China Establishes Three Internet Courts to Try Internet-Related Cases Online

• December 16, 2018
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Recently, China has established three Internet courts in Hangzhou, Beijing and Guangzhou. These courts will try Internet-related cases online, all of which are located in the most flourishing and prosperous area in the aspect of China’s Internet industry.

The Practice of Recognizing and Enforcing Foreign Arbitral Awards by Chinese Courts in 2015-2017

• December 8, 2018
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An empirical study, conducted by Prof. Liu Jingdong, analyzes China’s progress on recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards since 2015, through a comparison between 81 cases in 2015-2017 and the pre-2015 replies issued by the Supreme People’s Court of China.

Judge Quota System: Tops the List of Concerns Among Judges in China’s Judicial Reform

• November 29, 2018
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The judge quota system refers to the system for determining the number of judges in the court. In the judicial reform, the SPC attempts to rationally determine the number of judges in each court in a scientific way and then select the right candidate to serve as a judge.

Hope in Sight：Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in China Is No Longer a Dream

• November 22, 2018
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China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) is about to issue a significant judicial interpretation, stipulating the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in China. Judge Song Jianli (宋建立) (Judge of the SPC’s 4th Civil Division) introduced the content of the judicial interpretation.

Chinese Judges' Personal Rights Are Often Violated | Reading Notes of People's Court Daily

• November 17, 2018
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The protection of the personal rights of Chinese judges is one of the most concerned issues for them. From an investigation report made by Longyan Intermediate People's Court of Fujian Province, we can learn that the personal rights of Chinese judges are often violated. Now, the SPC is working hard to solve this problem.

The Door Is Open: Chinese Courts Recognized and Enforced a U.S. Judgment for the Second Time

• November 10, 2018
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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.

How Chinese E-Justice works？

• November 4, 2018
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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.

Courts in China's Judicial Reform (The Third-round Judicial Reform During 2014-2017)

• October 29, 2018
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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.

Chinese Judges Shall Undergo Review and Approval Before Rendering Judgments

• October 20, 2018
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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).

How Judicial Discipline Works in China?

• October 15, 2018
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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.

China Established the Financial Court in Shanghai

• October 10, 2018
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The Shanghai Financial Court, the first court in China dedicated to hearing finance-related civil and administrative cases, was established on 20 August 2018.

Why Is the Judicial Accountability System the Cornerstone of China’s Judicial System Reform?

• October 5, 2018
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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.

The Roles of Chinese Court Presidents

• October 3, 2018
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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.

China's Supreme Court Judge Zhang Yongjian Talks about China International Commercial Court

• September 24, 2018
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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.

China's Supreme People's Court Judges Liu Guixiang and Zhang Yongjian Talk about China International Commercial Court at the Press Conference

• September 22, 2018
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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).

Supreme Courts of China and Singapore Sign Agreement on Recognition and Enforcement of Money Judgments in Commercial Cases

• September 11, 2018
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Chinese courts are going one step further in the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters.

China's Supreme Court Judge Gao Xiaoli Talks about the Ascertainment of Foreign Law in Chinese Courts

• September 4, 2018
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The post introduces one of the biggest difficulties encountered by Chinese courts in the trial of foreign-related civil and commercial cases: how to ascertain foreign law.

The Case-Instructing System in Chinese Courts

• August 28, 2018
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Chinese judges having doubts on specific issues in the trial work will seek for opinions of higher courts (appellate courts) and shall render judgments in accordance with the reply opinions.

Domestic Judges and International Law in the Practice of China

• August 21, 2018
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Mr. Ma Xinmin (马新明), Deputy Director-General of the Department of Treaty and Law of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of P.R.C., introduced the important role of the Chinese judges in ensuring the compliance and clarification of the rules of international law and promoting international judicial cooperation and the codification of international law.

7 Tips on the List of Dishonest Judgment Debtors in Chinese Courts

• August 12, 2018
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In China, if the judgment debtor fails to fulfill their obligations, while also undertakes certain dishonest conducts, the court will include the them into the publicly available List of Dishonest Judgment Debtors.