X. Force Majeure
1. In case of an unforeseeable event of force majeure (“force majeure event”), such as earthquake, typhoon, flood, fire, military action, strike, riot, war or other event beyond the reasonable control of a party to this Agreement, which prevent such party from performing this Agreement, such party shall immediately notify the other parties without delay and provide the details and supporting documents of such event within fifteen (15) days after the notice is given, explaining the cause of the inability to perform all or part of its obligations under this Agreement or delayed performance. The parties shall negotiate to find and implement a solution acceptable to the parties to this Agreement.
2. To avoid doubt, the above-mentioned force majeure also includes the following circumstances that make the cooperative institution, MYbank or Chongqing Wantang unable to perform any service related to the cooperative project. In this case, the cooperative institution, MYbank or Chongqing Wantang shall not bear any liability for breach of contract:
(1) During the maintenance or upgrade of MYbank’s system and Alipay platform system;
(2) Failure to carry out business due to virus, Trojan, malicious program attack, network congestion, system instability, system or equipment failure, communication failure, power failure, telecommunication equipment failure or other banking reasons, third-party service defect or government behavior;
(3) Failure to carry out business due to systematic obstacles caused by force majeure factors, such as typhoon, earthquake, tsunami, flood, power failure, war and terrorist attack;
(4) Service interruption or delay caused by hacker attack, technical adjustment or failure of telecommunication department and other relevant departments or enterprises and public institutions relying on information technology, or website upgrade;
(5) The service provided by MYbank is restricted due to the laws, regulations, rules, provisions, guidelines, notices, policies and other normative documents promulgated or changed by relevant competent authorities of the state;
(6) Restrictive measures to the account and other circumstances beyond the control of MYbank (such as insufficient account balance, limited payment limit, restricted right and constrained transfer-out limit of Yu’e Bao or Yulibao), restricted withholding function by other banks).
3. In the event of force majeure, the party affected by force majeure shall not be liable for any damage, increase in costs or losses suffered by any other party as a result of the failure or delay in performing its obligations under this Agreement due to force majeure, and such failure or delay in performing this Agreement shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement. The party affected by force majeure event shall take appropriate measures to reduce or eliminate the influence of the force majeure event, and attempt to resume the performance of the obligations delayed or hindered by the event within the shortest possible time. If the force majeure event or the influence of a force majeure event prevents a party or parties from performing all or part of its obligations under this Agreement for a period of more than one (1) month, the party not affected by the force majeure shall have the right to request to terminate this Agreement and exempt some obligations specified herein or delay the performance of this Agreement.