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What is the average age of marriage in China
Time:2025-08-28 Views:865
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In China, the legal age for marriage is not earlier than 22 years for males and 20 years for females.
This regulation is based on physiological and psychological conditions, as well as considerations of fulfilling marital obligations and assuming family and social responsibilities.
3. Therefore, although the law grants every citizen the right to marry, not all citizens can become subjects of the legal relationship of marriage. Only those who have reached the legal age for marriage enjoy the right to marry.
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1. The legal age of marriage is the minimum age for marriage and serves as the age boundary between illegal and legal marriages. Marriage before reaching the legal age for marriage is illegal.
2. The legal age of marriage does not equal the mandatory age of marriage or the optimal age of marriage, it is just a minimum threshold.
3. The law does not mandate late marriage, late marriage is only advocated, not enforced.
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In certain special circumstances, the law also allows for exceptions to the age of marriage. This mainly takes into account the multi-ethnic characteristics of our country, as well as the customs, habits, and actual situations of each ethnic group.
2. The people's congresses of ethnic autonomous areas have the right to formulate flexible regulations based on the specific situation of local ethnic marriage and family.
3. For example, the minimum age for marriage in Ningxia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Xizang and other autonomous regions, as well as some autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, is 20 for men and 18 for women.
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