China Justice Observer

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 China Legal Trends Meng Yu 余萌 , Wenliang Zhang

This post analyzes the historic rise in cross-border judgment enforcement involving China, specifically focusing on the persistent challenges hindering the recognition of Chinese judgments abroad. It identifies two primary obstacles—emerging legal hurdles regarding systemic due process and a "confidence deficit" among Chinese creditors—and argues that addressing these is essential to sustaining the framework of mutual recognition.

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

In the case of Amazon Joyo v. CNIPA & Seletech et al. (2024), China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) addressed the procedural hurdles of serving an elusive foreign litigant in an intellectual property dispute. By integrating the Hague Service Convention with domestic civil procedure, the SPC validated a non-hierarchical, multi-track service strategy.

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In August 2025, China’s Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued its first batch of guiding cases on data rights, establishing clear judicial standards to curb excessive data collection and regulate China’s digital economy.

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

Xiamen has implemented mainland China’s second local personal bankruptcy regulation, establishing a legal framework for “honest but unfortunate” debtors to seek economic recovery.

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

In February 2025, the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, granted recognition and enforcement to a Chinese monetary judgment of the First Intermediate People's Court of Hainan Province (Yangpu Huigu Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited v He [2025] NSWSC 28).

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

In November 2023, the High Court of New Zealand granted a summary judgment to enforce two Chinese court judgments (Tian v Xu [2023] NZHC 3259), marking the first reported case of a New Zealand court enforcing a Chinese mediation judgment—also known as a civil settlement statement.

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

On 31 Dec. 2025, China Justice Observer released the 2025 version of the List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments. To date, we have collected 120 cases involving China and 26 foreign States and regions. (Note: Foreign divorce judgments are excluded from the Case List.)

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

In March 2025, China’s Suzhou Intermediate People's Court recognized and enforced a Singapore monetary judgment in Golden Barley International Pte Ltd v Xiao (2023) Su 05 Xie Wai Ren No. 8. This case marks the first judicial application of the China-Singapore Memorandum of Understanding on Information on Foreign Law to ascertain Singapore law.

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

In December 2024, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize and enforce two South Korean trademark judgments (SD Biotechnologies Co. Ltd v. LAP F&C (2022) Jing 04 Xie Wai Ren No.23-1). This marks the second reported case of a Korean IP-related judgment being recognized in China, following a similar case four years prior.

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

In December 2024, the High Court of New Zealand ruled to enforce a Chinese monetary judgment, rejecting the judgment debtor's natural justice defense (Hebei Huaneng Industrial Development Co Ltd v Shi [2024] NZHC 3656).