Sat, 29 Jun 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
China's hierarchical trial system for civil cases can be summarized as "2+1+1".
Sat, 22 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China is trying to make arbitration institutions more independent of the government in order to enhance their market competitiveness.
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
How does a Chinese court set a Case Number(案号) for each case?
Sun, 16 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
For a long time, Chinese courts have assigned cases to judges by their own dedicated personnel. Now, Chinese courts are trying to replace the traditional practice with a random case assignment mechanism.
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
False testimonies of witnesses and false statements of the parties are very common in Chinese civil litigation, which generally undermines the trust of judges in what witnesses and the parties say.
Sat, 08 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Perjury is very common in China's civil litigation, and yet it is difficult for judges to punish perjurers, which consequently affects the judges' way of thinking in the fact-finding.
Mon, 03 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Judges of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) discussed how China could promote international cooperation in the future in recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Mon, 27 May 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese judges work overtime to deal with the litigation explosion, which might render litigation less competitive than arbitration in China.
Fri, 24 May 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Law graduates, public civil servants, staff members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and veterans are the main sources of candidates for judges in China.
Sat, 18 May 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
The post depicts the latest structure of China court hierarchy in 2019.