1, the essential difference is different.

The crime of contract fraud refers to whether the actor has the conditions to sign and perform the contract and whether he has created the conditions to perform the contract. There are neither objective conditions nor conditions for performance, which shows that the actor has no sincerity to really perform the contract.

Contract disputes, there is no obvious fraudulent intention when signing the contract. Also have the ability to fulfill the contract, but after the contract is signed, with a laissez-faire attitude that can be fulfilled, it will be pulled down if it cannot be fulfilled. Without active efforts, the other party will suffer serious losses and a large amount of property will be illegally occupied or occupied by its own side.

2, the difference between performance ability and performance behavior

I have no intention of fulfilling the contract at all, and I don't want to undertake contractual obligations. I just want to enjoy the rights unilaterally, but I don't actually perform them. This should be fraud by using the contract.

Contract dispute refers to the ability of the contractor to perform the contract and fulfill his obligations according to the contract. And bear the corresponding liability for breach of contract and compensation, but failed to fulfill the terms of the contract within the performance period stipulated in the contract. The resulting performance is a contract dispute.

3. Different processing results

Whether the contract is deceptive in the process of establishment and whether the contents of the contract are deceptive shall be determined by the court. From the offer or acceptance of a contract to the signing of a contract, it is generally full of fraud, which often makes the other party believe that this kind of behavior with the nature of fraudulent signing is a criminal act. The public security organs will deal with it according to law.

Although the contract dispute also has a certain fraudulent nature, it is partial and one-sided and not false in essence. Judging from the contents of the contract, if it is a contract dispute, the main terms of the contract are generally accurate, practical and fair, and the rights and obligations of both parties are relatively equal. If a judgment is pronounced by a people's court and it is not executed according to the judgment, it may be enforced by the executive court of the people's court.

Baidu Encyclopedia-People's Republic of China (PRC) Contract Law

Baidu Encyclopedia-Contract Fraud

Baidu Encyclopedia-Contract Disputes