Legal basis: Article 10 of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the People's Republic of China. Where a creditor applies for bankruptcy, the people's court shall notify the debtor within five days from the date of accepting the application. If the debtor has any objection to the application, it shall submit it to the people's court within seven days from the date of receiving the notice from the people's court. The people's court shall decide whether to accept the objection within ten days from the date of expiration. Except in the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph, the people's court shall decide whether to accept the bankruptcy application within 15 days from the date of accepting it. If there are special circumstances that need to extend the time limit for accepting the ruling stipulated in the preceding two paragraphs, it may be extended for fifteen days with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level.