Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 687 General Warranty refers to the suretyship that the parties agreed in the suretyship contract that the surety shall bear the suretyship liability when the debtor fails to perform the debt.
Article 688 Where the parties stipulate in the suretyship contract that the surety and the debtor shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts, it is a suretyship of joint liability.