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Abstract
This article explains and discusses judicial mediation in China. This is an important mediation process presided over by judges and is mandated by the Civil Procedure Law 1991 of China. Between 1978 and 2004, People’s Courts handled more than 72.2 million civil cases at the first instance, among which 36.42 million were settled by judicial mediation. This article elaborates on the development and characteristics of judicial mediation as well as the future use of mediation in China.
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Wang Liming
Professor Wang Liming is Vice-President and Dean of the School of Law of Renmin University of China. He is a member of the Evaluation Commission on the Discipline of Law of the Academic Committee under the State Council and Legal Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress; Chairman of the Civil Law Research Association of China Law Society; People’s Representative of the 11th National People’s Congress; and Vice Chairman of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.