Wed, 25 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2023, the UN Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships (the "Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships") opened for signature. It is believed to be the first United Nations convention in the field of maritime law to be named after a Chinese city.
Wed, 25 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court(SPC) issued the “Guiding Opinions on Strengthening and Standardizing the Work of Elevated Jurisdiction and Retrial of Cases” (关于加强和规范案件提级管辖和再审提审工作的指导意见). According to the Guiding Opinions, the SPC has relaxed the standards for its retrial of civil and administrative cases.
Wed, 25 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2023, China’s Ministry of Justice(MOJ) released the “2022 Annual Statistical Analysis of Lawyers and Grassroots Legal Service Work”. The number of lawyers in China is growing by more than 10% per year, but the caseload has even experienced negative growth.
Sun, 22 Oct 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In 2021, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, puzzled by mechanisms such as retrial and procuratorate protest in the Chinese judicial system, refused to grant a summary judgment enforcing a Chinese judgment on the ground of finality (Yang v. Kong, 2021 BCSC 809).
Tue, 17 Oct 2023 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
Can I sue Chinese companies in New Zealand and then enforce a New Zealand judgment in China?
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
The “Several Provisions on the Participation of People’s Assessors with Expertise in the Trial of Cases involving Environmental Resource” (关于具有专门知识的人民陪审员参加环境资源案件审理的若干规定), newly issued by China’s Supreme People’s Court, came into effect on 1 Aug. 2023.
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
The newly issued “Regulation of the People’s Republic of China on Consular Protection and Assistance” came into effect in September 2023, aiming to safeguard China’s overseas interests and protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens, legal persons, and unincorporated organizations abroad.
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
The “Interim Measures for the Administration of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services” newly issued by the Chinese government came into effect from 15 Aug. 2023.
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2023, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate Court (BFIC) released its “2022 Annual Report on Judicial Review Cases in Domestic Arbitration”. As a court with jurisdiction over two of the largest arbitration institutions in China, namely the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), BFIC is a major player in China’s arbitration landscape.
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2023, the new version of the National Administrative Regulations Database was officially launched on the website of China’s Ministry of Justice, providing online access, search and download services to the public.