China Justice Observer

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In November 2022, the China E-commerce Report (2021) released by China’s Ministry of Commerce introduced the situation of China’s e-commerce market in 2021.

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In November 2022, China submitted its position paper on regulating the military applications of Artificial Intelligence to the sixth review conference of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons opened in Geneva.

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.

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In November 2022, Gao Xiaoli and Sun Xiangzhuang, two judges of China’s Supreme People’s Court were elected as judges of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal and Dispute Tribunal.

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In November 2022, the first Metaverse arbitration court worldwide set up by the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission awarded its first case.

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.

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In November 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Jurisdiction of Foreign-Related Civil and Commercial Cases, which concentrates the jurisdiction of such cases, originally under several primary courts, now in one primary court.

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In October 2022, the Preparatory Office of the International Organization for Mediation was set up in Hong Kong, which will organize and carry out negotiations of the convention on its establishment from 2023.

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In November 2022, China’s relevant authorities jointly issued the “Opinions on Implementing the Employment Prohibition System”, which prohibits persons with specific criminal records from working in educational institutions.

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In October 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the “Opinions on Regulating the Operating Mechanism of Collegial Panels”, which formulates new comprehensive rules for collegial panels based on previous practices.