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo. It ruled the results of DNA tests are not enough to revoke paternity of a child even if they disprove any biological relation to the assumed father. In its first ruling on the issue, the top court said DNA tests cannot change paternity status established under the Civil Code.

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Top court voids inheritance clause

TOKYO, Japan - A lawyer holds a banner that reads "unconstitutional" outside the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2013, after the top court ruled a Civil Code clause granting less inheritance to children born out of wedlock compared to siblings of married parents is unconstitutional.

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Top court voids inheritance clause

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo holding a hearing on July 10, 2013, on a lawsuit about a Civil Code clause granting less inheritance to children born out of wedlock compared to siblings of married parents. The top court ruled the clause is unconstitutional on Sept. 4, 2013.

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Top court convenes grand bench

TOKYO, Japan - Grand bench of the Supreme Court convenes in Tokyo on July 10, 2013, to consider lawsuits over a Civil Code provision sanctioning the awarding of less inheritance to illegitimate children. The top court convenes the grand bench when it plans to change its interpretation of the Constitution or reverse a legal precedent.

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Lowering adult age to 18 proposed

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a subcommittee of the Legislative Council, a government advisory panel, hold a meeting on July 29 in Tokyo. They proposed lowering the adult age to 18 from 20 under the civil code if the voting age is lowered to 18. The proposal will be submitted to the justice minister if the Legislative Council approves it at its general meeting in September.

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Former University of Tokyo president Kato dies

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Kato (file photo), an eminent Civil Code scholar who served as president of the University of Tokyo during the turbulent days of student unrest in the late 1960s, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 11. He was 86.

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Digital technology brings convenience to mountainous villagers in SW China's Guizhou

STORY: Digital technology brings convenience to mountainous villagers in SW China's Guizhou DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:25 LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shaoxi Village 2. various of digital doorplate 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YU GUANGXIU, Deputy director of Shaoxi Village Committee 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE LI, Shaoxi villager 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YU GUANGXIU, Deputy director of Shaoxi Village Committee 6. various of agricultural products 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YU GUANGXIU, Deputy director of Shaoxi Village Committee 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WAN JIJUN, Member of the Party Committee of Baini Township, Yuqing County, Guizhou Province STORYLINE: Mountains do not mean isolation from the outside world anymore thanks to digital technology. It has exempted mountainous villagers in SW China's Guizhou from trekking for civil services. By scanning a QR code on a "digital doorplate" above the door of every household in Shaoxi, a small village in Guizhou Provi

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Japan's top court says forcing couples to share surname constitutional

Japan's top court on Wednesday again ruled legal provisions forcing married couples to use the same surname are constitutional, upholding a Supreme Court judgment from 2015. The latest decision on a more than century-old provision based on the Civil Code and the family register law dismissed requests filed by three couples in 2018 to keep their separate surnames after local governments refused to accept their marriage registrations. The decision handed down by Presiding Justice Naoto Otani at the Supreme Court's Grand Bench, composed of all 15 justices, came at a time when families have become more diverse, and public opinion on surname sharing has shifted in Japan.

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Civil Code

Aerial photography primary School launches a publicity campaign for the Civil Code, Xinghua city, Jiangsu Province, China, 28 December 2020. The Civil Code was officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

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Civil Code

Aerial photography primary School launches a publicity campaign for the Civil Code, Xinghua city, Jiangsu Province, China, 28 December 2020. The Civil Code was officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

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Top court rules 6-month remarriage ban for women unconstitutional

Tomoshi Sakka (R in front row), a lawyer representing a woman who argued a civil code article prohibiting women from remarrying for six months following divorce violates the Constitution, heads to the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015. The top court ruled the same day that the legal provision is unconstitutional. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court to see if Civil Code constitutional on surnames

Freelance writer Emi Kayama (L), one of five plaintiffs arguing that a Civil Code article forcing married couples to choose a single surname is unconstitutional, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2015, as the Supreme Court decides its grand bench will examine the case. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former University of Tokyo president Kato dies

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Kato (file photo), an eminent Civil Code scholar who served as president of the University of Tokyo during the turbulent days of student unrest in the late 1960s, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 11. He was 86. (Kyodo)

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Top court upholds paternity even if blood ties disproved by DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 17, 2014, shows the First Petty Bench of Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo. It ruled the results of DNA tests are not enough to revoke paternity of a child even if they disprove any biological relation to the assumed father. In its first ruling on the issue, the top court said DNA tests cannot change paternity status established under the Civil Code. (Kyodo)

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The Civil Code of The People's Republic of China

The law book The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China is seen at xinhua Bookstore in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, Dec. 24, 2020. The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, known as the Encyclopedia of social life, went into effect on Jan 1, 2021.

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The Civil Code of The People's Republic of China

The law book The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China is seen at xinhua Bookstore in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, Dec. 24, 2020. The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, known as the Encyclopedia of social life, went into effect on Jan 1, 2021.

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Civil Code

Aerial photography primary School launches a publicity campaign for the Civil Code, Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province, China, 28 December 2020. The Civil Code was officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

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Civil Code

Aerial photography primary School launches a publicity campaign for the Civil Code, Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province, China, 28 December 2020. The Civil Code was officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

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The Civil Code of The People's Republic of China

The law book The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China is seen at xinhua Bookstore in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, Dec. 24, 2020. The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, known as the Encyclopedia of social life, went into effect on Jan 1, 2021.

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Civil Code

Aerial photography primary School launches a publicity campaign for the Civil Code, Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province, China, 28 December 2020. The Civil Code was officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

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The Civil Code of The People's Republic of China

The law book The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China is seen at xinhua Bookstore in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, Dec. 24, 2020. The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, known as the Encyclopedia of social life, went into effect on Jan 1, 2021.

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Civil Code

Aerial photography primary School launches a publicity campaign for the Civil Code, Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province, China, 28 December 2020. The Civil Code was officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

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Civil Code

Aerial photography primary School launches a publicity campaign for the Civil Code, Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province, China, 28 December 2020. The Civil Code was officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

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Civil Code

Aerial photography primary School launches a publicity campaign for the Civil Code, Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province, China, 28 December 2020. The Civil Code was officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

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The Civil Code of The People's Republic of China

The law book The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China is seen at xinhua Bookstore in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, Dec. 24, 2020. The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, known as the Encyclopedia of social life, went into effect on Jan 1, 2021.

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Civil Code

Aerial photography primary School launches a publicity campaign for the Civil Code, Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province, China, 28 December 2020. The Civil Code was officially implemented on January 1, 2021.

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The Civil Code of The People's Republic of China

The law book The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China is seen at xinhua Bookstore in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, Dec. 24, 2020. The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, known as the Encyclopedia of social life, went into effect on Jan 1, 2021.