7 THE ITALIAN LAW JOURNAL NO. 1 (2021) The Chinese Civil Code and ‘Fascination’ with Roman Law. A Conversation with Oliviero Diliberto by Camilla Crea and Oliviero Diliberto The Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China came into force on 1 January 2021 following a long and complex gestation lasting decades and involving many failed attempts at different times in Chinese history. The main focus of this short interview is an assessment of the possible significance that the legacy of Roman law (and its Italian scholarship) may have had on civil law codification in China. DOI 10.23815/2421-2156.ITALJ ISSN 2421-2156
