The Contract Law mainly establishes the effectiveness of electronic contracts as written contracts.
Article 11 of the Contract Law stipulates that "written form refers to contracts, letters and data messages (including telegrams, telexes, faxes, electronic data interchange and e-mails) and other forms that can tangibly express the content."
The Electronic Signature Law is the main legal basis for electronic contracts.
(1) Article 3: A document in the form of electronic signature or data message agreed by the parties shall not be denied its legal effect just because it is in the form of electronic signature or data message.
(2) Article 13: An electronic signature shall be regarded as reliable if it meets the following conditions:
? 1) When the electronic signature production data is used for electronic signature, it belongs exclusively to the electronic signer;
? 2) When signing, the electronic signature production data is only controlled by the electronic signer;
3) Any changes to the electronic signature after signing can be found;
4) Any changes to the content and form of the data message after signature can be found.
(3) Article 14: A reliable electronic signature has the same legal effect as a handwritten signature or seal.
3. In addition, Article 63 of the newly revised Civil Procedure Law regards electronic data as evidence, thus making it clear that electronic contracts can be used as evidence.