Legal basis: Article 164th of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). If a party refuses to accept the judgment of the local people's court of first instance, he has the right to appeal to the people's court at the next higher level within 15 days from the date when the judgment is served. If a party refuses to accept the ruling of the local people's court of first instance, he has the right to appeal to the people's court at the next higher level within 10 days from the date when the ruling is served. The people's court of second instance may try an appeal case in its own court, or in the place where the case occurred or where the people's court that originally tried it is located. After the people's court of first instance has made a judgment on the case remanded for retrial, if the parties appeal, the people's court of second instance shall not remand it for retrial again.
Article 207 stipulates that when a people's court retries a case in accordance with the procedure of trial supervision, the legally effective judgment or ruling shall be made by the court of first instance, and the trial shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure of first instance, and the parties concerned may appeal against the legally effective judgment or ruling made by the court of second instance and tried in accordance with the procedure of second instance.