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What is the national legal age for marriage in 2022
Time:2025-08-28 Views:1153
Since its revision at the 21st meeting of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Ninth National People's Congress Standing Committee, China's Civil Code has not been revised yet. Therefore, the claim that one can get married at the age of 18 has not been confirmed. Even if People's Congress representative Huang Xihua has relevant proposals at the Two Sessions. However, it was not approved by the two sessions either. Therefore, China still adheres to Article 1047 of the Civil Code: "The age of marriage shall not be earlier than 22 years old for men and 20 years old for women."
In fact, China's Marriage Law of 1950 stipulated that the legal age for marriage was 20 years old for men and 18 years old for women. The reason for such a regulation is mainly because the economic and cultural level of the society at that time was in line with the acceptance capacity of the people at that time. However, in 1980, the legal age for marriage in this Civil Code was revised, stipulating: "The age of marriage shall not be earlier than 22 years old for men and 20 years old for women."
From this perspective, if either the man or the woman applying for marriage registration has not reached the prescribed age for marriage, they will not be able to obtain the marriage certificate smoothly at this time. At present in China, if a party is only 18 years old, they do not meet the legal age requirement for marriage, so they cannot receive the marriage certificate.
At present, in the Civil Code of our country, except for some ethnic minority areas which stipulate that men can get married at the minimum age of 20 and women at 18, in other regions of our country, it is not allowed to get married at the age of 18. There are no relevant legal provisions for it in the Civil Code of our country either. If a man and a woman have cohabited before reaching the legal age for marriage, it cannot be regarded as a legal marital relationship, and naturally, their own interests cannot be protected by law. However, if one falsely reports the age of marriage and obtains a marriage certificate, such a marriage will also be regarded as invalid.
The provisions of the Marriage Law regarding the age of marriage are also universally practical. In some special circumstances, it is allowed to make exceptional legal provisions for the legal age of marriage. For instance, due to the multi-ethnic nature of our country and the customs and habits of ethnic minorities.
The people's congresses of ethnic autonomous areas have the right to formulate flexible provisions in light of the specific circumstances of local ethnic marriage and family. 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. So in some ethnic minority areas of our country, it is possible for women to get married at the minimum age of 18 and men at 20.
The above is the latest content about the national legal age for marriage in 2022 collected by the editor of Faneng Law Firm for you. To sum up, according to the laws of our country, the minimum age for marriage for men is 22 years old and for women is 20 years old. If you have any other legal questions, you are welcome to consult the lawyers of our Fan Neng Law Firm. Sichuan Faneng Law Firm is dedicated to serving you.