Wed, 05 Jun 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In December 2023, China's Supreme People’s Court issued guidelines for a one-stop platform to support and facilitate the resolution of international commercial disputes through methods such as neutral evaluation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation.

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

Beijing International Commercial Court issued guidelines elucidating the application of the HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention in China, aiming to clarify procedures for parties unfamiliar with the Convention and to enable faster, more cost-effective, and more convenient cross-border document circulation.

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In December 2023, China's Supreme People’s Court's newly amended provisions extended the reach of its International Commercial Courts (CICC). To establish a valid choice of court agreement, three requirements must be met - the international nature, the agreement in writing, and the amount in controversy - while the 'actual connection' is no longer required.

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In February 2023, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released the report Dispute Settlement with Chinese Characteristics: Assessing China’s International Commercial Court.

Mon, 15 May 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In March 2023, the Hangzhou International Commercial Court heard its first case, involving the procurement of test kits by a German company from a Chinese company during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In September 2022, China’s Xiamen International Commercial Court, as the first international commercial court established in Fujian Province, held its first hearing.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In July 2022, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court held a press briefing to introduce its trial of foreign-related commercial cases in 2018-2022 and released ten typical cases.

Sun, 02 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

China's arbitration policies have been increasing since 2015, and the arbitration is gradually gaining widespread attention. We need to understand why this is happening.

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陳彥茹

On 20 Nov., the Second International Commercial Court of the Supreme People’s Court made inquiries in Manila Branch of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. et. al v. China National Electric Engineering Co. Ltd. about the reconsideration application for the ruling of suspension order, which is involved in the case of standby letter of credit fraud.

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

In China, courts in Lin-gang Special Area of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone will take a far more liberal attitude than other local courts when hearing international commercial disputes.