According to the Statistical Bulletin on the Development of Social Services, the divorce rate across the country was still on the rise last year, and has risen for 12 consecutive years. In all kinds of divorce cases, the parties are most concerned about the division of the joint property of husband and wife. The joint property of husband and wife specifically refers to the legal incomes of one or both parties during the existence of the husband and wife relationship, as well as the properties and property rights transformed from the incomes. The following wages earned by the husband and wife during the existence of the marriage relationship are the joint property of husband and wife:
 1. Wages and funds 2. Income from production and operation 3. Income from intellectual property 4. Inherited or donated property, except for the property determined in the will or gift contract to belong only to the husband and wife 5. Income from one party's personal property investment 6. Housing subsidies and housing provident fund actually obtained or should be obtained by both men and women 7 The pension insurance, bankruptcy resettlement compensation actually obtained or should be obtained by both men and women, 8. The income generated by one spouse's personal property after marriage, except for fruits and natural appreciation.
 Article 17 of the Marriage Law
 The following property acquired by husband and wife during the period of marriage shall be jointly owned by the husband and wife:
 （1） Wages and bonuses (2) income from production and operation (3) income from intellectual property rights (4) property derived from inheritance or donation, except as provided in Item 3 of Article 18 of this Law (5) other property that should be jointly owned. Husband and wife have equal rights to dispose of jointly owned property.