Legal Analysis: Electronic version available. The parties may conclude a contract in written form, oral form or other forms. 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. For contracts or other documents, documents and other documents in civil activities, the parties may agree to use or not use electronic signatures and data messages. If the parties agree to use electronic signatures or data messages for documents, their legal validity shall not be denied simply because they are in the form of electronic signatures or data messages.
Legal basis: "The People's Republic of China and the Civil Code", "The Electronic Signature Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 469 The parties enter into a contract , which can be in written form, oral form or other forms.
Written form is a contract, letter, telegram, telex, fax, etc. 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.
Article 490: If the parties conclude a contract in the form of a contract, the contract shall be established when both parties sign, seal or fingerprint. Before signing, sealing or fingerprinting, one party has performed its main obligations and the contract is established when the other party accepts it.
Laws, administrative regulations or the parties agree that a contract should be concluded in writing. If the parties do not do so in writing but one party has performed its main obligations and the other party accepts it, the contract is established.
"Electronic Signature Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 3 Contracts or other documents, documents and other instruments in civil activities, the parties may agree to use or not to use them Electronic signature, data message.
The legal effect of documents agreed by the parties to use electronic signatures and data messages shall not be denied simply because they are in the form of electronic signatures or data messages.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the following documents:
(1) those involving marriage, adoption, inheritance and other personal relationships;
(2) those involving land and houses Waiting for the transfer of real estate rights and interests;
(3) Involving the cessation of water supply, heating, gas supply, power supply and other public utility services;
(4) Inappropriate provisions of laws and administrative regulations Other situations where electronic documents are applicable.