Sun, 07 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陈彦茹
In January 2021, the Decision on Establishing the Beijing Financial Court was adopted by the NPC Standing Committee. Following Shanghai Financial Court, Beijing Financial court becomes the second of its kind in China.
Sun, 07 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陈彦茹
In January 2021, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the proposed Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Cases Handled Online by the People’s Courts (Draft for Comment).
Sun, 07 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陈彦茹
In January 2021, the Ministry of Commerce indicated that the domestic review and approval procedures for RCEP had been launched since last December and made smooth progress.
Sun, 07 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陈彦茹
In January 2021, China’s first case in application of provisions on personal information protection of the Civil Code was heard and ruled by Hangzhou Internet Court.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
Shanghai High People’s Court held that LEGO bricks constitute works of fine art.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 4 Jan. 2021, Shanghai Financial Court, for the first time, applied the Civil Code in a case concerning financial loan contract disputes.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 31 Dec. 2020, China’s Supreme People's Court issued the “Interpretation on the Application of the Guarantee System in the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China”, which came into force on 1 Jan. 2021.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China’s Supreme People's Court fully completes the sorting out of judicial interpretations and issues the first batch of supporting judicial interpretations of the Civil Code.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 31 Dec., China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the “Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access to Hainan Free Trade Port (2020) ”.
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In China, court conference summary, though not binding, can serve as guidance to the judges in their trials. In essence, it is more of a consensus of the majority of judges, similar to 'prevailing opinion' (herrschende Meinung).