Chinese Foreign State Removal Law will take effect from New Year's Day next year next year.It is stipulated that the Chinese courts can accept the case of the trial with the "foreign country" as the defendant.According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, this is fully in line with international law and the practice of various countries.
According to the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said on Tuesday (September 5) in the form of answers to reporters that the formulation of foreign countries' exemption law is the normal legislative activity of the National People's Congress of China.The law refers to the international general practices to make provisions on the issue of foreign countries' exemptions. It aims to improve China's foreign country's exemption system, provide legal basis for the Chinese courts to hear civil cases involving foreign countries and property, protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties, safeguard national sovereignty equality, Promote foreign friendly exchanges, and help China open to the public to the public.
A spokesman said that the Foreign State Removal Law confirms the basic principles of exemption in foreign countries and assets in China, and stipulates an exception.Activities, related personal damage and property damage exercise jurisdiction, and under strict restrictions, mandatory measures can be taken for foreign countries' commercial activities."This fully meets the practice of international law and countries."
A spokesman said that China firmly protects the principles of sovereignty equality, will protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and legal persons in accordance with the law, and respect the exemption that foreign countries should enjoy in accordance with international law.
The Fifth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress of China passed the Foreign State Removal Law on the 1st of this month.There are 23 laws and regulations, involving six aspects, including the Chinese courts can exercise jurisdiction on litigation caused by the six non -main acts of foreign countries.Litigation and so on.
Ma Xinmin, director of the Treaty of the Treaty of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, said that before the exemption law was introduced, China had long implemented a "absolute national exemption" policy.After commercial disputes between citizens, enterprises, and foreign countries, they cannot pass their rights through the Chinese courts; in recent years, some foreign courts have frequently accepted cases against Chinese.
The person in charge of the Law and Industry Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China also emphasized that China's foreign country's exemption system is based on the principle of safeguarding the equality of national sovereignty."It is essentially different from that of individual countries to expand its jurisdiction and engage in the so -called" long -arm jurisdiction '. "
The person in charge also said that according to the Hong Kong Basic Law, the Macau Basic Law, and the relevant interpretation of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Hong Kong and Macau should be shifted to the national exemption rules and policies reflected in the Foreign National Government Removal Law.
