Emotional infidelity can make both parties divorce at their discretion. Emotional infidelity is not a condition for the court to directly decide divorce, but it is ok to file for divorce on the grounds of emotional infidelity. In this case, the court will mediate between the two parties, mediate and reconcile or both parties agree to divorce. If mediation fails, the court will not directly decide the divorce.
Article 1079 of General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
If one of the spouses requests a divorce, the relevant organizations may mediate or directly file a divorce lawsuit with the people's court.
When trying divorce cases, the people's court shall conduct mediation; If the relationship has indeed broken down and mediation is ineffective, divorce should be granted.