Chinese Citation
Simplified or Traditional Chinese
When citing Chinese resources, always keep consistent with the Chinese language used in the sources throughout the paper. For example, if a case you want to cite is written in simplified Chinese, you should use Simplified Chinese (简体中文) in text and/or in citation.
Cases and decisions (案例与裁判文书)
Case name (parties names) phase of proceedings / advisory opinion [year] Report series or publication name starting page
Reported/Gazetted cases and decisions (公报案例/裁判文书):
A reported case on Gazette of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China:
Bonneterie Cévenole S.A.R.L. v. Shanghai Meizheng Co. et al. for Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition (Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition)
博內特里公司訴上海梅蒸公司等商標侵權和不正當競爭糾紛案 [2005] 12 中華人民共和國最高人民法院公報 頁29
Cases/decisions found in online databases/websites
Pkulaw (北大法宝):
李劲诉华润置地(重庆)有限公司环境污染责任纠纷案 [2018] CLI.C.93903784
CLI.C. number is the case number used in pkulaw
Court cases from Wenshu (中国裁判文书网):
王铮、张小平民间借贷纠纷再审审查与审判监督民事裁定书 [2020] 最高法民申1094号
东莞市巨星电池有限公司与广州市金不换电子有限公司侵害外观设计专利权纠纷一审民事判决书 [2016]粤73民初1363号
China Legislation (法律法规)
Secondary Source
Books:
Authors name (Surname and first name or Surname and initial), Book title (《》), (edition no if 2nd or later edition) place of publication (may not be included at lecturer’s preference), publisher, year of publication (these may be enclosed in parentheses). Details should be the same for printed or e-book versions if used. Note: if there are more than two authors, include the first only and then include ‘et al’ (等) indicating there are more authors not cited by name.
李楯 《环境公益诉讼观察报告 (2016年卷) 》, (第三版) ,北京: 法律出版社,2018年 。
陳弘毅等 《香港法概論 》,香港 : 三聯書店(香港)有限公司 ,2015年 。
Edited works:
法律出版社法规中心(主編)《刑法学生常用法律手册 》,(第七版) ,北京 : 法律出版社2014年。
刘剑文(主編)《知识经济与法律变革》, (第一版) , 北京 : 法律出版社 ,2001年。
Chapters in edited works:
Author of chapter, Title of chapter (〈〉), author or editor of book, Book title (《》), place of publication (may not be included at lecturer's preference), publisher, year of publication (these may be enclosed in parentheses)
林予生 (主編地震灾后热点法律问题解析),杨遂全(主編),《关于城镇居民房屋灾损政府救助的思考 》,(第一版) ,成都 : 四川大学出版社, 2008年。
Journal Articles (法学期刊文章):
Authors name (Surname and first name or Surname and initial) title of article (〈〉), volume/issue (year of journal), Title of Journal (《》), (may be abbreviated depending on lecturer’s preference) page.
欧阳菲 〈我国发展低碳经济的若干思考〉,第5期(2012) ,《致富时代:下半月》,頁11。
Newspaper articles:
Author (Surname and first name or Surname and initial) News Title (〈〉), Newspaper Name (《》) , Place of publication, date, page.
刘玉琴 〈实践 “三个代表”重要思想 大力加强基层文化建设〉,《人民日报 》, 北京, 2002年4月24日, 第1版 要闻。
Online news articles:
Author (Surname and first name or Surname and initial) News Title (〈〉) Newspaper Name (《》) Date of access: URL
刘玉琴 〈实践 “三个代表”重要思想 大力加强基层文化建设〉, 《人民日报》,2020年5月20日瀏覽: http://data.people.com.cn/rmrb/20020424/1
Theses:
Author (Surname and first name or Surname and initial), Title (〈〉), Level of Theses, Institution, year.
王琳琳 〈中国大陆与台湾地区环境教育法律制度比较研究 〉,(碩士論文),长安大学 , 2016年。
TV Programmes:
Broadcaster Title of programme (〈〉) , Name of Program (《》), Date.
中央电视台 〈什么叫意定监护?〉,《法治深壹》, 2019年12月7日 。
News Reports:
Broadcaster Presenter (if known), Title of programme (〈〉), Date.
鳳凰衛視 徐志勳 ,〈東盟10+3經貿部長會促維護多邊主義 〉, 2019年9月10日。
Online databases:
Author(s) (Surname and first name or Surname and initial) Title (〈〉), volume/issue (year), Journal Title (《》), date of access: URL
北大法寶 〈刑法中行为论的新展开〉, 第2期(2018) , 《中国法学 》, 2019年7月3日瀏覽: https://www.pkulaw.com/qikan/44fde481e7aef45f3bd626190b564c8bdfb.html
General/individual works on the Internet:
Author (Surname and first name or Surname and initial if a person) (year) Title of document(〈〉) date of access: URL
尤杨与赵之涵 (2017) 〈通道有风险,通道不免责 〉, 2017年11月26日瀏覽: https://www.chinalawinsight.com/2017/11/articles/dispute-resolution/通道有风险,通道不免责
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