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An Update on Cross-border Litigations in China: Online Case Filing Platform Launched for Foreign Parties
From February 3, 2021, China's online court platform, a mini-program on WeChat, has launched a case filing service for foreign parties (for purpose of this post, including Chinese citizens residing overseas) to cross-border litigation in civil and commercial matters, a r...Read more -
Borrow or Lend Money in China: Rules Governing Private Lending
Recently, one of our clients is involved in a thorny private lending dispute in China. While providing legal advice, we searched the latest regulations and related cases from which we obtained some valuable information to share. Here we summarized the key points which sh...Read more -
Your legal concerns about the cooling-off period of divorce
Since January 1, 2021, with the promulgation of the Civil Code, the cooling-off period of divorce has been officially implemented in the divorce registration process, which has aroused widespread concern in the society. Some people suggest that this is conducive to preventing impulsive divorce an...Read more -
The significant changes in the judicial interpretation on the marriage and family section of China Civil Code
The interpretation I of the Supreme People’s Court on the application of the marriage and family section of the China Civil Code (hereinafter referred to as the New Interpretation I) has come into force on January 1, 2021. There are 91 articles in total, which are the specific, operational ...Read more -
The significant changes in the judicial interpretation on the succession section of China Civil Code
The Supreme People’s court of China has formulated the first batch of seven new judicial interpretations, which will be implemented simultaneously with the Civil Code on January 1, 2021. After the implementation of the interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on the application of...Read more -
Could A Divorced Parent Designate A Custodian for their Children By Will in China?
In divorce proceedings, the physical custody of minor child is one of the most important issues to be determined. You may refer to other posts on this blog in regard of child custody issues under Chinese divorce laws. ...Read more -
Landing Legal Review| The transformation mechanism between the crime of loan fraud and the crime of cheating loan
From the appearance of the behavior, both the crime of loan fraud and the crime of cheating loan show that they cheat the loan of financial institutions by means of deception. Through the study of laws and regulations and the judgment of relevant cases, we can find that the core element of the di...Read more -
The Requirements on Documents in Foreign-related Civil Cases in China
Foreigners and oversea Chinese may be involved in civil and commercial litigations in China, either as plaintiffs or defendants, when disputes occur. As a cross-border legal service provider at Shanghai Landing Law Offices, we have been helping foreign clients i...Read more -
Impacts that the Provisions on Registration of Real Estate of Shanghai Bring to Us
November 27, 2020, the Provisions on the Registration of Real Estate of Shanghai (Referred to as the “Provisions”) were adopted at the meeting of the 15th People’s Congress of Shanghai and will come into force on March 1, 2021. Meanwhile, the Regulations on Real Estate Registration of Shanghai (r...Read more -
Right of Residence and Cross-border Estate Planning for Properties in China
Right of residence? Something you may have not heard of before in China. It is no wonder since this new legal concept is just recently created in China Civil Code, which has yet to take effect on January 1, 2021. Your...Read more -
Corporate Seal Fraud in China: the lesson learned from Tencent and Lao Gan Ma brawl
Just recently a piece of news has spiraled quickly among netizens in China. It is an interesting story between two most well-known Chinese companies: Tencent and Lao Gan Ma. WeChat is dominating every smart phone in China. ...Read more -
Write Your Pre-nuptial Agreement under China Laws_ Points for Attention
Cross-border marriages are no longer rare in China, so are cross-border divorces in China. People who are about to get married have increasingly used pre-nuptial agreements to plan for their financial life after marriage. We have helped quite a few clients draft such pre-...Read more