Sun, 15 Nov 2020 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

In March 2019, Xiangyang Intermediate People's Court, Hubei Province, rendered a ruling to recognize the damages awarded by a Polish criminal judgment in Santint Poland Sp. zo.o.v. Zhang pawuleikedan.

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

For Chinese judges, discovering similar cases is an unfamiliar and challenging task. However, the Guiding Case System(指導(dǎo)性案例制度) and the Similar Case Retrieving System(類(lèi)案檢索制度) established respectively in 2010 and 2020 have required them to face up to this task.

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team

Yes, AI-created works can be copyrighted in China, as a local court in Shenzhen ruled recently in Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Co., Ltd. v. Shanghai Yingxun Technology Co., Ltd (2019).

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 Insights China Laws Portal Team

The Personal Bankruptcy Regulation of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (深圳經(jīng)濟(jì)特區(qū)個(gè)人破產(chǎn)條例) was enacted on 31 Aug. 2020 and will come into effect on 1 Mar. 2021.

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

China's Supreme Court issued the Implementing Rules of the Provisions on Case Guidance (《關(guān)于案例指導(dǎo)工作的規(guī)定》實(shí)施細(xì)則) in May 2015, which clarified the details of how the Guiding Case System works.

Sun, 11 Oct 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Where do China's Guiding Cases (指導(dǎo)性案例) come from? Provisions on Case Guidance were issued by the SPC in 2010 as a first step towards establishing the Guiding Case system.

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 Insights Zilin Hao 郝梓林

In 2020, Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court enforced the judgments made by the October District Court of Minsk City, the Republic of Belarus. This also marks the first time that a Shanghai court has accepted a case transferred by a foreign court according to the bilateral treaty.

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Translation matters. In 2020, Chengdu Intermediate People's Court in Sichuan Province dismissed an application for enforcing a UAE judgment, due to translation errors in the Chinese version of the application.

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 Insights Jian Zhang 張建

As shown in Brentwood case (2020), arbitral awards rendered in Mainland China by foreign arbitral institutions can be enforced as foreign-related Chinese awards and shall be subject to the same stringent judicial review standards as Chinese arbitral awards.

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 China Legal Trends Guodong Du 杜國(guó)棟

By the end of 2019, there were more than 473 thousand practicing lawyers in China, an increase of 11.8% over 2018. This is the 6th consecutive year that the Chinese lawyer profession has maintained rapid growth.