The multiple tortfeasors system of Chinese Tort Liability Law is composed of the multiple tortfeasors of “one cause and one result” and the multiple tortfeasors of “multiple causes and one result”. They are different from each other in the burden of proof and the corresponding liability nature. The multiple tortfeasors of “one cause and one result” are represented by article 8, 9 and 10 of Chinese Tort Liability Law. In article 8, joint fault of multiple tortfeasors, including joint intention, joint negligence, and the junction of intention and negligence, makes multiple actions constitute one cause of the result. According to article 9, the intention of the instigator and accomplice makes them to constitute one cause along with the instigated and accompanied. While in article 10, the multiple actions with the same risk can also be seen as one cause of the result. One cause justifies the application of the joint and several liability, and the plaintiff needs only prove the causation between the multiple actions as a whole and the damage. The multiple tortfeasors of “multiple causes and one result” are composed of article 11 and 12. Article 11 stresses that specific actions done separately actually caused a single damage with the feature of accumulated causation, that is, each action alone is able to cause the damage. The application of the joint and several liability is not originated from the integrity of actions, but from the special rule of causation and the self responsibility principle in civil law. Article 12 is featured with partial causation, and is to adjust all the other multiple tortfeasors of “multiple causes and one result” except those adjusted by article 11. Articles 8 to 12 constitute a quite close multiple tortfeasors system. In application, attention should be paid to the order and differences among different institutions. |