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Guodong Du 杜国栋

Guodong Du 杜国栋
Guodong Du 杜国栋
guodong.du@chinajusticeobserver.com
China Justice Observer (CJO) Co-founder

Guodong Du is the founder of CJO.

Prior to this, Guodong practiced for years at the Dentons Beijing office. His legal practice focuses on the resolution of cross-border dispute resolution, in particular, the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in China.

In addition, Guodong Du is also a researcher at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL). After obtaining his Ph.D. at CUPL, Guodong has been a researcher at the Legal Profession Research Center and the Judicial Reform Research Center of CUPL. His research focus area are the practical operation of Chinese courts, the judicial reforms and Chinese legal professions.

321 Articles

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

In 2024, a local Chinese court in Nanning, Guangxi, ruled to recognize and enforce a Thai monetary judgment. Apart from being the first case of enforcing Thai monetary judgments in China, it is also the first publicly reported case confirming a reciprocal relationship based on “presumptive reciprocity” (Guangxi Nanning China Travel Service Co., Ltd. v. Orient Thai Airlines Co., Ltd. (2023) Gui 71 Xie Wai Ren No. 1).

Sun, 31 Dec 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

In 2022, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice of Canada refused to grant summary judgment to enforce a Chinese monetary judgment in the context of two parallel proceedings in Canada, indicating that the two proceedings should proceed together as there was factual and legal overlap, and triable issues involved defenses of natural justice and public policy (Qingdao Top Steel Industrial Co. Ltd. v. Fasteners & Fittings Inc. 2022 ONSC 279).