Ms. Meng YU is the founder of China Justice Observer (CJO) and a lecturer (private international law) at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL).
Meng and her team of lawyers focus on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in China.
As a postdoctoral fellow, Meng led a project on proof of foreign law in Chinese courts. Meng holds a Ph.D. in law (judicial system) from CUPL. Meng was also a visiting scholar at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
In March 2022, with the approval of China's Supreme People's Court (SPC), a local court in Shanghai ruled to recognize an English monetary judgment. Apart from being the first of its kind where an English monetary judgment has been enforced in China based on reciprocity, this case also shows how Chinese courts ensure impartiality, through the mechanism of ex ante internal approval and ex post filings, in foreign judgments enforcement cases.
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
It is not easy to demand payment from the debtor, either to ask the buyer to pay for the goods or to ask the supplier to return the money (in case of a failed transaction).
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
You can register an intellectual property rights (IPR) complaint account on Alibaba (including Taobao, Tmall, 1688.com, and Alibaba.com) and file a complaint against counterfeit products in person or through an agent.
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In 2021, due to lack of jurisdiction, a Chinese court in Liaoning Province ruled to dismiss applications for enforcing three South Korean judgments in KRNC v. CHOO KYU SHIK (2021).
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
It means enforcing foreign judgments in China will not be much harder than that in other foreign judgments friendly countries.
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
In practice, as an agency specializing in China-related debt collection, we have noticed that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often more likely to get into situations where they are owed money by their Chinese partners.
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
You only need to prepare the proof of identity, proof of intellectual property rights (IPR), and proof of authorization.
Sun, 26 Jun 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
In 2021, Xiamen Maritime Court of China ruled to recognize a Singaporean insolvency order in In re Xihe Holdings Pte. Ltd. et al. (2020), providing an example of how Chinese courts recognize foreign bankruptcy judgments based on the principle of reciprocity.
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
In international trades, many traders do not always use formal contracts when doing business in China. Instead, they use simple purchase orders (POs) and proforma invoices (PIs), which do not cover all the details of the transaction.
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌
What do you do as a creditor if you have a winning judgment against your debtor in a country other than the one where the debtor has assets or is located?