After the Chinese courts' civil judgments come into effect,
the losing parties (hereinafter referred to as "debtors")
are often cooperative to comply with the judgments, but some
debtors are not. If the debtors refuse or delay to comply with the
judgments, the winning parties (hereinafter referred to as
"creditors") are entitled to request for forcible
enforcement.
To enforce the judgments, the courts are empowered to take
multiple measures including prohibition of luxury consumption,
judicial custody and criminal punishment against debtors. The
measures are usually deterrent to the debtors, which secures the
high rate of enforcement.
According to the latest statistics from the China Enforcement
Information Open Network, in the fourth quarter of 2020 there were
17,691 cases in total involving the enforcement of intellectual
property judgments. Of the total, 9,401 were newly received and
8,290 were old ones; and, 15,515 cases have been concluded and
2,176 cases
