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17 Tsinghua China L. Rev. 1 (2024)

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    HOW   FUNCTIONAL WILL THE NEW FOREIGN-
 RELATED CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES OF CHINA BE:
    A PERSPECTIVE BASED ON CONCERNS BY SEP
                    STAKEHOLDERS

                      Runhua WANG*

                      Table of Contents

   I. INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES ARISING FROM
     PARALLEL  LITIGATION ON SEPS .................................................2
  II. THE AMENDMENT  TO THE FOREIGN-RELATED  CIVIL
     PROCEDURE  RULES........................................................................5
 III. CHALLENGES TO CHINA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM ............................7
     A.  Research Methodology and Study Samples..........................7
     B.  Survey Results: Concerns of Foreign SEP Stakeholders.....9
         1. Concern One: Insufficient Judicial Independence or
           T ransparency................................................................. . 9
         2. Concern Two: Need for Enhanced International
            Comity................................................................................10
         3. Concern Three: Lack of Due Process ............................11
     C.  Challenges of Balancing Judicial Fundamental Duties .....12
     D.  International Comity vs. National Sovereignty, Security,
         and Development...................................................................12
     E.  Efficiency and International Comity ...................................16
     F.  Inadequacies in Service of Process Regulations.................19
 IV. IMPROVING  THE FEASIBILITY OF CHINA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM
     IN FOREIGN-RELATED  D ISPUTES...............................................22
     A.  Enhancing the Receptivity of Foreign Parties ...............23
     B.  Preventing Forum Shopping ............................................24
  V. CONCLUSIONS................................................................................25






  * Runhua WANG, Associate Professor, the University of Science and Technology Beijing;
Research Affiliate, Stanford Law School; J.S.D., the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


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