Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in China

Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in China focuses on China's contract and sales law, the understanding of which is vital to the successful conduct of international trade between China based corporate entities and their international trading partners. The book is the first to examine, among other issues: the relationships between Chinese Contract Law, the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (UPICC); how Chinese internal law reconciles and harmonizes with international uniform law and principles; and the barriers created by traditional understandings of contract law in China and the attitudes of Chinese jurists and legal practitioners towards international uniform contract and sales law instruments. Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in China also recommends changes to relevant areas of Chinese law and practice. It provides a collection of People's Court cases and arbitral awards that have been decided on the relevant areas of Chinese and international law on contracts for the international sale of goods.