Mainland, Hong Kong sign judicial assistance arrangement

BEIJING - The Supreme People's Court on Friday signed a document with the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government on judicial assistance over civil and commercial matters.

The document is the sixth judicial assistance arrangement between the mainland and Hong Kong since 1997, said an SPC statement, adding that it covered the broadest range of matters.

Along with a previous arrangement on marital and domestic matters, about 90 percent of civil and commercial judgments may be reciprocally recognized and enforced between courts of the two sides, the statement said.