Tue, 26 Sep 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In December 2022, the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam upheld a trial court's decision to recognize and enforce an arbitral award from the Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SIAC).

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 Insights Meng Yu 余萌

In a recent case involving the enforcement of a foreign arbitral award, the Shanghai Maritime Court confirmed its jurisdiction over an offshore company respondent with its principal place of business in China (see Oriental Prime Shipping Co. Limited v. Hong Glory International Shipping Company Limited (2020)) .

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In December 2022, Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court reported its work on foreign court judgment/arbitral awards enforcement cases. Since 2018, the court has accepted 332 cases, with the total amount in controversy reaching more than CNY 5 billion (approx. USD 740 million).

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

China’s Supreme People’s Court elaborated on how Chinese courts apply the New York Convention when handling cases involving the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, in a conference summary issued in December 2021.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌

Can I initiate arbitration proceedings against Chinese companies in my country and then have the awards enforced in China? You probably don’t want to go to faraway China to sue a Chinese company, and you don’t want to agree in the contract to submit the dispute to an arbitration institution that you don’t know about.

Sat, 08 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Building the arbitration credibility and the opening-up of arbitration sector in Shanghai and Beijing FTZs are highlights of China's latest arbitration policies.

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.

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌 , Ruida Chen 陳銳達

The survey (2019-2020) shows that court fees in most courts are charged per case basis (either 400 CNY or 500 CNY), rather than in proportion to the subject matter amount, which is undoubtedly good news for those wishing to enforce foreign arbitral awards.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌 , Ruida Chen 陳銳達

To enforce a foreign arbitral award in China, the average length of proceedings is 596 days, the court costs are no more than 1.35% of the amount in controversy or 500 CNY, and the attorney's fees are, on average, 7.6% of the amount in controversy.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌 , Ruida Chen 陳銳達

In 2019, the Chinese courts have heard a total of 30 cases concerning the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.