15. Article 219 is changed to be Article 215, and is revised to read, “The time limit for submission of an application for execution shall be two years. The termination or suspension of the time limit for submission of an application for execution shall be governed by the provisions of law on the termination or suspension of the limitation of action.

“The time limit prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be calculated from the last day of the period specified in a legal document for performance of the execution. If a legal document specifies performance of the execution in stages, the time limit shall be calculated from the last day of the period specified for each stage of performance. If no period of performance is specified in a legal document, the time limit shall be calculated from the date when the legal document takes effect.”

16. Article 220 is changed to be Article 216, and one paragraph is added as the second paragraph, which reads, “If the person subjected to execution fails to fulfill the obligations specified in a legal document and may possibly hide or transfer his property, the executor may immediately take measures for compulsory execution.”

17. One article is added as Article 217, which reads, “If a person subjected to execution fails to fulfill the obligations, specified in a legal document, in compliance with the notification for execution, he shall report his property situation existing at the moment and one year before he has received the notification. If he refuses to do so or makes a false report, the people’s court may, in light of the seriousness of the case, impose a fine or detention on him, or his legal representative, the principal leading person of the unit concerned or the person directly responsible.”

18. One article is added as Article 231, which reads, “If a person subjected to execution fails to fulfill the obligations specified in a legal document, the people’s court may adopt, or advise the unit concerned to assist in adoption of, the measure of restricting the person’s departure from the country, making records in the credibility system, through the media publishing information about his failure to perform his obligations, or other measures stipulated by law.”

19. Chapter XIX, namely, Procedure for Bankruptcy and Debt Repayment of Legal Person Enterprises, is deleted.

This Decision shall go into effect as of April 1, 2008.

The Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China shall be amended correspondingly in accordance with this Decision and promulgated anew.

Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China

(Adopted at the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress on April 9, 1991; amended according to the Decision on Amending the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China adopted at the 30th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress on October 28, 2007 )

Contents

Part One General Provisions

Chapter I The Aim, Scope of Application and Basic Principles

Chapter II Jurisdiction

Section 1 Jurisdiction by Forum Level

Section 2 Territorial Jurisdiction

Section 3 Transfer and Designation of Jurisdiction

Chapter III Trial Organization

Chapter IV Withdrawal

Chapter V Participants in Proceedings

Section 1 Parties

Section 2 Agents Ad Litem

Chapter VI Evidence

Chapter VII Time Periods and Service

Section 1 Time Periods

Section 2 Service

Chapter VIII Conciliation

Chapter IX Property Preservation and Advance Execution

Chapter X Compulsory Measures Against Obstruction of Civil Proceedings

Chapter XI Litigation Costs

Part Two Trial Procedure

Chapter XII Ordinary Procedure of First Instance

Section 1 Bringing a Lawsuit and Entertaining a Case

Section 2 Preparations for Trial

Section 3 Trial in Court

Section 4 Suspension and Termination of Litigation

Section 5 Judgment and Order

Chapter XIII Summary Procedure

Chapter XIV Procedure of Second Instance

Chapter XV Special Procedure

Section 1 General Stipulations

Section 2 Cases Concerning the Qualification of Voters

Section 3 Cases Concerning the Proclamation of a Person as Missing or Dead

Section 4 Cases Concerning the Determination of Legal Incapacity or Restricted Legal Capacity of Citizens

Section 5 Cases Concerning the Determination of a Property as Ownerless

Chapter XVI Procedure for Trial Supervision

Chapter XVII Summary Procedure for Hastening Recovery of a Debt

Chapter XVIII Procedure for Publicizing Public Notice for Assertion of Claims

Part Three Procedure of Execution

Chapter XIX General Stipulations

Chapter XX Application for Execution and Referral

Chapter XXI Execution Measures

Chapter XXII Suspension and Termination of Execution

Part Four Special Provisions for Civil Proceedings of Cases Involving Foreign Element

Chapter XXIII General Principles

Chapter XXIV Jurisdiction

Chapter XXV Service and Time Periods

Chapter XXVI Property Preservation

Chapter XXVII Arbitration

Chapter XXVIII Judicial Assistance