The sixth China-Singapore Case Study Forum was held at the National Judges College in Beijing on Sept 17. Sun Zhenping, head of the Political Department of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China, delivered opening remarks at the forum, while Gao Xiaoli, vice-president of the SPC, addressed the closing ceremony. Justices of the Supreme Court of Singapore Kwek Mean Luck and See Kee Oon also spoke at the event. Participants engaged in case discussions on cross-border insolvency proceedings.
Sun said that since its successful launch in 2021, the China-Singapore Case Study Forum has grown into an important platform for dialogue and mutual learning between judges of the two countries. He called on the two sides to stay grounded in the realities of economic and trade relations, conduct in-depth case studies, seek common ground while respecting differences, and deepen practical judicial cooperation in cross-border insolvency. He also called for using representative cases to promote the continued development and refinement of adjudication rules and to facilitate the exchange of judicial experience between jurisdictions with different legal traditions.
Sun expressed the hope that the two sides would continue to expand the breadth and depth of judicial cooperation, better support economic and trade exchanges between China and Singapore as well as high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and draw on judicial expertise to advance the development of a sound legal framework for commercial affairs in the region.
Gao congratulated the successful holding of the forum. She said that through case discussions, the courts of China and Singapore had conducted in-depth exchanges on the latest developments and practical challenges in the recognition of and assistance in cross-border insolvency proceedings in the two countries, yielding fruitful results.
Chinese courts stand ready to work with their Singaporean counterparts to further deepen cooperation in the adjudication of cross-border insolvency cases, contribute to a law-based business environment, promote the continued growth of international trade and investment, and inject strong momentum into global economic development, Gao said.
The forum was jointly hosted by the National Judges College of China, the Judicial Cases Institute of China’s SPC, and the Singapore Judicial College. Judges and faculty representatives from the SPC, the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court, the Shanghai Third Intermediate People's Court, and the National Judges College, as well as those from the Singaporean courts and Singapore Judicial College, participated in the discussions.
