The sixth Academic Forum on the International Communication of the Rule of Law in China was held in Beijing, during which China’s top 10 typical cases of international communication of the rule of law were released.

Two cases from China’s court system were among the top 10, namely “66 Chinese court judgments newly included in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) database” and “the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) releases the first batch of typical cases on foreign-related commercial and maritime mediation”.

The 66 judgments of intellectual property related cases have been officially included and made publicly available on WIPO Lex, the global legal database of the WIPO. As an authoritative international platform for intellectual property law, WIPO Lex contains laws, treaties and judicial judgments from nearly 200 countries and regions. It provides services in six languages, including Chinese, English and French, and uses AI-powered translation tools to help users gain more direct and efficient access to information on judicial protection of intellectual property around the world.

Covering areas such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and anti-monopoly, the newly included 66 judgments reflect the latest developments in China’s judicial protection of intellectual property. Among them, 34 judgments were rendered by the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC. 

This inclusion highlights the international dimension of China’s judicial openness, enhances global recognition of China’s judicial protection of intellectual property, and contributes Chinese wisdom and solutions to global intellectual property governance, according to the experts involved in the review process. 

The SPC’s release of the first batch of six typical foreign-related commercial and maritime mediation cases on July 11 was the other international communication case in the top 10. These cases involved parties from six countries, including Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Italy and the United States, and demonstrated Chinese courts’ efforts to innovate diversified dispute resolution mechanisms and to provide equal protection for the lawful rights and interests of both Chinese and foreign parties. They also underscored the judiciary’s role in supporting high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and high-level opening-up. 

On Aug 7, the SPC released the second batch of six such mediation cases. Together, these 12 cases summarized the experience of courts at all levels in resolving foreign-related commercial and maritime disputes through diversified mediation mechanisms, embodying the core value of mutual trust, win-win cooperation and harmony through solidarity rooted in the integration of traditional Chinese culture and modern rule-of-law principles.

Since the launch of this selection program in 2020, work outcomes from China’s court system have made it to the top 10 list multiple times. Notably, initiatives related to the SPC’s Intellectual Property Court alone have been recognized four times, reflecting the growing international influence of China’s judicial practice.