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What are the latest marriage ages for men and women as stipulated in 2019
Time:2025-08-28 Views:1488
Article 6 of the Marriage Law of our country stipulates that the age of marriage shall not be earlier than 22 years old for men and 20 years old for women.
The provisions of China's Marriage Law regarding the age of marriage do not refer to the mandatory age for marriage or the optimal age for marriage, but rather the minimum age for getting married. It serves as the age boundary between illegal and legal marriages. Only when one reaches the legal age of marriage can they get married; otherwise, it is considered illegal. The legal age for marriage does not prevent men and women from postponing their marriage on a voluntary basis according to their own circumstances. To implement China's national policy of family planning, the Marriage Law also encourages late marriage and late childbearing.
The determination of the legal age of marriage should take into account, on the one hand, natural factors such as a person's physical development and intellectual maturity, and on the other hand, social factors such as political, economic and population development. The legal age for marriage stipulated in the Marriage Law of our country in 1950 was 20 for men and 18 for women. This was in line with the political, economic and cultural development levels at that time, as well as the awareness and acceptance capacity of the people. When the Marriage Law was revised in 1980, on the one hand, it was considered that appropriately raising the legal age of marriage would be beneficial to the physical and mental health, work and study of the majority of young people, as well as family planning work. It is also noted that the legal age of marriage is too high, which does not conform to the requirements of natural laws and is out of touch with the masses and the reality of rural areas. Therefore, it is stipulated that "men shall not be older than 22 years old and women shall not be older than 20 years old."
The age of marriage stipulated in the Marriage Law has universal applicability, but in some special circumstances, the law also allows for exceptional provisions on the age of marriage. For instance, taking into account the multi-ethnic nature of our country, Article 50 of the Marriage Law stipulates: "The people's congress of an ethnic autonomous area has the right to formulate flexible provisions in light of the specific circumstances of ethnic marriage and family in the local area." The legislative bodies of some ethnic autonomous areas in our country have made flexible provisions on the legal age of marriage in the Marriage Law. For instance, in autonomous regions such as Ningxia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Xizang, as well as some autonomous prefectures and counties, the minimum age for marriage is set at 20 for men and 18 for women. However, these flexible regulations only apply to ethnic minorities and do not apply to the Han people living in the region.
The above is all the relevant information collected by the editor of Faneng Law Firm regarding the latest regulations on the marriage age for men and women in 2019. The legal age for marriage stipulated in our country does not require people to get married once they reach that age. Instead, it restricts those who have not reached the legal age for marriage from obtaining a marriage certificate. Marriage is free. As for when to get married, it depends on each individual. Sichuan Faneng Law Firm is dedicated to serving you.