As the epitome or typical representative of the private law autonomy paradigm at the beginning of the 21st century, legal norms for marriage and family in the Civil Code of China reflect the distinct dynamic nature, gender position and open characteristic of the individual-family relationship in the context of compressed modernity. It keeps changing and adjusting during different phrases of the family life circle, embodies right-and-interest conflicts of family members in different genders. In addition, it could also confront property disputes between family members and a third party, as well as the intervention and supervision from the public power, which induces more market exchange and social protection elements into the marriage and family autonomy system. In the view of the Civil Code, the conception of family integration only has limited explanatory power and the idea of “family-first” has been seriously challenged. In response, the family legal system has turned to regulate family relationship on personal standard: the right of name and the right of personal freedom enjoyed by family members return to civil rights system; wrongdoing and damage in the barrier of marriage and family are punished equally; rights, interests and responsibilities of family members in the common property of marriage and family are clearer; positive property can be divided, negative property can be delimited, and non-material contribution can be compensated. The Civil Code declares that “marriage and family are protected by the state.” It has multiple meanings: on the one hand, it points to the rights and interests of marriage and family in the private law; on the other hand, it directs to the familyfriendly policies in the field of social security and social welfare, which leads to the constitution of the whole family law.