Ms. Meng YU is the founder of China Justice Observer (CJO) and a lecturer (private international law) at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL).
Meng and her team of lawyers focus on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in China.
As a postdoctoral fellow, Meng led a project on proof of foreign law in Chinese courts. Meng holds a Ph.D. in law (judicial system) from CUPL. Meng was also a visiting scholar at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Sat, 10 Nov 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts recognized and enforced a U.S. judgment for the second time, indicating that U.S. judgments have begun to be recognized and enforced in China in a normalized way. Any U.S. judgment, whether made by a federal court or a state court, may be recognized and enforced in China.
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese E-Justice(informationization of the court, 法院信息化)has become the two most important tasks of Chinese courts besides the judicial reform.
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China has implemented many reform measures in the third-round judicial reform, which deeply affects the current operating mechanisms of Chinese courts. Therefore, if you want to know how Chinese courts work, you must understand what the SPC did in the third-round judicial reform.
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Before rendering a judgment, a Chinese judge shall undergo review and approval by his/her superiors, who haven't tried the case. This practice has existed in China until recently, when China’s Supreme People Court has ruled out the practice in part in the latest round of judicial reform (2014-2017).
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Improving the judicial accountability system, one of the most important measures in Chinese judicial reform, is supposed to hold judges accountable for life for cases they handle and to effectively discipline judges for misconduct. Prior to this, Chinese judges were never subject to such strict requirements.
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The Shanghai Financial Court, the first court in China dedicated to hearing finance-related civil and administrative cases, was established on 20 August 2018.
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) tries to empower judges to exercise adjudicative power independently while taking more measures to supervise the trial work.
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Compared with their counterparts in other countries, the court presidents in China play a far more complicated role. They have to act as excellent administrators and politicians before acting as legal experts.
Mon, 24 Sep 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Judge Zhang Yongjian (张勇健), Director of the 4th Civil Division of China's Supreme People's Court , introduce the institutional innovation in the International Commercial Court.
Sat, 22 Sep 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Supreme People’s Court Judge Liu Guixiang (刘贵祥) and Judge Zhang Yongjian (张勇健) brief about the current situation of China International Commercial Court (CICC).