The Chinese civil law has been developing in synchrony with the advancement of reform and opening-up in China. The 1986 General Principles of the Civil Law is a milestone in the development of the civil law in China and has played an important role in promoting the development of the market economy and protecting the right of personality. After 1992，the development of the market economy has given rise to a large number of separate civil laws，which provide for relatively detailed game rules on the market economy. Judicial interpretations and guiding cases，which combine the concrete national conditions with practical judicial experiences，have also promoted the development of civil law in China. The initiation of the civil code compilation project in 2014 and the adoption of the General Provisions of the Civil Law in 2017 indicated that the Chinese Civil Code is to be adopted soon and that the development of the civil rule of law in China will enter into a new stage.