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What are the foreign-related civil and commercial cases under the centralized jurisdiction of the Beijing Fourth Intermediate Court? – FAQ 1 on the Filing Review of Commercial Cases Involving Foreign Affairs, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan

by the Fourth Intermediate Court of Beijing

August 11, 2023

Answer: In accordance with the "Noticeof the Supreme Court on Adjusting the Standards for the Jurisdiction of First Instance Civil Cases by Higher Courts and Intermediate Courts" (Fa Fa [2019] No. 14), "Notice of the Supreme Court on Clarifying the Standards for the Jurisdiction of First Instance Foreign-related Civil and Commercial Cases and Relevant Issues on Centralized Handling" (Fa [2017] No. 359), and "Provisions of the Beijing Higher Court on the Jurisdiction of Cases by the Beijing Fourth Intermediate Court" (Revised in 2018), the Beijing Fourth Intermediate Court (Beijing Railway Transport Intermediate Court) has jurisdiction over the following foreign-related commercial cases:

(1) The first instance commercial casesinvolving foreign affairs, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan with an amount of less than 5 billion yuan that should be accepted by the Beijing Municipal Court, except for cases that should be accepted by the Beijing Financial Court;

(2) Cases under the jurisdiction of theBeijing Municipal Court that apply for confirmation of the validity of arbitration agreements, cases that apply for revocation of arbitration awards by arbitration institutions in mainland China, cases that apply for recognition and enforcement of arbitration awards in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan regions, and cases that apply for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards (excluding labor disputes and financial arbitration awards);

(3) Application for recognition andenforcement of civil judgments of foreign courts under the jurisdiction of Beijing Municipal Court; Application for recognition and enforcement of civil judgments of courts in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan region (excluding financial judicial assistance cases).