The legal age of marriage stipulated in China's Marriage Law 1950 is 20 years old for men and 0/8 years old for women. 1980 when amending the marriage law, on the one hand, it is believed that raising the legal age of marriage is beneficial to the physical and mental health, work and study and family planning work of young people; At the same time, it is also noted that the legal age for marriage is too high, which does not meet the requirements of natural laws and is divorced from the reality of the masses and rural areas. The legal age for marriage is 22 for men and 20 for women.

The legal age for marriage in China is 22 years for men; Women over the age of 20; In order to respect the customs and habits of ethnic minorities, the current marriage law stipulates that ethnic autonomous areas can make flexible provisions on the legal age for marriage according to their own actual conditions. In some ethnic minority areas, it is stipulated that ethnic minority men should be 20 years old and women should be 18 years old. However, these flexible regulations only apply to ethnic minorities, not to Han people living in this area.