What is the legal age of marriage in China

The legal age for marriage in RTHK, China, shall not be earlier than 18 for men and 16 for women.

What is the legal age of marriage in China?

The legal age for marriage in RTHK, China, shall not be earlier than 18 for men and 16 for women.

The age of marriage stipulated in the Marriage Law has universal applicability, but in some special circumstances, the law also allows exceptions to the age of marriage. For example, considering the multi-ethnic characteristics of China, Article 50 of the Marriage Law stipulates: "The people's congresses of ethnic autonomous areas have the right to formulate flexible provisions in light of the specific conditions of local ethnic marriage and family."

The legislatures of some ethnic autonomous areas in our country have modified the legal age of marriage in the marriage law. For example, in Ningxia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet and other autonomous regions and some autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, the minimum age for marriage in the region is 20 for men and 18 for women. But these adaptations apply only to ethnic minorities, not the Han Chinese who live in the area.