{"id":1020,"date":"2026-03-16T00:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xuzhousoft.com\/hefei\/2026\/03\/16\/latest-jurisdictional-rules-of-the-supreme-peoples-court\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T01:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:49:34","slug":"latest-jurisdictional-rules-of-the-supreme-peoples-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lyuandassociates.com\/hefei\/latest-jurisdictional-rules-of-the-supreme-peoples-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Jurisdictional Rules of the Supreme People&#8217;s Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- BCL_CITY_OPENING_START --><\/p>\n<section class=\"bcl-city-opening\">\n<p><strong>Supplier verification is particularly important for overseas buyers dealing with companies in Hefei.<\/strong> Hefei has developed a diversified manufacturing base including automotive, electronics, appliances and advanced industrial production. The buyer should distinguish the commercial location of a supplier from the legal identity of the entity that actually signed the contract and received the payment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- BCL_CITY_OPENING_END --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"\/\/player.bilibili.com\/player.html?isOutside=true&amp;aid=116235941517497&amp;bvid=BV1YTwLzDEPw&amp;cid=36728409511&amp;p=1\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Supreme People&#8217;s Court issued a reply regarding jurisdiction. In fact, this reply reaffirms certain practices that have long been applied in judicial practice.<\/p>\n<p>In practice, where a plaintiff initiates a lawsuit, only five locations may serve as the place of jurisdiction:<\/p>\n<p>The domicile of the plaintiff;<br \/>\nThe domicile of the defendant.<br \/>\nThe place where the contract was concluded.<br \/>\nThe place where the contract is performed;<br \/>\nThe location of the subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>If the plaintiff and defendant agree in their contract on a jurisdiction other than these five locations, such agreed jurisdiction shall be invalid. In other words, jurisdiction may only be exercised by a place that has an actual connection with the transaction between the parties.<\/p>\n<p>Another key point of this reply is that it once again clarifies: if a contract provides for both court jurisdiction and arbitration jurisdiction \u2014 that is, if it simultaneously designates an arbitration commission for arbitration and a people&#8217;s court for litigation \u2014 the arbitration agreement shall be invalid, while the agreement on the place of litigation shall remain valid.<\/p>\n<p>I am China lawyer Qiang Lyu. If you like my video, please like, subscribe, and save it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BCL_CITY_MIDDLE_START --><\/p>\n<section class=\"bcl-city-context\">\n<h3>Checking a Hefei Supplier Before a Dispute<\/h3>\n<p>The local market includes businesses active in automotive, electronics, appliances and advanced manufacturing. Depending on the transaction, relevant issues may include quality disputes, technical specification disputes, delivery delays and warranty claims. For automotive, electronics, appliance and advanced-manufacturing transactions, buyers should pay particular attention to technical specifications, testing or acceptance requirements, delivery milestones and warranty obligations.<\/p>\n<p>For a cross-border transaction, the buyer should keep the supplier\u2019s Chinese legal name, registration information, contract, invoices, bank-payment records and communications together. Hefei forms part of Anhui and its commercial network includes a growing advanced-manufacturing ecosystem in central-eastern China.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- BCL_CITY_MIDDLE_END --><\/p>\n<p><!-- BCL_CITY_CLOSING_START --><\/p>\n<section class=\"bcl-city-closing\">\n<h3>Evidence and Contract Review for Hefei Transactions<\/h3>\n<p>If a dispute develops, evidence should be preserved before important communications or negotiations change the factual record. The relevant documents may include the contract, purchase orders, specifications, inspection records, invoices, payment records, shipping documents and correspondence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- BCL_CITY_CLOSING_END --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supplier verification is particularly important for overseas buyers dealing with companies in Hefei. 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