I. The Chengdu International Commercial Tribunal(henceforth referred to as “The Tribunal”) is an internal organ of The Intermediate People’s Court of Chengdu City of Sichuan Province(henceforth referred to as “Intermediate court in Sichuan province”). The Tribunal exercises centralized jurisdiction over certain cases of first instance that fall within jurisdiction of intermediate courts within Sichuan Province, with the exception of cases involving family and marriage disputes, cases involving disputes over inheritance, cases involving labor disputes, cases involving personnel disputes, cases involving maritime and admiralty affairs, cases involving environmental torts and Public Interest Environmental Litigations, cases involving border trade disputes in provinces bordering foreign countries, as well as cases involving real estate disputes with foreign elements and IP disputes with foreign elements.
1. Civil and commercial cases in which one or both parties are foreigners, stateless persons, foreign enterprises or organizations, or the habitual residence of one or both parties is located outside of the territory of the People’s Republic of China;
2. Civil and commercial cases in which the legal facts that generate, change or terminate civil relations have taken place outside the territory of the People’s Republic of China, or in which the subject matter of the case is located beyond the territory of the People’s Republic of China;
3. Civil and commercial cases involving foreign-invested enterprises, including without limitation the formation, capitalization, shareholder status confirmation, profit distribution, mergers, split-ups and dissolution of such enterprises;
4. Civil and commercial cases in which one party is a wholly foreign owned enterprise;
5. Cases involving Letters of Credit and Letters of Guarantee, including applications to preserve property by suspending payment under Letters of Credit and Letters of Guarantee;
6. Cases involving judicial assistance in cross-border bankruptcy cases;
7. Civil and commercial cases involving judicial assistance;
8. Judicial review cases and arbitration review cases in which the parties apply for confirmation of the validity of the arbitration agreement, or in which the parties apply to set aside arbitration awards made by Chinese arbitration institutions, or cases in which the parties apply for recognition and enforcement of arbitration awards made by foreign arbitration institutions.
II. Aforementioned cases that were already accepted by intermediate courts within Sichuan Province prior to 22nd April 2022 shall continue to be heard by the courts that accepted the cases.
