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English-language map of the courts, arbitration institutions, regulators and law schools that sit behind China-related legal work.
Rows are generated from institution and source records last checked 15 Sep 2026. Official URLs are listed as found; they are not changed automatically if a site moves. This is a high-value reference set, not a complete census of every Chinese court or university.
Court
中华人民共和国最高人民法院
The highest judicial organ of the PRC. It supervises lower people's courts, issues judicial interpretations that shape how statutes are applied, and hears selected major or guiding
Open record →Regulator
国家市场监督管理总局
The national market regulator for company registration, competition/antitrust, advertising, product quality, food, and many consumer-facing market rules.
Open record →Regulator
国家知识产权局
The national IP office for patents, trademarks and related administrative IP policy. First-to-file trademark practice and patent examination sit here.
Open record →Regulator
国家互联网信息办公室
The central cyberspace and data regulator. PIPL transfer routes, algorithm filing, and many internet content rules are administered here or under CAC-led rules.
Open record →Government agency
中华人民共和国商务部
The commerce ministry covering foreign investment policy, the negative list architecture, trade remedies, and many outbound/inbound commercial filings.
Open record →Regulator
国家外汇管理局
The foreign-exchange regulator. Cross-border payments, capital-account registrations, and many dividend/service-fee remittances are reviewed under SAFE rules and bank implementatio
Open record →Regulator
中国证券监督管理委员会
The securities and listed-company regulator. Public offerings, listed-company disclosure, and many fund/futures rules sit here.
Open record →Government agency
中华人民共和国司法部
The justice ministry covering lawyer administration, notarisation policy, legal-aid architecture, and some community-corrections and prison administration functions.
Open record →Arbitration institution
中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会
China’s best-known international commercial arbitration institution. Frequently named in China-related cross-border contracts.
Open record →Arbitration institution
北京仲裁委员会 / 北京国际仲裁中心
A major Beijing-seated arbitration institution used in domestic and foreign-related commercial disputes.
Open record →Arbitration institution
上海国际经济贸易仲裁委员会（上海国际仲裁中心）
Shanghai’s flagship international arbitration institution, frequently chosen for East China and foreign-related commercial contracts.
Open record →Arbitration institution
深圳国际仲裁院
Shenzhen’s international arbitration institution, often used in Greater Bay Area and South China foreign-related contracts.
Open record →Arbitration institution
广州仲裁委员会
Guangzhou’s principal arbitration commission for commercial disputes in the Pearl River Delta.
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中国海事仲裁委员会
Specialist maritime and commercial arbitration institution, used in shipping, charterparty, shipbuilding and related disputes.
Open record →Court
北京知识产权法院
Specialist IP court in Beijing. Hears many first-instance patent, trademark and unfair-competition cases and selected administrative IP appeals.
Open record →Court
上海知识产权法院
Specialist IP court for Shanghai, covering patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and technology contracts in the city’s IP-court jurisdiction.
Open record →Court
广州知识产权法院
Specialist IP court in Guangzhou covering South China technology, brand and design disputes within its designated jurisdiction.
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上海金融法院
Specialist court for designated financial disputes in Shanghai, including securities, funds, bills and many capital-market cases.
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北京互联网法院
Internet court handling designated online-contract, copyright and e-commerce disputes through an online proceeding model.
Open record →Court
杭州互联网法院
The first internet court in China, handling designated online disputes connected with Hangzhou’s platform economy.
Open record →Court
广州互联网法院
Internet court for designated online disputes in Guangzhou, including e-commerce and online-contract matters in its docket.
Open record →Law school
北京大学法学院
A leading PRC law school. Useful as an English-language research starting point for Chinese law, not as a court or regulator.
Open record →Law school
清华大学法学院
A leading PRC law school with research strength in commercial, international and technology-related law.
Open record →Research centre
中国社会科学院法学研究所
A national legal-research institute under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Often used for scholarly commentary on PRC legislation.
Open record →This is a sourced reference layer, not a directory of all Chinese courts or universities. Records are added when they are useful to international readers and can be checked against an official site.
