Useful Information

The Ordinance and its legislative history

• The Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 645)
• Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Rules (Cap. 645A)
• Legislative Council’s webpage on the “Bills Committee on Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Bill (the Bill)”
• Speeches by the Secretary for Justice regarding the Bill for moving a motion and Resumption of Second Reading Debate (in Chinese only)
• Press Release on introduction of the Bill into the Legislative Council

Other useful documents

• Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • For key features of the Arrangement, please click here.
• Judicial interpretation promulgated by the Supreme People’s Court on 25 January 2024 (in Chinese only)
• Practice Direction issued by the Judiciary

Seminar

The Department of Justice and the Supreme People’s Court jointly organised a seminar on “New Mechanism for Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement in Civil and Commercial Cases between the Courts of Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” on 29 January 2024.

Please click here to download the programme of the seminar.

Video clips and photos of the seminar together with the speakers’ PowerPoint presentations are as below.

• Opening Remarks:
  • Mr. Paul Lam SC (Video clip)
  • Mr. Yang Wanming (Video clip)
• Keynote speech:
  • The Hon Mr. Justice Poon (Video clip)
  • Ms Si Yanli (Video clip)
• Thematic Sharing Topic 1:
  • Hon Mr. Simon Kwang (Video clip and PowerPoint)
  • Ms Zhang Xinmeng (Video clip)
• Thematic Sharing Topic 2:
  • Mr. Richard Khaw SC (Video clip and PowerPoint)
  • Judge Guo Zaiyu (Video clip)
  • Mr. John Yan SC (Video clip and PowerPoint)
  • Professor Zhang Guangliang (Video clip and PowerPoint)
  • Q&A Session: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3 and Part 4
• Panel Discussion Topic 3:
  • Hon Mr. Ambrose Lam, JP (Video clip)
  • Mr. Edward Liu (Video clip)
  • Mr. Dong Gang (Video clip)
  • Ms. Peggy Au-yeung (Video clip)
  • Judge Gu Enzhen (Video clip)
  • Mr. Li Xiaofeng (Video clip)
• Closing remarks:
  • Mr. Horace Cheung (Video clip)
  • Mr. Zhou Jiahai (Video clip)

Promotional material

• Please click here to download an electronic copy of the promotional leaflet.
• Please click here to download “Tips on Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters between HK and the Mainland”.

Frequently asked questions

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