Statutory succession is the default heir ladder — wills can reallocate within legal limits, intestacy uses it fully.
Statutory succession rules identify legal heirs and distribution order under the Civil Code. They operate fully in intestacy and also interact with testamentary gifts. This page fills `/statutory-succession-in-china` and points to live order-of-inheritance and who-inherits-without-a-will pages. Wills hub covers testate planning. Foreign-heir guides remain overlays.
4 questions before you choose the route.
This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.
Testate or intestate?
Track.
TrackWhich heir order applies?
Order twin.
OrderIntestacy related guide opened?
Deep twin.
IntestateForeign heirs involved?
Overlay.
ForeignWorking rule: Map the regulated role before marketing or launch in China.
The signal ledger.
These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.
Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.
Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.
Questions people ask before they build.
Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.
Is statutory succession only for no-will cases?
It is central in intestacy; wills still sit against a statutory backdrop.
Where is intestacy Q&A?
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.