“ Chapter 4 Consular Legalization Effectiveness and Dispute Handling ⁠Article 31 Consular legalization refers to the act of a consular legalization agency to legalize a document on behalf of the country, and the purpose of consular legalization is to ensure that a document issued in one country can be acknowledged in another country, and its legal effect outside the issuing country will not be affected due to doubts on authenticity of the seal or signature thereon. ”

“ Chapter 6 Supplementary Provisions ⁠Article 38 The documents mentioned in the Measures include all the certificates and written materials such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, academic certificates, certificates of origin, commercial invoices and documents containing non-paper materials. ”