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Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China

Year of current version:	2007
Date of entry into force of original text:	April 9, 1991
Date of Text (Enacted):	April 9, 1991
Type of Text:	IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws
Notes:	The 2007 Amendment as consolidated here with the original Law modified the provisions concerning preservation of evidence (Chapter 6), property preservation (Chapter 9), and compulsory enforcement (Chapter 10).
Available Texts:
Chinese	中华人民共和国民事诉讼法 (Version with Automatic Translation Tool)
English	Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China
Related Legislation:	Relates to The Regulations on Hearing Divisions of IP Administrative Lawsuits Involving the Grant and Confirmation of Patents and Trademark (CN088) Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court of Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Law to the Trial of Civil Dispute Cases Involving Well-Known Trademarks (CN061) Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Issues Concerning the Trial of Cases of Civil Disputes over Conflicts between Registered Trademark or Enterprise Name and Prior Right (CN060) Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Some Matters about the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Cases Involving Unfair Competition (CN104) Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Matters Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Cases Involving the Disputes over Infringement upon the Rights of New Plant Varieties (CN176) The Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court Concerning Several Issues on Hearing cases in Internet Copyright Dispute (CN073) Guide to Copyright Administrative Complaints (CN069) Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court concerning Some Issues on Application of Law for the Trial of Cases on Disputes over Technology Contract (CN132) Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court Concerning Several Issues on Application of Law in Hearing Correctly the Civil Copyright (CN038) Several Questions on the Application of Law in Trial of Trademark Civil Dispute Cases Interpretation (CN149) Interpretation by the Supreme People's Court of the Issues Relating to Jurisdiction over and Scope of Application of Law to the Hearing of Trademark Cases (CN050) Interpretation by the Supreme People's Court of the Issues Relating to Application of Law to Pre-trial Suspension of Acts of Infringement of Exclusive Right to Use Trademarks and to Evidence Preservation (CN058) Circular of the Supreme People's Court on Starting the Trial of Cases of Integrated Circuit Layout designs (CN146) Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes over Domain Names of Computer Network (CN117) Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court for the Application of Law to Pre-trial Cessation of Infringement of Patent Right (CN091) Interpretation on the People's Courts Subjecting Rights in Registered Trademarks to Property Preservation (CN062)
Historical Versions:	Supersedes Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (CN012)
WIPO Lex No.:	CN029

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