Civil Code: Manifestation of Intention - 1
Civil Code: Manifestation of Intention - 1
(These clauses are selected from The Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China translated and authored by Steve Li and Robert Zhang, international arbitration lawyers registered in Shanghai, China, and published by Kindle Unlimited. No reproduction is allowed unless authorized by the authors.)
Article 137 A manifestation of intention made in the form of a dialogue shall become valid when it is known by the counterparty.
A manifestation of intention made in a non-dialogue form shall become valid when it reaches the counterparty. A manifestation of intention made by an electronic message and in a non-dialogue form shall become valid when it enters the specific system designated by the counterparty to receive the electronic message or when the counterparty knows or has reason to know that the electronic message has entered its system if no specific system is designated unless the parties agree otherwise on the effective time of such manifestation of intention.
Robert Zhang 
Steve Li 