An electronic contract is an agreement between two or more parties that establishes, changes, or terminates property-related civil rights and obligations in electronic form through an electronic information network. It is a contract concluded electronically, through data. The rights and obligations of both parties are clearly signed in the form of text messages, emails, etc.

Legal Basis

Article 469 of the "People's Republic of China and Civil Code"

The parties may conclude a contract in written form or orally. form or other form. Written forms are contracts, letters, telegrams, telexes, faxes and other forms that can tangibly express the content contained therein. Data messages that can tangibly express the content through electronic data exchange, email, etc., and can be retrieved at any time, are deemed to be in written form.