Collective litigation in China

Abstract

The article is dedicated to collective litigation of China. The author researches such existing forms of collective actions as joint actions, representative actions and actions in public interests. The specific character of Chinese way of development of collective procedures is analyzed. The author concludes that Chinese regulation of representative actions is at the stage of formation and needs adjustment. One of the latest changes researched in the article became the reform of Securities Act in 2019–2020. On the whole China adopted the norms on collective regulation from Western countries and Japan, but at the same time these norms received national color. Some ideas, which were realized in China and became practically viable, can be adopted by our country.