Use this page to understand your options, explore dispute scenarios, and decide whether a China-side lawsuit or enforcement strategy is worth exploring.
Need a calculation? Open the Free Tool calculators for China court fees, interest and post-judgment delay interest, with currency comparison and Word calculation details.
Already have a judgment or award against a mainland China company? Choose the decision-specific route, review the practical questions, then ask for an asset recovery assessment. Recognition and a favorable decision do not guarantee payment.
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Organise existing judgment or award records for an individual document review
Already won in a foreign court? Start with the general route, then use this U.S.-specific guide for context.
Identify the award route before planning recognition and collection.
Connect the correct debtor to dated, lawful property leads before committing to recovery steps.
Understand preservation planning and the information needed to assess an application.
Use the company filing guide to prepare document questions; judgment and award routes need their own review.
Separate legal fees, court fees and third-party costs, then assess recovery economics in the existing service review.
Read the fee guide alongside the route-specific service assessment; a fee estimate is not a recovery forecast.
Understand the litigation roadmap and enforcement stage; this is not an execution-deadline guide.
Start with the decision type, debtor identity, unpaid obligation and any known mainland asset leads. A short summary is enough to begin; the service pages explain the next assessment.
Choose your enforcement assessmentPlain-English guides on jurisdiction, costs, timelines, asset preservation, enforcement, and the practical reasons to litigate in China.
Calculate filing, preservation and enforcement fees in CNY, compare them in eight common currencies, and save the breakdown with its exchange-rate assumption.
A U.S. judgment requires a China-side recognition review before enforcement. Understand reciprocity, refusal risks, documents, and asset checks.
Identify the award seat, applicable mainland China recognition route, required documents, refusal risks and reachable assets.
Plan each stage of a foreign-related China lawsuit: documents, service, preservation, hearings, appeal, and enforcement. Court time limits are not recovery guarantees.
Check counterparty identity, authority, dispute clauses, evidence and the enforcement route under current Chinese law.
Build a litigation budget that separates court fees, legal fees, third-party costs, and recovery risk. Includes a CNY 7.2 million worked example.
Assess pre-suit and in-litigation preservation, evidence of urgency, court security requirements, and the 30-day deadline after pre-suit measures.
A lawful, practical framework for identifying the right company, checking public enforcement clues, mapping related entities, and turning asset leads into a preservation or enforcement plan.
How foreign companies appoint mainland China lawyers, identify the parties, assemble a filing package, and prepare a China-side civil claim.
Assess non-delivery, defective goods, failed testing and customs holds. Includes evidence checklists, public court cases and the next steps for a supplier dispute.
A practical guide to jurisdiction, service, evidence, Apostille, governing law, and enforcement of awards or judgments in China-related commercial disputes.
Check the statutory filing-fee schedule, the CNY 5,000 preservation-fee cap, and enforcement charges. Worked examples separate court charges from other costs.
Chinese power of attorney preparation for court use: signing authority, notarization, Apostille or legalization, Chinese translation, and a filing checklist.
Illustrative scenarios explain what to assess. The official court case library below links independently published decisions.
Check the debtor's registered identity, payment evidence, limitation period and assets before choosing a recovery route.
Review the dispute clause, proof of performance, alleged breach and recoverable losses.
Preserve specifications, inspection records, delivery documents and payment evidence before pursuing a refund or damages.
Read SueInChina's English notes on official Chinese court cases involving foreign-related commercial litigation, arbitration support, maritime disputes, enforcement, and international trade.