Electronic signature refers to the data contained in the data message in electronic form and accompanied by data used to identify the identity of the signer and show that the signer approves its content. Generally speaking, electronic signature is an electronic signature of electronic documents through cryptographic technology, which is not a digital visualization of written signature, but similar to handwritten signature or seal, and can also be said to be an electronic seal. The purpose of electronic signature is to sign the electronic version of Mid-Autumn Festival greeting cards, invitations and construction contracts.

Electronic signature means that in e-commerce, the two parties (or parties) may be far away from Wan Li and never know each other or even meet each other from beginning to end, so it is difficult to apply the traditional signature method to this kind of transaction. Therefore, people try to use an electronic signature mechanism to prove their identity, which is electronic signature. 1June 1996 14 The 29th annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Model Law on Electronic Commerce).

The Origin of Electronic Signature Legislation

In e-commerce, the two parties (or parties) may be far away from Wan Li, but they don't know each other, or even don't meet each other from beginning to end in the whole transaction process, so the traditional signature method is difficult to apply to this kind of transaction. Therefore, people try to use an electronic signature mechanism to prove their identity, which is electronic signature. 1June 1996 14 The 29th annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Model Law on Electronic Commerce).

200 1 65438+February, the 85th plenary meeting of the fifty-sixth session of the United Nations officially adopted the Model Law on Electronic Signatures of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (hereinafter referred to as the Model Law on Electronic Signatures), which endowed electronic signatures and related concepts.