Tue, 12 Aug 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
A Beijing court enforced a debt judgment for the first time by seizing and selling a company's carbon emission allowances, raising over $139,000 to pay owed wages to workers.
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Tue, 12 Aug 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In May 2025, the Beijing International Commercial Tribunal (BICT) held its landmark first circuit trial, dismissing an offshore company's motion to invalidate an arbitration agreement and upholding the principle of arbitration clause independence.
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2024, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People's Court announced its support for the establishment of an International Commercial Arbitration Center in Beijing, outlining measures to enhance arbitration review, enforcement, and the recognition of foreign arbitral awards.
Wed, 03 Jul 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2024, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court swiftly granted interim measures within 24 hours of the case filing, supporting an arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC).
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2023, the Beijing High People’s Court released a 30-year English version of the Intellectual Property White Paper, detailing a substantial caseload and growth in intellectual property cases from 1993 to 2023.
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2023, Beijing's Chaoyang Court released a white paper on foreign-related family cases, highlighting key insights from 717 cases spanning 2018-2022, with divorce and inheritance disputes accounting for the majority, and addressing procedural and substantive issues in eight typical cases.
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2023, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate Court (BFIC) released its “2022 Annual Report on Judicial Review Cases in Domestic Arbitration”. As a court with jurisdiction over two of the largest arbitration institutions in China, namely the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), BFIC is a major player in China’s arbitration landscape.
Mon, 30 Jan 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2022, Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court reported its work on foreign court judgment/arbitral awards enforcement cases. Since 2018, the court has accepted 332 cases, with the total amount in controversy reaching more than CNY 5 billion (approx. USD 740 million).
Mon, 26 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2022, for the first time in China, a criminal of child molestation was banned for life from any occupation that had close contact with minors according to the Law on the Protection of Minors.
Tue, 20 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2022, a primary court in Beijing ruled that the food delivery platform should bear part of the liability in a case where a delivery man died while delivering food.