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Notice of the Jiangsu High Court on the jurisdiction of the provincial courts in the first instance of foreign-related civil and commercial cases

By Jiangsu Higher Court

July 1, 2023

Intermediate people's court of all cities, Nanjing Maritime Court, Xuzhou Railway Transport Court, Primary people's court, and all departments of the Court:

In order to better implement the "Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Jurisdiction of Foreign-related Civil and Commercial Cases", combined with the actual work of foreign-related civil and commercial trials in the provincial courts, and optimize the allocation of foreign-related civil and commercial trial resources in the provincial courts, with the consent of the Supreme People's Court, the jurisdiction of the first instance foreign-related civil and commercial cases in Jiangsu courts is further clarified as follows:

1、 The People's Court of Jiangbei New Area in Nanjing has jurisdiction over the first instance foreign-related civil and commercial cases that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court; The Intermediate people's court of Nanjing has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance that should be under the jurisdiction of the Intermediate people's court and other districts should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court.

2、 The People's Court of Suzhou Industrial Park has jurisdiction over the first instance foreign-related civil and commercial cases within its jurisdiction that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court; The Intermediate people's court of Suzhou has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance within the jurisdiction of Suzhou that should be under the jurisdiction of the Intermediate people's court and other cities and districts that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court.

3、 The Intermediate people's court of Wuxi City has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance that should be under the jurisdiction of the Intermediate people's court and the Primary people's court.

4、 The People's Court of Xuzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court in Xuzhou City.

5、 The People's Court of Changzhou High tech Industrial Development Zone has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance within the jurisdiction of Changzhou City that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court.

6、 The People's Court of Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases in the first instance that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court in Nantong City.

7、 The People's Court of Lianyun District of Lianyungang City has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance within the jurisdiction of Lianyungang that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court.

8、 The People's Court of Huai'an Economic and Technological Development Zone has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court in Huai'an City.

9、 The People's Court of Yancheng Economic and Technological Development Zone has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court in Yancheng City.

10、 The People's Court of Yangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court within the jurisdiction of Yangzhou City.

11、 The People's Court of Zhenjiang Economic Development Zone has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance within the jurisdiction of Zhenjiang City that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court.

12、 The People's Court of Jiangyan District, Taizhou City has centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related civil and commercial cases of the first instance that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court in Taizhou City.

13、 The People's Court of Suyu District, Suqian City has centralized jurisdiction over the first instance foreign-related civil and commercial cases within the jurisdiction of Suqian City that should be under the jurisdiction of the Primary people's court.

The jurisdiction of first instance civil and commercial cases involving Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan region shall be governed by reference.

Jiangsu High People's Court

June 30, 2023