Sat, 08 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Building the arbitration credibility and the opening-up of arbitration sector in Shanghai and Beijing FTZs are highlights of China's latest arbitration policies.

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

No more notarization and authentication of a power of attorney; online verification is what those living overseas and wishing to appoint a Chinese lawyer need.

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team

A total of 185 representative offices of foreign law firms in China had passed the 2019 annual examination, according to statistics disclosed by the Ministry of Justice in November 2020.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

In 2021, China's Supreme Court's Guiding Opinions on the Professional Judges Meeting set out the latest requirements for the implementation of this Tink-Tank mechanism.

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 Insights Dennis (Yongquan) Deng 鄧永泉

No, the agreement, at least the part relating to the organizational structure and internal governance matters, may not be arbitrable, says Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court in Tang v. Beijing XX Decoration Technology Company (2019).

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

Empirical studies in Chengdu Courts show that the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a widespread shift to online litigation, which has been unexpectedly popular among judges and litigants.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends Chenyang Zhang 張辰揚

China's Supreme Court's Several Provisions on Providing Online Case-filing Services for Foreign Litigants (2021) provides an Internet platform for foreign parties to file cases with Chinese courts, and streamlines the case-filing procedures.

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌

While applying blockchain to ensure the authenticity of electronic data, Hangzhou Internet Court has been upgrading its evidence rules in reviewing such e-evidence.?

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 Insights Yanru Chen 陳彥茹

'Yes, LEGO toys can be copyrighted as artworks', says Shanghai High People's Court in a criminal copyright infringement case in 2020, marking the latest judicial policy in IPR protection over decades.

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

Recent years have seen a number of cases wherein Chinese courts actively apply international human rights treaties, despite the unclear status of international treaties in the Chinese legal system.