China Justice Observer

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

On 13 Nov.2020, Beijing Declaration (北京宣言) was adopted by the China Forum on International Legal Cooperation (中国法治国际论坛), an annual forum sponsored by China Law Society.

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

From 10 to 11 Nov. 2020, China's legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, held its 23rd session and passed three bills.

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

The draft version of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Online Micro-lending Business (网络小额贷款业务管理暂行办法(征求意见稿)) was issued by the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and the People's Bank of China (PBOC) on November 2, 2020.

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

China's State Administration of Market Supervision issued the draft version of the "Guidelines for Anti-monopoly in the Field of Platform Economy"( 关于平台经济领域的反垄断指南(征求意见稿)) on 10 Nov. 2020.

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

On 11 Nov. 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the latest revision of the Copyright Law. 

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 China Legal Trends Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

As of 30 Aug. 2020, over 100 million judgments are freely available on China Judgments Online, with a total of 48 billion visits.

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

In July 2020, Shenyang Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province rendered a ruling against enforcement of two South Korean judgments, due to the expiry of limitation period.

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

The Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court ruled in 2020 to recognize and enforce a judgment rendered by the Seoul Southern District Court of South Korea. Once again, the China-South Korea reciprocal relationship was confirmed, thus keeping the door wide open for more South Korean judgments.

Fri, 29 May 2020 China Legal Trends Huo Zhengxin 霍政欣

The PRC Civil Code (中华人民共和国民法典) was adopted on 28 May 2020, and will take effect on 1 Jan., 2021.

Sat, 23 May 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

"Opinions on Further Providing Judicial Services and Safeguards for the Construction of the 'Belt and Road' by People's Courts" (关于人民法院进一步为“一带一路”建设提供司法服务和保障的意见) was issued by China's Supreme People's Court on 9 Dec. 2019.