As one of fundamental rights of civil law, right of personality is main manifestation of personal right and combined nearly with civil subject. Right of personality, inherent right of civil subject, maintains his independent personality including rights of personal name, portraiture, reputation, privacy, and etc. It?s a principal right of citizens and legal person to enjoy, realize and maintain their independence of personality. Basic value of right of personality lies in realizing and maintaining fundamental rights based on living body of a human being. As the society develops, social and personal value of human as social subject becomes more and more important. As a result, to strengthen legal protection for right of personality is of momentous significance. Starting from the angle of civil law, the text borrows research findings from both domestic and foreign legal protection for right of personality and studies and discusses something about the theory and practice of Chinese legal protection for the right of personality: Firstly, it concept, characteristic of right of personality and its relationship with other relevant rights are stated; Secondly, it makes an analysis to the present situation of Chinese legal protection for right of personality and existing problems; At last, related problems to establishment and improvement of general right of personal of China, to compensation system for mental injury and to judicial practice in the field of legal protection for right of personality are discussed. |