【正文】 t shall, if its content conforms to the provisions regarding offers, be deemed an offer. 　　Article 16 An offer bees effective when it reaches the offeree. 　　If a contract is made in the form of text in electronic data and the receiver has designated a special receiving system to receive such data text, the time at which the text in electronic data enters the designated special system shall be the time of arrival?！　?7) liability for breach of contract?！　?5) price or remuneration?！　?3) quantity。s rights and obligations. 　　Article 6 The parties shall observe the principle of good faith in exercising their rights and fulfilling their obligations. 　　Article 7 The parties shall, in making and fulfilling the contract, abide by laws and administrative regulations and respect social ethics, and may not disrupt the socioeconomic order nor impair social and public interests. 　　Article 8 A legally executed contract has legal binding force on the parties. The parties shall fulfill their obligations as contracted, and may not arbitrarily modify or terminate the contract. 　　A legally executed contract is protected by law. 　　Chapter II　　Making of the Contract　　Article 9 The parties shall, when making a contract, have corresponding capacity for civil rights and civil conduct. 　　A party may, in accordance with the law, entrust an agent to make a contract. 　　Article 10 The parties may, when making a contract, use written form, verbal form or any other form. 　　The written form shall be adopted if laws or administrative regulations so require. The written form shall be adopted if the parties so agree. 　　Article 11 Written form as used herein means any form which renders the information contained in a contract capable of being reproduced in tangible form such as a written agreement, a letter, or electronic text (including telegram, telex, facsimile, electronic data interchange and ). 　　Article 12 The content of a contract is determined by the parties and generally includes the following clauses:　　(1) designations or names and addresses of the parties。s Congress on March 15, 1999 and promulgated by Order No. 15 of the President of the People39。編號：時間：2021年x月x日書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無涯苦作舟頁碼：第40頁 共40頁1中華人民共和國合同法Contract Law of the People39。s Republic of China(Adopted at the Second Session of the Ninth National People39。s Republic of China on March 15, 1999)頒布日期：19990315 　實(shí)施日期：19991001 　頒布單位：全國人民代表大會 　　Contents　　General Provisions　　Chapter I Common Provisions　　Chapter II Making of the Contract　　Chapter III Validity of the Contract　　Chapter IV Fulfillment of the Contract　　Chapter V Modification and Transfer of the Contract　　Chapter VI Termination of Rights and Obligations under the Contract　　Chapter VII Liability for Breach of Contract　　Chapter VIII Miscellaneous Provisions　　　　Specific Provisions　　Chapter IX Purchase and Sale Contracts　　Chapter X Contracts for the Supply and Consumption of Electricity, Water, Gas or Heat　　Chapter XI Donation Contracts 　　Chapter XII Loan Contracts　　Chapter XIII Lease Contracts 　　Chapter XIV Contracts for Financial Lease　　Chapter XV Work Contracts　　Chapter XVI Construction Project Contracts　　Chapter XVII Carriage Contracts　　Chapter XVIII Technology Contracts　　Chapter XIX Contracts of Deposit　　Chapter XX Warehousing Contracts　　Chapter XXI Entrustment Contracts 　　Chapter XXII Brokerage Contracts　　Chapter XXIII Intermediation Contracts　　Supplementary Provisions　　 General Provisions　　Chapter I Common Provisions　　Article 1 This Law is enacted for the purpose of protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the parties to contracts, maintaining the socioeconomic order and promoting the socialist modernization. 　　Article 2 For the purpose of this Law, a contract means an agreement on the establishment, alteration or termination of a civil rightobligation relationship between natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as subjects with equal status. 　　Agreements on establishing such personal relationships as marriage, adoption and guardianship shall be governed by the provisions of other laws. 　　Article 3 The parties to the contract have equal legal status, and neither party may impose its will on the other. 　　Article 4 The parties shall, pursuant to law, have the right to enter into a contract on their own free will, and no unit or person may unlawfully interfere. 　　Article 5 The parties shall observe the principle of equity in defining each other39。　　(2) the targeted matter?！　?4) quality?！　?6) time, place and mode of fulfillment。 and　　(8) dispute settlement. 　　The parties may make contracts with reference to various model contract forms. 　　Article 13 The parties shall, in making a contract, take the form of offer and acceptance. 　　Article 14 An offer is an intent indication showing the desire to enter into a contract with others, and the intent indication shall conform to the following provisions: 　　(1) the content indicated shall be concrete and definite。 if no special receiving system is designated, the time at which the text in electronic data first enters any of the receiver39。 　　(2) there are grounds for the offeree to maintain the irrevocability of the offer and the offeree has made preparations for the fulfillment of the contract. 　　Article 20 An offer loses its effect under any of the following conditions:　　(1) a rejection notice of the offer has reached the offeror?！　?3) when the fixed time limit for acceptance expires, the offeree undertakes no acceptance。 and　　(2) if an offer is not made orally, the acceptance shall reach the offeror within a reasonable period of time. 　　Article 24 If an offer is made through a letter or a telegram, the time limit for acceptance mences on the date shown on the letter or on the date the telegram is handed in for dispatch or, if no such date is shown on the letter, from the date shown by