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How to define the portrait right of public figures

Legal analysis: the right to portrait of public figures is defined by the following characteristics: the basic interest of the right to portrait is spiritual interest, the right to portrait has obvious economic interests, and the right to portrait is an exclusive civil right of natural persons.

Legal basis: Article 10 18 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) states that natural persons have the right to make, use, disclose or permit others to use their own portraits according to law. Portrait is the external image of a specific natural person that can be recognized on a certain carrier through images, sculptures, paintings, etc.