Use a statutory will form that courts will recognise — informal notes rarely beat intestacy.
Wills under China’s Civil Code must meet form requirements (holographic, notarial and other recognised forms). Foreigners and cross-border assets add complexity. This hub fills the map slug `/wills-in-china` and routes to live pages on recognised forms, foreigners making wills, and testamentary succession. Intestacy applies if the will fails. Do not create competing form flagships.
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.
Which will form will you use?
Forms twin.
FormForeigner or cross-border estate?
Foreign twin.
ForeignAssets in China titled how?
Map.
AssetsIntestacy backup understood?
related pages.
IntestateWorking 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.
Where are recognised forms?
Where is intestacy?
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.