The revised Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China officially came into force on March 1, 2026. On the very same day, a foreign-related maritime dispute was adjudicated in Wenchang, capturing international attention as the first ad hoc
The newly established International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) has successfully resolved its inaugural case—a maritime charter dispute between Chinese and Singaporean parties—marking a major milestone for the world’s first government-backed global mediation body.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, the IOMed achieved
On April 20, 2026, Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Mr Paul Lam, SC, and Supreme People’s Court Vice-president Justice Mao Zhonghua signed the “Arrangement on Mutual Service of Judicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Proceedings between the Mainland and
On September 12, 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted a comprehensive revision of China’s Arbitration Law. Marking the first major legislative overhaul since the original law took effect in 1995, the updated statute comprises 96
This article was originally published in Conflict of Laws.net and is reproduced with the consent of the author Dr. Béligh Elbalti (The University of Osaka, Japan).
I. Introduction
The purpose of this note is to briefly introduce the recognition and
This article was originally published in Transnational Litigation Blog and is reproduced with the consent of the authors, Dr. Wenliang Zhang and Dr. Meng Yu.
Over the past decade, many jurisdictions have witnessed a marked increase in cases involving the
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In the case of Amazon Joyo v. CNIPA & Seletech et al. (2024), China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) addressed the procedural hurdles of serving an elusive foreign litigant in an intellectual property dispute. By integrating the Hague Service Convention
On 28 Aug. 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released its 47th batch of guiding cases, marking the first time China’s top court has issued a set specifically focused on the judicial protection of data rights. The six cases
Xiamen’s People’s Congress passed the Personal Bankruptcy Protection Regulations for the Xiamen Special Economic Zone (“厦门经济特区个人破产保护条例”) on 26 Aug. 2025, with the law taking effect on November 1. This marks the second local personal bankruptcy law in mainland China, following
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In February 2025, the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, ruled to enforce a Chinese monetary judgment in Yangpu Huigu Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited v He [2025] NSWSC 28.
