Article 63 of the Civil Procedure Law stipulates that evidence includes: (1) statements of the parties; (2) Documentary evidence; (3) Physical evidence; (4) Audiovisual materials; (5) Electronic data; (6) Witness testimony; (7) Appraisal opinion; (8) Record of investigation.
As evidence, it must meet three qualities: objective authenticity, relevance, and legality.
Firstly, as evidence, chat records must have objective authenticity and are not modified or deleted content.
Secondly, WeChat chat records as evidence must have a certain correlation with the facts of the case. Finally, WeChat chat records must have legality.
At this point, the WeChat chat records can be used as evidence and belong to electronic data.