The epidemic is force majeure. Force majeure refers to unforeseeable, unavoidable and insurmountable objective conditions.
The sudden COVID-19 epidemic in China, which meets the requirements of force majeure stipulated by the law, can be identified as force majeure, so as to alleviate or exempt the corresponding responsibility of the relevant party.
[Legal Basis]
Article 180 of the Civil Code states that those who cannot perform their civil obligations due to force majeure shall not bear civil liability. If the law provides otherwise, such provisions shall prevail.
Force majeure is unforeseeable, unavoidable and insurmountable objective conditions.
