I m 20 years old, and it s a crime to live together without getting married

It doesn't count, but morality doesn't allow it.

The law protects the marital status that leads to a de facto marriage, and unmarried cohabitation is not illegal at this time. For those who have not formed a de facto marriage, the act of unmarried cohabitation is not legal, but it is not illegal. In other words, unmarried cohabitants (without spouse) are free to decide whether or not to choose to live together.

Whether unmarried cohabitation is illegal and whether it is protected by law needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. According to the provisions of China's Marriage Law and its judicial interpretations:

1. Where a man and a woman who have not completed marriage registration in accordance with the provisions of the Marriage Law and live together in the name of husband and wife have met the substantive requirements for marriage before the promulgation and implementation of the Regulations on the Administration of Marriage Registration of the Ministry of Civil Affairs on February 1, 1994, it shall be treated as a de facto marriage;

After the promulgation and implementation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs' "Regulations on the Administration of Marriage Registration" on February 1, if both men and women meet the substantive requirements for marriage and have not completed the marriage registration, they shall re-register.

At this time, the law protects the marital status that forms a de facto marriage, and it is not illegal to live together without marriage at this time. For those who have not formed a de facto marriage, the act of unmarried cohabitation is not legal, but it is not illegal. In other words, unmarried cohabitants (without spouse) are free to decide whether or not to choose to live together.

There is no one who can prevent consensual unmarried cohabitation, but unmarried cohabitation at this time is not protected by the law, and once a dispute arises, the law will not protect the interests of unmarried cohabitants in the same way as it protects normally married couples.

Legal basis: Before the promulgation and implementation of the "Regulations on the Administration of Marriage Registration", if both the man and the woman have met the substantive requirements for marriage, it shall be handled as a de facto marriage; After the promulgation and implementation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs' Regulations on the Administration of Marriage Registration on February 1, 1994, the people's court where both the man and the woman meet the substantive requirements for marriage shall inform them to apply for marriage registration before accepting the case; If the marriage registration is not completed, it shall be handled as the dissolution of the cohabitation relationship.

Legal Analysis: Unmarried cohabitation is not illegal, but cohabitation is not protected by law.

Legal basis: Civil Code of the People's Republic of China

Article 1046:Marriage shall be completely voluntary between a man and a woman, and neither party shall be allowed to coerce the other, nor shall any organization or individual interfere with it.

Article 1047:The age of marriage shall not be earlier than 22 years for men and 20 years old for women.

Article 1048:Marriage is prohibited for lineal blood relatives or collateral blood relatives within three generations.

Article 1049 A man and a woman who wish to marry shall apply for marriage registration in person at the marriage registration office. Where the provisions of this Law are met, they shall be registered and a marriage certificate shall be issued. The marriage relationship is established after the marriage is registered. Where marriage registration has not been completed, the registration shall be re-registered.

Article 1050:After marriage is registered, the woman may become a member of the man's family and the man may become a member of the woman's family in accordance with the agreement between the man and the woman.

Article 1051 Marriage shall be null and void under any of the following circumstances:

a) bigamy; 2) Have a family relationship that prohibits marriage;

3) Not yet of the legal age of marriage.

It is not illegal to live together without being married. Except for those who have a spouse living with another person, or who knowingly cohabits with another person's spouse. According to the relevant laws and regulations, a person who has a spouse and marries another person, or clearly knows that another person has a spouse and marries him, is suspected of the crime of bigamy and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or short-term detention.

[Legal basis].

Article 3 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation (1) on the Application of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China on Marriage and Family.

Where a party initiates a lawsuit and only requests the dissolution of the cohabitation relationship, the people's court will not accept it; where it has already been accepted, a ruling is made to reject the lawsuit.

Where a party initiates a lawsuit due to a dispute over the division of property or child support during the period of brother-bank cohabitation, the people's court shall accept it.

Article 258 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China.

Whoever has a spouse and marries another person while knowing that he or she has a spouse shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or short-term detention.