I am also adding some books on Hong Kong/Macau-related judicial matters. I wrote here and here on this topic. It has not received due attention from students or scholars writing in English.
Books
- 黄惠康, 涉外法治论纲, English title: An Introduction to Foreign-Related Rule of Law, 2025: the most well-known book on the topic
- 何其生、范子豪 著:《对外关系法释用》English title: Interpretation and Application of Law on Foreign Relations 法律出版社2025年7月出版. Professor He was among the experts contributing to the drafting of the Foreign Relations Law
- 涉外商事海事审判实务和国际司法协助, 作者:最高人民法院组织编写 主 编:王淑梅 黄 进 副主编:沈红雨 初北平, 2025, part of the SPC’s unified judicial training textbook series (I highly recommend this book because of its clarity)
- 涉外涉港澳台民商事审判业务手册( Foreign-Related, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Related Commercial Trial Work Guide)
- 涉外商事海事审判指导 Guide on Foreign-Related Commercial and Maritime Trial–serves as a journal but is published as a book) of the #4 (foreign-related civil) division of the Supreme People’s Court
- 裴显鼎 ed., 王晓东 deputy editor, 追逃追赃案件, 疑难问题及程序指引 (English title: Fugitive Repatriation and Asset Recovery Cases, Difficult Issues and Procedural Guidelines), 2022. Judges Pei and Wang were involved with foreign-related criminal cases for many years. Most authors of the book are SPC judges. The book provides a comprehensive overview of related foreign-related criminal law and procedure.
- 中国法院适用“纽约公约” 典型案例精选 , edited by the #4 Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court, English title: Annotated Typical Cases Concerning Application of the New York Convention from Chinese Courts (Chinese-English edition), 2026 (commentary on typical cases was provided by China International Commercial Court expert committee members, including the author)
- 涉港澳民商事审判实务和区际司法协助, the Supreme People’s Court’s Research Office (研究室) took the lead in its writing and editing, also with the participation of the #4 Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court. I highly recommend this book for those seeking to obtain an authoritative understanding of the civil and commercial jurisdictional and judicial cooperation issues between the mainland and Hong Kong.
WeChat Public Accounts–
1.中国政法大学涉外法治研究院–this research institute of China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) is a national-level foreign-related rule of law research base (国家级涉外法治研究基地)
3. 法通网–The Ministry of Justice 司法部 recently launched this (also available as a WeChat 小程序), enabling users to search both Chinese and non-Chinese legislation. The typical cases are only from the Ministry of Justice system, not from the courts
4.中国政法大学美国法研究院–(CUPL Foreign-Related Rule of Law Briefing) publishes the very useful 涉外法治简报, and a monthly compilation of 涉外法治 foreign-related rule of law developments. The editors have thoughtfully included an English-language abstract
5. 涉外法治研究 (Journal of Foreign-related Rule of Law (Public account of a bilingual journal of the same name)
6. 法律与外交研究中心 –(Research Center on Law and Diplomacy), published by the International Law Department of the Foreign Affairs College. The Foreign Affairs College is affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
7.国际商事事件预防与解决组织–International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization (ICDPASO), “a non-governmental international organization, supported and initiated by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.” For more analysis of this institution, see Kun Fan and Xiaolei Han’s article