Jurisdiction of China people in foreign-related civil cases

Legal subjectivity:

Civil cases under the jurisdiction of the intermediate people's court (1) major foreign-related cases; (two) cases that have a significant impact in the region; (3) Cases determined by the Supreme People's Court to be under the jurisdiction of the Intermediate People's Court. A major foreign-related case refers to a foreign-related case in which the subject matter of the dispute is large, or the case is complicated, or the number of parties living abroad is large. The significant influence in this jurisdiction means that the influence of the case is beyond the jurisdiction of the grass-roots court and has a significant influence within the jurisdiction of the intermediate court or above. The cases decided by the Supreme People's Court to be under the jurisdiction of the Intermediate People's Court include the following categories: (1), maritime and maritime cases, which are under the jurisdiction of the maritime court. At present, maritime courts have been established in Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shanghai and Wuhan, all of which are intermediate courts, and the scope of accepting cases is determined by the Supreme Court; (2) Patent dispute cases, including patent administrative cases and patent civil cases. Patent civil cases include disputes caused by patent infringement, patent transfer and patent license. Patent civil cases are under the jurisdiction of the intermediate courts where the provincial government is located and the intermediate courts in Qingdao, Dalian and various special economic zones; (3) Major cases involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Legal objectivity:

Article 19 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) has jurisdiction over the following civil cases of first instance: (1) Major foreign-related cases; (two) cases that have a significant impact in the region; (3) Cases determined by the Supreme People's Court to be under the jurisdiction of the Intermediate People's Court. Article 20 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Higher People's Court shall have jurisdiction over civil cases of first instance with great influence within its jurisdiction. Article 21 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) the Supreme People's Court has jurisdiction over the following civil cases of first instance: (2) Cases that should be tried by this court.