Safety Duty of Public Venues · 公共场所安全保障义务
Article 1198 — Civil Code of the PRC — Tort Liability (2021)
Operators or managers of business premises and public venues such as hotels, shopping malls, banks, stations, airports, sports venues, and entertainment venues, or organizers of mass activities, who fail to fulfill their duty of safety protection and thereby cause damage to others, shall bear tort liability.
Where damage is caused by the act of a third party, the third party shall bear tort liability; operators, managers, or organizers who failed to fulfill their safety duty shall bear corresponding supplementary liability.
宾馆、商场、银行、车站、机场、体育场馆、娱乐场所等经营场所、公共场所的经营者、管理者或者群众性活动的组织者,未尽到安全保障义务,造成他人损害的,应当承担侵权责任。
因第三人的行为造成他人损害的,由第三人承担侵权责任;经营者、管理者或者组织者未尽到安全保障义务的,承担相应的补充责任。