China Laws and Regulations Update in January 2022
1. Civil Proceeding Law (Amended)
Promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National Congress
Promulgation date: 15 December 2021
Implementation date: 1 January 2022
Publication No. 106 President Order
The main amendments to the Civil Proceeding Law involve legal confirmation, small action and simplified procedures, sole adjudicator rules and online actions.
First, improvements to the legal confirmation procedures. In the amendment the application scope of the legal confirmation procedures are appropriately broadened to cover agreements reached through legally founded mediation organizations and allow intermediate people’s courts to deal with legal confirmation applications within their competent jurisdictions.