Among the 2025 National Maritime Trial Typical Cases released by the Supreme People’s Court on June 24, 2026, a contract dispute over maritime cargo transportation adjudicated by the Shanghai Maritime Court has garnered significant attention. The ruling marks the first time a Chinese court has explicitly affirmed, through an effective judgment, the mandatory and overriding
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China Issues First Anti-Anti-Anti-Suit Injunction (AAASI) in Maritime Arbitration
Following the entry into force of China’s newly revised Arbitration Law on March 1, 2026, the Xiamen Maritime Court has concluded a maritime cross-border dispute involving two Singaporean companies. The court issued a pioneering conduct preservation ruling containing China’s first-ever anti-anti-anti-suit injunction (AAASI) in the maritime arbitration sector.
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China Ratifies Judicial Assistance Treaties With Saudi Arabia and Serbia
In 2025, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) approved two bilateral treaties establishing structured frameworks for judicial assistance in civil and commercial matters with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Serbia. Specifically, on April 30, 2025, the 15th Session of the 14th NPC Standing Committee ratified the Agreement Between
PRC Double Interest neither Double nor Penal, Australian Courts Clear Its Name When Enforcing Chinese Judgments
This article was originally published in Conflict of Laws and is reproduced with the consent of the author, Meng Yu.
[ABSTRACT]
Recent Australian case law clarifies that the “double interest” mechanism in the People’s Republic of China (hereafter ‘PRC’) monetary judgments functions as a compensatory post-judgment interest framework rather than an unenforceable penalty.
China’s Supreme Court Releases Typical Cases on Estate Administrators Under Civil Code
On May 21, 2026, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released five typical cases regarding the estate administrator system under the Civil Code, focusing on practical difficulties such as determining estate administrators, false waiver of inheritance, and settlement of estate management expenses.
The Inheritance Book of the Civil Code added the estate administrator system on
China’s Supreme Court Typical Cases Released to Curb Cyber Doxxing
On May 8, 2026, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released five typical cases targeting the infringement of citizens’ personal information and associated cybercrimes. The selection highlights a coordinated judicial strategy centered on four strategic pillars: source eradication, data security enforcement, suppressing cyber “doxxing” (locally termed “kaihe” or “box-opening””, and dismantling full-chain criminal networks.
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China Rejects EU Data Demands in First Case Countering Foreign Improper Jurisdiction
In the first enforcement action under its newly enacted anti-extraterritorial overreach statute, China’s Ministry of Justice (MOJ) issued the MOJ Announcement No.5 on May 15, 2026, declaring the European Union’s cross-border investigative practices in its foreign subsidies probe into Nuctech to be “improper extraterritorial jurisdiction”.
The MOJ, alongside the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and other
China Promulgates Regulations to Systematize Framework Against Foreign Extraterritorial Overreach
On April 7, 2026, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China promulgated the PRC Regulations on Countering Foreign Improper Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (中华人民共和国反外国不当域外管辖条例), effective immediately. The new administrative regulations introduce several core legal mechanisms—including anti-enforcement injunctions, a “malicious entity list,” and statutory civil remedies—marking the evolution of China’s legal countermeasures from isolated blocking
China’s Ad Hoc Maritime Arbitration Decided on Day One of Revised Arbitration Law
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 arbitration conducted under the modernized statutory framework.
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IOMed Settles First Case, Resolving China-Singapore Maritime Dispute
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 the successful settlement in early May 2026. IOMed Secretary-General Prof. Teresa CHENG Yeuk-wah SC disclosed