The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China (1950) was adopted at the seventh meeting of the Central People's Government Committee on April 3, and came into force on May 30 of the same year. It is the first law with the nature of basic law after the founding of New China.

The current marriage law was passed by the Third Session of the Fifth National People's Congress on September 1980, 2006, and came into force on June 198 1 2006.

1989, the work of amending the current marriage law began to run. 1996, 1 1, the NPC Internal Affairs and Justice Committee entrusted the Ministry of Civil Affairs to formally start amending the Marriage Law. 1 in June, 1997, the expert draft on the revision of the marriage law was completed, and in February of the same year,1.

The implementation of the marriage law has played a positive role in protecting women's rights and interests, improving women's status and improving the quality of marriage.