China Supreme Court Adopts Process for Taiwan Civil Judgments to Be Recognized and Enforced

摘要

The Agreement for Cross-Strait Judicial Mutual Assistance between China and Taiwan marked its sixth anniversary recently on June 30, 2015. On the same day, China's Supreme People's Court convened a press conference to report on the judicial mutual assistance program under the agreement which has been in development with Taiwan since 2014. A total of 15 Taiwan-related judicial mutual assistance cases were cited. China's Supreme Court also issued two judicial interpretations with respect to the recognition and enforcement of civil judgments in Taiwan, namely: (ⅰ) "Rules of the Supreme People's Court on Recognition and Enforcement of Civil Judgments in the Taiwan Area" (Judicial Interpretation [2015] No. 13); (ⅱ) "Rules of the Supreme People's Court on Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitration Rulings in the Taiwan Area" (Judicial Interpretation [2015] No. 14).