Fri, 24 May 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Law graduates, public civil servants, staff members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and veterans are the main sources of candidates for judges in China.
How Chinese Courts Work
Sat, 04 May 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Foreign litigants are not allowed to use foreign languages in Chinese courts, but can request the court to provide an interpreter and/or a translator to translate their language into Chinese.
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In a Chinese court, a lawyer is speaking at a speed ten times slower than normal. Why?
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China makes a number of responses to guide local courts in making decisions for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in specific cases. Are these responses binding on for a court when deciding subsequent cases?
Tue, 26 Mar 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In the hierarchical structure of Chinese courts, the courts manage cases and supervise judges by making and transferring case files. Therefore, case files show the most real aspect of Chinese litigation.
Sun, 10 Mar 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In China, service of process not only occupies a significant number of resources of the courts, but also delays the progress in case hearing. Why?
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s Supreme People's Court (SPC) is prompting judges to explain their reasons as carefully as possible in judgment writing.
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts have developed a performance appraisal system to measure judges’ performance. If you want to establish reasonable expectations about how Chinese judges hear cases, the role of this system should not be overlooked.
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts have been facing a litigation explosion in the recent five years, which has caused work overload to judges. Dealing with litigation explosion has now become one of the top priorities for the supreme court and local courts in China.
Sun, 06 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The most important difference between litigation and arbitration in China is that judges and arbitrators have different ways of thinking.