Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 68-1 Filed 06/05/18 Page 1 of 4 PageID #: 973
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`EXHIBIT A
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`EXHIBIT A
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`DETAILS
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`China - Central Authority & practical information
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`Ministry of Justice, Department of Judicial Assistance and Cooperation, Division of Judicial Assistance
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`Central Authority(ies):
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`Address:
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`Telephone:
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`Fax:
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`E-mail:
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`General website:
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`Contact person:
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`Contact details:
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`Ministry of Justice
`International Legal Cooperation Center (ILCC)
`6, Chaoyangmen Nandajie
`Chaoyang District
`BEIJING
`P.C. 100020
`People's Republic of China
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`+86 (10) 6515 3113
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`+86 (10) 6515 3144
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`www.moj.gov.cn/sfxzjlzx/node_24388.htm
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`Ms LI Zhiying
`E-mail: ivylee319@vip.sina.com 
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`Languages spoken by sta:
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`Chinese, English
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`Practical Information:
`(The following information was provided by the relevant State authorities or was obtained from the replies to the 2003
`Service Convention Questionnaire)
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`Guide to lling out the
`Model Form, and FAQs
`(drawn up by the
`Chinese Ministry of
`Justice):
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`The Guide is available here.
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`The FAQs are available here.
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`Forwarding authorities
`The Ministry of Justice, Higher People’s Court and ve province authorities: Beijing,
`(Art. 3(1)):
`Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong.
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`Methods of service
`(Art. 5(1)(2)):
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`Translation
`requirements
`(Art. 5(3)):
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`Costs relating to
`execution of the
`request for service
`(Art. 12):
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`Time for execution of
`request:
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`Oppositions and
`declarations
`(Art. 21(2)):
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`Art. 8(2):
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`Art. 10(a):
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`Art. 10(b):
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`Art. 10(c):
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`Art. 15(2):
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`Art. 16(3):
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`Formal Service (Art. 5(1)(a))
`The Central Authority of China refers the document to the competent court. The court
`will serve the document directly to the addressee or the person who is entitled to
`receive the document. Where direct service is impracticable in some cases, other
`methods may be employed in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law.
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`Informal delivery (Art. 5(2))
`There is no such method in the Chinese domestic law, and the addressee may refuse to
`accept it in any case.
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`Service by a particular method (Art. 5(1)(b))
`In such cases, the Central Authority of China forwards the documents to the competent
`court. The competent court may execute the service to the extent not contrary to
`Chinese domestic law.
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`According to the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China, service
`requested within the meaning of Art. 5(1) of the Convention requires that all documents
`and evidence to be served must be written in Chinese or that a translation in Chinese be
`attached thereto, unless there are contrary prescriptions in the mutual treaties between
`China and other Contracting States of the Hague Convention.
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`Charges are incurred on a reciprocal basis and at the equivalent amount.
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`Within three to four months.
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`Click here to read all the declarations and reservations made by China under this
`Convention. 
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`Opposition 
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`Opposition 
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`Opposition
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`Opposition
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`Declaration of applicability
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`Declaration of applicability
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`Derogatory channels
`http://english.legalinfo.gov.cn/2015-06/04/content_20908416.htm
`(bilateral or
`multilateral
`agreements or internal
`law permitting other
`transmission channels)
`(Arts. 11, 19, 24 and
`25)
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`Disclaimer:
`Information may not be
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`updated – please
`contact the relevant
`authorities to verify this
`information.
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`Useful links:
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`http://english.legalinfo.gov.cn/judicialassistance.html
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`(This page was last updated on 24 February 2017)
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`Conventions (incl. Protocols and Principles)
`Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or
`Commercial Matters [14]
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