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The American Chamber of Commerce in South China

If the people?? court fails to make the ruling mentioned               �?�???�?�????????????????�?
in the preceding paragraph within one year as of the                   ä»??è§??ï¼?????ä¼??æ¸?????å¾???²å?ä¼?´¢äº?37??
date of receipt of application for execution, the statute
of limitation shall start as of the date of expiration of              ???æ³?????ä¹??ä¸???¡å????æ³???????ä¸??
one year from the date of receipt of the application for               ???è§???ºç?ä¸???¨é?ç»???°è?å®??ä¼???¡æ?
execution by the people?? court, unless the guarantor                  è¡???????ä¼???¡å?å®??以ä??´å???¸º???ï¼??
has evidence to prove that the debtor still has property               ?????º¦å®?¸ºä¾??ï¼?????ä¼???¡å????åº????
for execution.??30                                                      ?¨ä????人å????è¡??ä¸??ç¡??å§?????人æ?è¡?
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e. Factoring Contract                                                  ???äº?????ä¼?ººè®¤ä¸º?¶ä????人æ?è¡??å½????
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A factoring contract is a contract where creditors of ac-              åº?????该项???äº???§è????¼å?注æ????ï¼???
counts receivable transfer accounts receivable to a fac-               å¼?????????¶ä????人æ?è¡???·ä?è¡?¸ºè¡¨ç¤º??
tor who will provide financial support and services such               对ï????????¶ä????人ç??§è?äº?¡¹ä¸?»¡???äº?
as management of receivables, collection?? services, and               ???åº?????该项äº?????è¡???±å?ä½??ä¼?ººä¸?
a payment guarantee for accounts receivable. It is a de-               ?´å?å®????è®??åº?????å®?????ä¼??ä¸?????
vice for company finance. The chapter of contract in                   äº??ä¹??38ï¼?????æ³??????¶è??´æ?å±??????
the Civil Code has a special chapter for factoring con-                ???ä¼???
tracts, including the concept, contents and forms of a
factoring contract, factoring for fabricated accounts re-              ???æ³?????ä¹??ä¸??äº???©æ¶¦???????????
ceivable, notice of assignment by a factor, recourse fac-              ???å®??ç¬???¾ä?????¡å?ºå??¿æ????å®??ç¬??
toring, non-recourse factoring and multiple factoring.                 ?¾ä?????¡å?ä¼?´¢äº§ä»½é¢?½¬è®©ç?è§??ï¼??ä¹??ä¸?
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The Civil Code provides that where an accounts receiv-                 ???ä¼??ä¸?????ä¸???¡ã???ä¸????????ä¸??
able creditor and debtor fabricate accounts receivable                 ä¹?????????¡å?ç¬??????¡ï?å±??å°??ä¼??ä¸?
as the subject of assignment and enter into a factoring                ???�?�?�??????�??
contract with a factor, the accounts receivable debtor
may not claim against the factor on the grounds that                   ????????æ³??????¹¶æ²¡æ?è§????????å±?»¡å¦?
the accounts receivable does not exist, unless the factor              �????????�?�??????????�????�
knows such accounts receivable are fabricated31. The                   ?????º¦å®??ä¼?????ï¼??ä¼?ºº?¨ä?ç»??ä¼??ä¸?
legal basis of this provision is that ??nvalidity through              äº???§è????ä¸??å½±å?????µä?ï¼??以é??ä¼??ä½?
conspiracy and fabrication shall not be an excuse                      åº?????ä¸???¥é????¶ä????人ã???????æ³????
against a bona fide third party??; however, it is notice-               ?°å?è§????????没æ?çº??????º¦å®????¡®???
able that the result of conspiracy and fabrication be-                 è§?¸ºä¸?????ä¼??å¹¶è?äº??ä¼?ººè§£é???????
tween creditor of the accounts receivable and debtors                  ?©ï?ä½??è§£é?ä¸?????ä¼?????ï¼??å½???????
must show that their act has fabricated the rights that                ?????????¶ä????äº?39??¸­?½ã???æ³?????è§?
do not exist, and the factor has acted in good faith and               å®?????å£??ºæ??¸ã?????æ¹¾å??ºç????æ³????ç±?
has not committed wrongdoing.                                          ä¼¼ã??

If the factor knows that the basic contract is a false con-                 37 ???ä¼??ä¸?????äº??ä¸??¡ç?ä¸?æ¬?
tract, the act of financing rendered by the factor for                      38 ???ä¼??ä¸?????äº??ä¹??è§?????ä¼?ºº????§è???
the creditor will be defined as borrowing. In this case,                    ä¼???¡ç?ï¼??è¡???¡å?ä¼?ºº??»¥å¯¹å?ä»??ä¼?ºº?§è????
the factor may only require the creditor to refund the                      ?¡æ??ºå?è®?????ºå?è®??ï¼??å½?????项ä??¡ç??§è???
capital and pay for the interest, while it has no right to                  å¦?????äº??ï¼???§æ?æ³??ä¸???¡è?å®???ºå?å®????å§?
claim against the debtor.                                                   ???è¡??ä¼???¡ç????人ä???????????????ä½??
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30 Interpretation of the Supreme People?? Court on the Application          ??????
of the Guarantee System in the Civil Code of the People?? Republic of       39???�????�?�????
China, Article 28
31 Civil Code, Article 763                                                                                                         19
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