Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 31 Dec. 2020, China’s Supreme People's Court issued the “Interpretation on the Application of the Guarantee System in the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China”, which came into force on 1 Jan. 2021.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China’s Supreme People's Court fully completes the sorting out of judicial interpretations and issues the first batch of supporting judicial interpretations of the Civil Code.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 31 Dec., China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the “Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access to Hainan Free Trade Port (2020) ”.
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In China, court conference summary, though not binding, can serve as guidance to the judges in their trials. In essence, it is more of a consensus of the majority of judges, similar to 'prevailing opinion' (herrschende Meinung).
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team
China has enacted laws to place employment restrictions on sex offenders. Chinese local authorities are trying to adopt practices similar to those of the U.S. Megan's Law.
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
China's Supreme Court issued the Guiding Opinions on the Service and Safeguard of the People's Court for the Further Opening-up in September 2020, indicating its readiness to participate in the global competition of the cross-border dispute resolution market.
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team
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Sun, 24 Jan 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌 , Ruida Chen 陈锐达
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, 24 Jan 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
What has China's Supreme Court been doing during the pandemic? Judge Shen Hongyu talked about the SPC's response to COVID-19 in Nov. 2020.
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team
The Interim Provisions on the Review of the Concentrations of Business Operators entered into force in December 2020, which fleshes out China's anti-monopoly legal framework.