China Justice Observer

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team

No. Chinese judges only apply statutory law. However, China's Supreme People's Court is trying to establish a certain degree of "case law."

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team

China promulgated its first-ever Civil Code (民法典) in May 2020.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 Insights Zilin Hao 郝梓林

China's Supreme Court made a final judgment applying HCCH 1965 Service Convention to serve a Japanese litigant by post in 2019, under the situation where the government of Japan opposed to postal service but the Japanese litigant agreed to accept it.

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 Insights Dr. Stephan M. Ebner

German investors benefit from the new Chinese Foreign Investment Law.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌 , Ruida Chen 陈锐达

To enforce a foreign arbitral award in China, the average length of proceedings is 596 days, the court costs are no more than 1.35% of the amount in controversy or 500 CNY, and the attorney's fees are, on average, 7.6% of the amount in controversy.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 Insights Nan Zhang 张南

People have complained that IP creates a monopoly which causes some social issues such as the affordability of patented pharmaceutical drugs. However, we can see this argument from the following aspects.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌 , Ruida Chen 陈锐达

In 2019, the Chinese courts have heard a total of 30 cases concerning the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) has recently published a quantitative analysis based on CJO's Case List, focusing on applications to recognize and enforce foreign judgments in China.

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 Insights Huo Zhengxin 霍政欣

What Role has Private International Law Played?

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team

There is no jury in China, instead, there are people’s assessors.