The legal age for marriage in China and Hongkong is 16.

Article 6 of the Marriage Law stipulates: "The age of marriage shall not be earlier than 22 for men and 20 for women. Late marriage and late childbearing should be encouraged. "

The legislatures of some ethnic autonomous areas in China have made flexible provisions on the legal age of marriage in their marriage laws. For example, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Tibet and other autonomous regions, as well as some autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, all take the age of 20 for men and 0/8 for women as the minimum age for marriage in their respective regions. However, these flexible regulations only apply to ethnic minorities, not to Han people living in this area.