China Justice Observer

Sun, 07 May 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋

1,031 personal bankruptcy applications were filed in China during the first year of its implementation of the personal bankruptcy system.

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

In 2023, the High Court of New Zealand ruled to enforce a judgment of a Beijing local court, marking the second time that a Chinese court monetary judgment has been recognized and enforced in New Zealand (BIN v SUN [2023] NZHC 436).

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋

As China tightens its financial regulation, Chinese courts have taken the initiative to participate in financial regulation by hearing finance-related cases over the last five years.

Sun, 09 Apr 2023 Insights Angus Ni

It is more than likely that a Chinese judgment would be enforced in a UFMJRA state, given that 30 out of 50 states in the U.S. have adopted the 2005 revision of the UFMJRA, including every major jurisdiction like New York, California, and Texas.

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

In 2023, a local court in Beijing ruled to recognize a German bankruptcy judgment in In re DAR (2022), marking the second time that Chinese courts have recognized German bankruptcy judgments, and the first time the de jure reciprocity - a new liberal test-being used in the enforcement of foreign judgments in China.

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

As of September 2019, Vietnamese courts have handled a total of 26 cases of foreign judgments recognition and enforcement.

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

As of September 2019, Vietnamese courts have handled three cases involving the recognition and enforcement of Chinese arbitral awards and court judgments.

Sun, 19 Feb 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋

Since 2014, the Chinese Central Government has been casting more spotlight on commercial mediation, enabling it to play a more prominent role in China.

Sat, 11 Feb 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

In 2017, the Hanoi High People's Court of Vietnam refused to recognize and enforce a judgment made by China’s Beihai Maritime Court, marking the first known case in the field of China-Vietnam judgments recognition and enforcement.

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋

In 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued a report on the People’s Assessor System, revealing the role of people’s assessors in judicial practice.