China’s Practice of Cross-Border Commercial Litigation
With the promotion of high-level opening up, cross-border trade and investment have continued to grow. In cross-border commercial disputes, there are more and more cases where the parties voluntarily choose the jurisdiction of Chinese courts. From 2013 to the first half of 2024, Chinese courts have adjudicated nearly 500,000 civil and commercial cases involving foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, covering more than 100 countries and regions around the world.
First, it is committed to promoting the modernization of the cross-border commercial litigation system, improving the rules of foreign-related civil procedure, building a system for cross-border litigation, optimizing the system of evidence authentication, document delivery, and legal discovery, and improving the quality and efficiency of foreign-related trials. Second, it is committed to advancing the internationalization of the cross-border business litigation, accelerating the Supreme Court’s International Commercial Court, fulfilling international treaty obligations, accurately applying the applicable law, and promoting the cross-border circulation of court judgments and arbitral awards. Third, it is committed to building a “one-stop” platform for the diversified resolution of cross-border commercial disputes, supporting the high-quality development of international arbitration, establishing a mediation throughout the process of dispute resolution, and promoting the coordinated progress of diversified dispute resolutions.