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Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (amended up to December 24, 2021), China

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Year of Version 2021 Dates Amended up to: December 24, 2021 Adopted: April 9, 1991 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Chinese 中华人民共和国民事诉讼法 (2021年12月24日修正) PDF
Legislation Supersedes (4 text(s)) Supersedes (4 text(s))
Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (amended up to June 27, 2017)(CN437)
Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (as amended by the Decision of August 31, 2012, on Amending the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China)(CN189)
Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China of April 9, 1991 (promulgated by the Presidential Order No.44; as amended by the Presidential Order No. 59 of Decision of October 28, 2007, on Amending the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China)(CN029)
Civil Procedure Law of April 9, 1991, of the People’s Republic of China (promulgated by the Presidential Order No. 44)(CN012)
 Is implemented by (25 text(s)) Is implemented by (25 text(s))
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China (Interpretation No. 9 of 2022) (CN456)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Original Jurisdictions for Civil and Administrative Cases of Intellectual Property (Interpretation No. 13 of 2022) (CN457)
Provisions (II) of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Disputes regarding Infringement of Plant Variety Rights (Interpretation No. 14 of 2021) (CN452)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Patent Disputes Related to Drugs applied for Marketing Authorization (Interpretation No. 13 of 2021) (CN453)
Interpretation (II) of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Disputes Regarding the Infringement of Patent Rights (Interpretation No. 1 of 2016, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN438)
Interpretation of Supreme People's Court on the Trial of Disputes of New Plant Varieties (Interpretation No. 5 of 2001, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN432)
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Jurisdiction and Scope of Application of Law in the Trial of Trademark Cases (Interpretation No. 1 of 2002, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN429)
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Jurisdiction and the Application of Laws in Trademark Cases after the Amendment of Trademark Law Entered Into Force (Interpretation No. 4 of 2014, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN440)
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes of Domain Names (Interpretation No. 24 of 2001, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN426)
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Technology Contract Disputes (Interpretation No. 20 of 2004, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN433)
Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes of Copyright (Interpretation No. 31 of 2002, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN430)
Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes of Trademarks (Interpretation No. 32 of 2002, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN431)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Evidence in Intellectual Property Civil Litigations (Interpretation No. 12 of 2020) (CN448)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Issues in the Trial of Civil Disputes Regarding the Conflicts between Prior rights and Registered Trademarks or Business Names (Interpretation No. 3 of 2008, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN435)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes Arising from Monopolistic Behavior (Interpretation No. 5 of 2012, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN439)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes of the Infringement of the Right of Communication to the Public through Information Network  (CN425)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Disputes Regarding the Infringement of Plant Variaty Rights (Interpretation No. 1 of 2007, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN434)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Patent Disputes (Interpretation No. 21 of 2001, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN427)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Jurisdiction of Intellectual Property Courts of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou (Interpretation No. 12 of 2014, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN442)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Intellectual Property Courts (Interpretation No. 22 of 2018) (CN444)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws for Behavior Restriction Cases in Intellectual Property Disputes (Interpretation No. 21 of 2018) (CN445)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Participation of Technical Investigators in Intellectual Property Litigations (Interpretation No. 9 of 2019) (CN447)
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)
Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court for the Application of Law to Pre-trial Cessation of Infringement of Patent Right (CN091)
Certain Regulations on Prohibiting Unfair Competition activity concerning imitating specific Names, Packaging or Decoration of Well-known Commodities (CN103)

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