Social Sciences in China (Chinese Edition)

No.5, 2017

The Idea of Justice in a Large Country and the Development of International Civil Procedure in China

(Abstract)

He Qisheng

The development of China’s international civil procedure system should correspond to the development of its reform and opening to the outside world. As a large economic power, China needs to call on international civil procedures to guarantee its worldwide interests; and as a large country with rule of law, it needs to improve the level of its judicial services and enhance the market attraction of its judicial system in global dispute resolution. Given that a country’s judicial system is an important element in measuring its comprehensive competitiveness, the global competitiveness of our international civil procedure system is one of the goals to be pursued in the reform of Chinese justice. In order to raise the level of the Chinese international civil procedure system, China should emphasize the idea of the judicial system of a large country and prioritize its competitiveness, service orientation and cooperative approach to dispute resolution. In addition, it should focus on the following reforms: firstly, establishing a special system of international civil jurisdiction, with an increase in competitive jurisdiction items; secondly, enhancing China’s professional services capacity in international civil actions, highlighting the expedient protection given to the rights of the parties concerned and stressing the professional development of judicial bodies in the commercial field; and thirdly, strengthening international judicial cooperation and facilitating the global flow of Chinese rulings.