Thu, 11 Jul 2019 Insights Xiaokai Li 李小恺
In China, recent years have witnessed an increasing number of Internet-related disputes, which renders the issue of electronic evidence unavoidable in Chinese courts.
Sun, 07 Jul 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts are studying how to protect the parties’ trade secrets from disclosure during litigation.
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
How do Chinese courts determine the types of disputes, i.e., the causes of action("案由"), in civil cases? What can we know from the causes of action?
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China's Ministry of Justice introduced the current situation of China's judicial assistance and the changes to be made.
Sat, 29 Jun 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
China's hierarchical trial system for civil cases can be summarized as "2+1+1".
Sat, 22 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China is trying to make arbitration institutions more independent of the government in order to enhance their market competitiveness.
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 Insights Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
How does a Chinese court set a Case Number(案号) for each case?
Sun, 16 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
For a long time, Chinese courts have assigned cases to judges by their own dedicated personnel. Now, Chinese courts are trying to replace the traditional practice with a random case assignment mechanism.
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
False testimonies of witnesses and false statements of the parties are very common in Chinese civil litigation, which generally undermines the trust of judges in what witnesses and the parties say.
Sat, 08 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Perjury is very common in China's civil litigation, and yet it is difficult for judges to punish perjurers, which consequently affects the judges' way of thinking in the fact-finding.