租赁期限是指租赁合同的存续期间。合同法第二百一十四条规定:“租赁期限不得超过20年。超过20年的,超过部分无效。租赁期间届满,当事人可以续订租赁合同,但约定的租赁期限自续订之日起不得超过20年。”但是,在合同法于1999年10月1日施行之前,我国民法并没有就有关租赁期限的问题作出规定。这就产 Lease term refers to the duration of the lease contract. Article 214 of the Contract Law stipulates that: "The term of the lease shall not exceed 20 years. Exceed 20 years, the excess is partially invalid. Upon the expiry of the lease term, the parties may renew the lease contract but the agreed lease term is renewed from the date of renewal However, until the contract law came into force on October 1, 1999, China’s civil law did not stipulate the issue of the lease term. This produces