Selected Chinese Cases on the CISG

 

Another aim of the series is to identify whether there is a special Chinese approach to the interpretation and application of the CISG. If the answer is in the affirmative, it will examines whether Chinese courts prefer to apply the CISG, whether Chinese parties prefer to choose the CISG as the governing law, whether the application of the CISG in China promotes its wider adoption and application by other countries and whether the Chinese approach will contribute to the uniform interpretation and application of the CISG at the international level.

 

In addition, the series will highlight the similarities and differences between the Chinese approach to the interpretation and application of the CISG and the approaches adopted by courts in other jurisdictions and discuss which approach is more preferable and valuable to the further development of a uniform sales law. It will also compare the similarities and differences of the understanding and interpretation of the CISG between Chinese and foreign scholars which may affect the approach to be adopted by a court. Both will prompt foreign legal practitioners and companies to reconsider whether they should choose the CISG as the governing law of the contract when doing business with companies the place of business of which is in China.