“Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues concerning the Application of the Extinctive Prescription Rules in the General Provisions of the Civil Law of the People's Republic of China” (“Interpretation”) shall come into force on July 23, 2018.
Since the implementation of “General Provisions of Civil Law” on October 1, 2017, the difference on the Extinctive Prescription Rules between this law and “General Principles of Civil Law” has not been solved. Recently, the Supreme People’s Court issued the “Interpretation”, and clarified several rules. The details are as follows: 1.The two-year or one year prescriptive period has been abolished. Where the prescriptive period begins after “General Provisions of the Civil Law” come into force, the provision of Article 188 of “General Provisions of the Civil Law” on a three-year prescriptive period shall apply. A party’s claim for the application…