大陆法系的特点及程序（用英语回答）

The Chinese Legal System

The Chinese legal system has undergone several, sometimes radical, phases of reform. The present legal system of the People's Republic of China began developing in the late 1970's. The current legislation of the PRC reflects a structural similarity to countries like Germany and France. In recent years, China has begun to adopt some principles and institutions along the lines of a common law system. Passage of the Sino-Foreign Equity Venture Law in 1979 marked China’s first step towards establishing a legal structure able to govern foreign investment. At present, due to WTO accession, the Chinese legal system has entered a new period of radical change.

China’s accession to the World Trade Organization highlighted the need for radical legal reform, in particular the need to strengthen the rule of law. Chinese legal tradition lacks this concept having been based for thousands of years on the rule of only one man, namely the emper