The Supreme People's Court ("SPC") has recently issued the Opinions on Providing Judicial Services and Safeguards for Planning and Development of Xiong'an New Area in Hebei (the "Opinions").
The Opinions state that, centering on the priorities for industrial development in Xiong'an New Area, efforts should be made to strengthen judicial protection of intellectual property rights and build the new area into an intellectual property demonstration area. Also, the strictest ecological and environmental protection system will be implemented in Xiong'an New Area to build a model city for green development. Further, actions will be taken to ensure opening-up on all fronts, improve trials of foreign-related commercial cases, and turn Xiong'an New Area into a new height for opening-up and development. Meanwhile, the Opinions call for efforts to improve overall planning and coordination by and the guiding role of the joint meeting for courts in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and prompt courts in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to collaboratively develop platforms for case filing, trials and enforcement, exchange information and share resources with each other and seek business synergy. Moreover, the Opinions stipulate that larger support will be given in the establishment and development of courts in Xiong'an New Area, by providing better guidance on and stronger material guarantee for trials at the Xiong'an New Area court and building sound mechanisms for cooperation between the courts Xiong'an New Area and courts elsewhere, such as those in other places in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, in the Yangtze River Delta region and in the Pearl River Delta region, in respect of talent cultivation, intellectual support and informatization.