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On 8 March 2023, the Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands formally submitted China’s instrument of accession to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (known as Hague Apostille Convention, hereinafter referred to as the "Convention") on behalf of China to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, which is the depositary of the Convention, which means China's formal accession to the Convention. The Convention will enter into force on 7 November 2023 between China and the other ...
On February 16, 2023, the inauguration ceremony of the Preparatory Office of the International Organization for Mediation (hereinafter referred to as "IOMed") was held in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (hereinafter referred to as "HKSAR") and was attended virtually and on-site. Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese State Councilor, sent a congratulatory letter to the inauguration ceremony of the office, while Chief Executive of HKSAR, Li Jiachao, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and ministerial officials of the signatories to the Joint Statement on the Establishment of the IOMed delivered speeches via video in succession.The Preparatory Office of the IOMed is an organization established in accordance with the Joint Statement on the Establishment of the IOMed signed by China and many other relevant countries in 2022 to organize intergovernmental negotiations on an international convention for the establishment of IOMed, and other matters, with a view to establishing an international intergovernmental ...
In order to fully implement the central Government's decision and deployment on promoting the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and support Hong Kong residents in more conveniently and effectively protecting IPproperty in the mainland, the State Intellectual Property Office will make convenient arrangements for the priority examination of Hong Kong SAR applicants for invention patents in the mainland in the form of pilot projects.According to the pilot project, since January 1, 2023, permanent residents of the Hong Kong SAR, on the basis of the Hong Kong SAR company regulations established the company and other legal entities of the Hong Kong special administrative...
On 27 December 2022, the Supreme People's Court issued the 36th batch of six guiding cases, all of which are arbitral judicial review cases. The purpose of issuing this batch of cases is to strengthen the guidance of arbitration judicial review cases, ensure uniformity in the scale of adjudication, promote the correct implementation of the law, achieve strict and fair justice, and strive to make the people feel the fairness and justice in every judicial case.With regard to the six guiding cases issued by the Supreme People's Court, Guiding Case No. 196 clarifies the ...
According to information released by the UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE (UNIS) on November 23, the Republic of Suriname officially acceded to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention) on 10 November 2022, becoming the 171st state party to the New York Convention.The New York Convention will enter into force for Suriname on 8 February 2023.On November 15, 2022, the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court (hereinafter referred to as the "Court") issued the "White Paper on the Enforcement of Arbitration Disputes from 2017 to 2021" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper"). According to the White Paper ...