Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Electronic Signature Law.
Article 1 This Law is formulated in order to standardize electronic signatures, establish the legal effect of electronic signatures and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties concerned.
Article 2 The term "electronic signature" as mentioned in this Law refers to the data contained in a data message to identify the identity of the signer and show that the signer approves its contents. The term "data message" as mentioned in this Law refers to information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, optical, magnetic or similar means.