Apart from pleadings and evidence, foreign companies in Chinese courts need to complete a series of formalities, which can sometimes be somewhat cumbersome. Therefore, it is necessary to spare sufficient time and costs to get ready.
As long as you are ‘directly affected’ pursuant to Chinese law, you may file a lawsuit with the court. First, you must be directly affected by the defendant. Second, you must be a natural person or a legal entity.
You need to identify the address of the person or business you want to sue when preparing and filing a complaint before Chinese courts.
You need to know whom you can sue and then identify its legal name in Chinese.
The most important difference between litigation and arbitration in China is that judges and arbitrators have different ways of thinking.
YES, but you need to hire a Chinese lawyer to file a lawsuit with Chinese courts on your behalf.
Certainly YES. As long as the Chinese court has jurisdiction over the case in question, foreigners or foreign enterprises, like any other Chinese litigant, can file a lawsuit with Chinese courts.
