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  1. In this article, the term ‘conflicts law’ refers to conflict rules and their system concerned, or choice of law system, not including rules of jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.

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Professor of Law, Wuhan University Law School, China; Jurist, the Legal Department of Macao Government; Vice President and General-Secretary, Chinese Society of Private International Law; Arbitrator, China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC); Ph.D., LL.M., Wuhan University; LL.B., Hubei Institute of Finance & Economics.

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Jin, H. The Structure of China's Conflicts Law: New Developments of the Rules on Special Commercial Law. Neth Int Law Rev 45, 188–207 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0165070X00000206

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