Recently, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on the Jurisdiction of Internet Courts effective November 1, 2025. The 2025 Provisions amend the 2018 Provisions by removing Internet Courts’ jurisdiction over five types of cases including “copyright or neighboring rights disputes involving works first published online,” and “disputes arising from infringement of copyright or neighboring rights in works published or disseminated online.”  The SPC explained that this will ensure “new, cutting-edge, and complex online cases are heard by the Internet Courts” while “general and traditional online cases are heard by other local courts.”

                                                                                         Source. News Department of the Supreme People's Court