People’s Code： An Interpretation of ＂Encyclopedia of Social Life＂ from the Perspective of Life Cases

As a documentary showing the hot regulations and spiritual core of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code in an all-round and three-dimensional way, People’s Code shows the close relationship between Civil Code and people and its far-reaching influence from five dimensions: times, country, society, family and individual.

From February 18th to February 22nd, 2021, CCTV Comprehensive Channel of the Central Radio and Television Station released five episodes of the documentary "The Code of the People", which objectively recorded the influence of the Civil Code of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the lives and social development of ordinary people through real cases, vividly showing the level and height of the rule of law civilization in China.

Every story presented in People’s Code is a topic of great concern to the people. Every link from the structural planning of point, line and plane to the selection and presentation of real people’s livelihood cases is carefully crafted, with the goal of making a "civil code screen textbook" that integrates the spirit of rule of law, humanistic feelings, social thinking and the country. The film has improved people’s knowledge and understanding of the Civil Code, and has aroused widespread concern since its broadcast.

　

Text layout, showing application scenarios with cases.

"The Civil Code of People’s Republic of China (PRC) is the first law named after the code since the founding of New China. As media people, we are duty-bound to record this historic process of the rule of law in China. " The film’s creator said that he hopes to record the epitome of the rule of law in this era with a lens.

The Code of the People consists of five episodes, which show the close relationship between the civil code and people and its far-reaching influence from five dimensions: times, country, society, family and individual.

From the settlement of electronic contract disputes in online shopping to the legal protection of virtual property; From the separation of the three powers of rural land to the innovative guidance of "green principle"; From the management of people’s livelihood problems such as throwing objects at high altitude and revealing personal information to giving priority to the protection of civil rights. And the table safety of ordinary people, the standardized management of property services, the legal guarantee of public transportation, the harmonious construction of doctor-patient relationship, the joint signing of debts by husband and wife, the protection of fetal rights and interests, and the design of residence right system …

Through a vivid case, the Civil Code makes the specific provisions of the civil code fall into the people’s lives, thus demonstrating the great historical and practical significance of this law.

At the same time, through the presentation of historical materials, interviews with judicial personnel, and in-depth interpretation of cases by legal experts, the People’s Code explains and popularizes the legal knowledge and the concept of the rule of law in the Civil Code in a simple way, which has effectively promoted social harmony and stability, people’s livelihood, and the country’s prosperity and civilization.

　

Enhance communication and tell the story of the rule of law in China.

The Civil Code has created a precedent for codification legislation in China, which is of milestone significance. Dig deep into the spiritual connotation of the Civil Code and tell the story of China ruled by law. The People’s Code is a dialogue between top-level design and grassroots practice.

The creative team of "People’s Code" completed the tasks of project establishment, planning, shooting, editing and so on in more than half a year. The team was divided into six groups, and traveled to Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Sichuan, Hainan, Xinjiang and other places to conduct in-depth interviews with cases and parties related to the hot regulations of the Civil Code. They had different positions and identities, but all of them were protected by the law.

The People’s Code tells the story of China ruled by law with distinctive lens language by combining recording and narration, literature and theory, people and events, emotion and jurisprudence, thus making the Civil Code come to the masses and enter their hearts, and effectively promoting the publicity and implementation of the Civil Code. It can be said that the People’s Code is expressed in realism, facing social hotspots and responding to people’s concerns, and has written a vivid footnote for the progress of the rule of law in China with documentaries.　

　

All-media matrix propagation, multi-screen resonance sound reinforcement

When the creative team launched five documentaries of People’s Code, they deeply applied the product logic of all-media innovation and communication, and uploaded more than 100 short videos of the new Civil Code vlog. By the time of publication, Weibo had read the topic of the same name for 130 million times. Many hot topics are frequently circled, and multi-screen resonance spreads the voice of the rule of law.

Wang Liming, vice president of china law society, commented: The People’s Code has effectively promoted the spread of the spirit of the Civil Code, and further enhanced the thinking ability and level of civil law rule of law in all walks of life.

The documentary of People’s Code forms a "combination boxing" with media products, which turns legal hotspots into a lively open class of civil code. At the same time, the creative team focuses on matrix communication and spreads it through multi-platform matrices of hundreds of public security departments across the country, multiplying the volume of law popularization. As of press time, the film has been paid attention to by the National People’s Congress, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Ministry of Justice and other official Weibo, WeChat WeChat official account, China Daily, Rule of Law Daily, People’s Court Daily, Yangguang Voice of China and other media, and has been reprinted many times.

As Sun Xianzhong, a member of the Constitution and Law Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress, said: The civil code focuses on implementation, and this series of’ combination boxing’ has made everyone an active promoter of the implementation of the civil code.

Combining the grand theme with the narration of the people, The Code of the People deepens the brushwork into the depths of reality, history and culture, which is an expansion and innovation of the documentary on the rule of law.

The People’s Code is an active attempt to tell a good story about China’s justice. It not only deeply digs the rich connotation of the Civil Code as a model of governing the country according to law in the new era, but also vigorously spreads the culture of the rule of law, enhances the audience’s understanding and recognition of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, and further makes the film reflect the significance and value of the times.

Editor | Ye Chenxi Ning Yahong