Supreme People's Court, Several Provisions on the Provision of Online Case Opening Services for Parties Involved in Cross-Border Litigation

最高人民法院关于为跨境诉讼当事人提供网上立案服务的若干规定

March 12, 2021 | BY

Susan Mok

Online case opening services offered for cross-border litigation

Promulgated: January 22, 2021

Effective: February 3, 2021

Applicability: For the purposes of these Provisions, the term "party involved in cross-border litigation" includes foreigners, residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan, mainland Chinese citizens whose place of habitual residence is located abroad or in Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan as well as enterprises and organizations registered abroad or in Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan (Article 1).

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