1. Jurisdiction
Article 1: Major foreign-related cases as stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 18 of the Civil Procedure Law, including cases with large subject matter in dispute, cases with complicated circumstances, or Cases with significant impact such as a large number of parties on one party.
Article 2 Patent dispute cases shall be under the jurisdiction of the Intellectual Property Court, the Intermediate People’s Court and the Basic People’s Court determined by the Supreme People’s Court.
Maritime and maritime commercial cases are under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Court.
Article 3 The domicile of a citizen refers to the place of residence of the citizen, and the domicile of a legal person or other organization refers to the location of the main office of the legal person or other organization.
If the location of the main office of the legal person or other organization cannot be determined, the place of registration or registration of the legal person or other organization shall be the place of residence.
Article 4 A citizen’s usual place of residence refers to the place where a citizen has lived continuously for more than one year from the time he leaves his place of residence to the time of prosecution, except for the place where the citizen is hospitalized for medical treatment.
Article 5: Litigation brought against an individual partnership or partnership-type joint venture without an office shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court where the defendant is registered. If there is no registration and several defendants are not in the same jurisdiction, the people's court at the defendant's domicile has jurisdiction.
Article 6 If the defendant’s household registration is cancelled, the jurisdiction shall be determined in accordance with Article 22 of the Civil Procedure Law; if both the plaintiff and the defendant have their household registration cancelled, the jurisdiction shall be under the jurisdiction of the People’s Court of the place where the defendant resides.
Article 7 If the party’s household registration has not yet settled down after moving out, and has a habitual residence, it shall be under the jurisdiction of the People’s Court of that place; if there is no habitual place of residence, the People’s Court of the place where the party’s original household registration is located shall have jurisdiction.
Article 8 If both parties are imprisoned or subjected to compulsory education measures, the people's court at the defendant's original residence shall have jurisdiction. If a defendant is imprisoned or subjected to compulsory education measures for more than one year, the people's court at the place where the defendant is imprisoned or subject to compulsory education measures shall have jurisdiction.
Article 9: If the domiciles of several defendants in cases involving recovery of alimony, child-rearing, or child support are not in the same jurisdiction, the People's Court of the place where the plaintiff is domiciled may have jurisdiction.
Article 10: Cases of dissatisfaction with the designated guardianship or changes in the guardianship relationship may be under the jurisdiction of the people's court in the place where the ward is domiciled.
Article 11 Civil cases in which both parties are soldiers or military units shall be under the jurisdiction of the military court.
Article 12 If one spouse has been away from his place of residence for more than one year and the other spouse files for divorce, the case may be under the jurisdiction of the People's Court of the plaintiff's place of residence.
If the couple has been away from their place of residence for more than one year, and one party files for divorce, the case shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the defendant's usual place of residence; if there is no usual place of residence, the people's court of the place where the defendant lives when the plaintiff files the lawsuit shall have jurisdiction.