Wed, 06 Mar 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2023, China's Ministry of Justice announced that China has signed bilateral judicial assistance treaties with 86 countries and treaties on transferring sentenced persons with 17 countries, reflecting a substantial stride in international legal cooperation.
Wed, 08 Feb 2023 China Law in One Minute China Laws Portal Team
In 2022, China’s Ministry of Justice dealt with a total of 1692 judicial assistance requests from foreign countries, among which 1,571 were related to the service of documents, and 121 were related to the evidence-taking and the recognition and enforcement of judgments.
Thu, 21 May 2020 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
Full texts of China's bilateral treaties on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and other judicial assistance matters are now available. The information comes from the website of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fri, 23 Aug 2019 Insights Guiqiang LIU 劉桂強
The D.C. Circuit upheld the contempt orders against three Chinese banks on 30 July 2019. For Chinese banks, they have been frequently caught in a catch-22 since Gucci v. Weixing Li: violating Chinese laws to produce documents or be held in contempt for refusing discovery. To some extent, perhaps Chinese banks are going through the worst of times after their entry into the U.S. financial markets.
Sun, 30 Jun 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟 , Meng Yu 余萌
China's Ministry of Justice introduced the current situation of China's judicial assistance and the changes to be made.