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Article by Dr. James Eric (Jay) Black,
Co-Chair, Mercer University Department of
IChinOnatp’esernTnhienitrGdCuoaunrgtzthoouJournalismandMediaStudies
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) between citizens. According to the latest survey by
announced in September that internet courts the China Internet Network Information Center,
would officially open in Guangzhou. The Beijing about 71 percent of China’s internet users are also
was the second cyber-court to open after Hangzhou online shoppers. The value of online retail sales
first heard cases last year reached 4.08 trillion yuan (about US$594 billion) in
the first six months of 2018.
Internet courts are charged with developing an
efficient, orderly and convenient Internet-based Hangzhou has been dubbed the “capital of
court system so as to modernize the country's Chinese e-commerce” and is home to companies
judicial system, the China's Supreme People's Court like Alibaba and NetEase as well as China’s
(SPC) said in an official statement. national-level cross-border e-commerce pilot zone,
which leads efforts to set standards for procedures
The Supreme Law recently issued a number and supervision of e-commerce transactions.
of provisions on Internet courts to hear cases,
standardize Internet court litigation activities, The special court mainly handles civil cases
protect the legitimate rights and interests of such as contract disputes involving online
the parties and other litigant participants. The shopping, service and small loans, copyright and
regulations went into effect on September 7. infringement lawsuits, domain name disputes,
internet defamation, and some administrative
The scale of e-commerce transactions in Beijing lawsuits. The court accepts filings electronically
and Guangzhou is the largest in the country. The and try cases via live stream for the following
Internet industry is more diversified as is the number areas of dispute: contract disputes arising from
of new types of cases. It is expected that the new online shopping, product liability disputes
Internet Courts in both Beijing and Guangzhou will arising from online shopping, internet service
provide greater convenience to affected parties in contract disputes, internet copyright infringement
respect of any Internet-related disputes. disputes, and disputes arising from financial loans
executed online.
The Hangzhou Internet Court, located in the
capital of Zhejiang Province, was set up last year to To file a case, plaintiffs must first have their
cope with increasing online disputes identity verified either through Alipay (Alibaba’s
payment service), or by physically showing an ID to
With 800 million internet users and counting, a court clerk in Hangzhou. According to the court’s
China's got its hands full with online disputes website, a lawsuit can be filed in five minutes.
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Article by Dr. James Eric (Jay) Black,
Co-Chair, Mercer University Department of
IChinOnatp’esernTnhienitrGdCuoaunrgtzthoouJournalismandMediaStudies
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) between citizens. According to the latest survey by
announced in September that internet courts the China Internet Network Information Center,
would officially open in Guangzhou. The Beijing about 71 percent of China’s internet users are also
was the second cyber-court to open after Hangzhou online shoppers. The value of online retail sales
first heard cases last year reached 4.08 trillion yuan (about US$594 billion) in
the first six months of 2018.
Internet courts are charged with developing an
efficient, orderly and convenient Internet-based Hangzhou has been dubbed the “capital of
court system so as to modernize the country's Chinese e-commerce” and is home to companies
judicial system, the China's Supreme People's Court like Alibaba and NetEase as well as China’s
(SPC) said in an official statement. national-level cross-border e-commerce pilot zone,
which leads efforts to set standards for procedures
The Supreme Law recently issued a number and supervision of e-commerce transactions.
of provisions on Internet courts to hear cases,
standardize Internet court litigation activities, The special court mainly handles civil cases
protect the legitimate rights and interests of such as contract disputes involving online
the parties and other litigant participants. The shopping, service and small loans, copyright and
regulations went into effect on September 7. infringement lawsuits, domain name disputes,
internet defamation, and some administrative
The scale of e-commerce transactions in Beijing lawsuits. The court accepts filings electronically
and Guangzhou is the largest in the country. The and try cases via live stream for the following
Internet industry is more diversified as is the number areas of dispute: contract disputes arising from
of new types of cases. It is expected that the new online shopping, product liability disputes
Internet Courts in both Beijing and Guangzhou will arising from online shopping, internet service
provide greater convenience to affected parties in contract disputes, internet copyright infringement
respect of any Internet-related disputes. disputes, and disputes arising from financial loans
executed online.
The Hangzhou Internet Court, located in the
capital of Zhejiang Province, was set up last year to To file a case, plaintiffs must first have their
cope with increasing online disputes identity verified either through Alipay (Alibaba’s
payment service), or by physically showing an ID to
With 800 million internet users and counting, a court clerk in Hangzhou. According to the court’s
China's got its hands full with online disputes website, a lawsuit can be filed in five minutes.
6 AMCHAM SOUTH CHINA
