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17 Tsinghua China L. Rev. 1 (2024-2025)

handle is hein.journals/tsinghua17 and id is 1 raw text is: HOW FUNCTIONAL WILL THE NEW FOREIGN- RELATED CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES OF CHINA BE: A PERSPECTIVE BASED ON CONCERNS BY SEP STAKEHOLDERS Runhua WANG* Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES ARISING FROM PARALLEL LITIGATION ON SEPS .................................................2 II. THE AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN-RELATED CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES........................................................................5 III. CHALLENGES TO CHINA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM ............................7 A. Research Methodology and Study Samples..........................7 B. Survey Results: Concerns of Foreign SEP Stakeholders.....9 1. Concern One: Insufficient Judicial Independence or T ransparency................................................................. . 9 2. Concern Two: Need for Enhanced International Comity................................................................................10 3. Concern Three: Lack of Due Process ............................11 C. Challenges of Balancing Judicial Fundamental Duties .....12 D. International Comity vs. National Sovereignty, Security, and Development...................................................................12 E. Efficiency and International Comity ...................................16 F. Inadequacies in Service of Process Regulations.................19 IV. IMPROVING THE FEASIBILITY OF CHINA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN FOREIGN-RELATED D ISPUTES...............................................22 A. Enhancing the Receptivity of Foreign Parties ...............23 B. Preventing Forum Shopping ............................................24 V. CONCLUSIONS................................................................................25 * Runhua WANG, Associate Professor, the University of Science and Technology Beijing; Research Affiliate, Stanford Law School; J.S.D., the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1