1. Written by the testator, signed and marked with year, month and day;

2. The testator must have full capacity for civil conduct;

3. It must be the true will of the testator;

4. The contents of the will shall not violate the law or harm the interests of the state or the collective;

5. The will should reserve the necessary share of the inheritance for the heirs who lack the ability to work and have no source of income.

A will refers to a legal act of personal handling of his estate or other affairs in a manner prescribed by law within the scope permitted by law before his life, and takes effect when the founder dies.

There are six forms of wills:

1. Self-written wills. A self-written will must be written and signed by the testator in full, indicating the year, month and day of production. Self-written wills have legal effect without the presence of witnesses;

2. Write a will. A will written by proxy refers to a will that is written by others because the testator can't write;

3. print the will. Printing a will should be witnessed by more than two witnesses. The testator and the witness shall sign on each page of the will, indicating the year, month and day;

4. record the will. The recorded will refers to the will made by the testator in the form of recording, in order to prevent the recorded will from being tampered with or recording false wills;

5. Oral will. The testator can make an oral will in case of crisis. An oral will should be witnessed by more than two witnesses. After the emergency situation is lifted, if the testator can make a will in the form of written live audio and video recording, the oral will made is invalid;

6. notarize the will. A notarized will shall be handled by the testator through a notary office. Notarization of wills requires the testator to personally apply to the notary office where his household registration is located, and cannot entrust others to act as agents. If the testator is unable to go to the notary office to notarize his will in person due to illness or special reasons, he may ask the notary office to send a notary to the testator's place for notarization.

Laws and regulations

Civil Code of the People's Republic of China

Article 138 A testator may make an oral will in an emergency. An oral will shall be witnessed by two or more witnesses. After the emergency situation is eliminated, if the testator can make a will in writing or in the form of audio and video recording, the oral will made is invalid.