Tianjin court manages to break judgment enforcement difficulties

Cai Hua, an NPC deputy and director of the Tianjin-based Wisely Law Office. [Photo/People’s Court Daily]

“The key to tackling the bottlenecks of judgment enforcement is using the right methods,” said Cai Hua, an NPC deputy and director of the Tianjin-based Wisely Law Office.

“As far as I know, the Tianjin No 1 Intermediate People’s Court has come up with eight concrete methods -- including the enforcement checklist, bankruptcy enforcement and punitive enforcement -- in breaking the difficulties,” he added.

Judges at the court optimize allocation of resources to improve working efficiency, according to Cai. For those cases which cannot be enforced because the debtor is eligible for bankruptcy, they will adopt the method of “bankruptcy enforcement”.

As for those people who refuse to fulfill court orders, they will be listed on the "deadbeat" exposure platform. Laolai, or deadbeats, is a derogatory term in Chinese used for diehard debtors.

These people will face limitations in spending and leaving the country, among other things. Judges at the court will thus resort to the method of “punitive enforcement”, he said.