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.