Xihu Court advises that new civil and commercial cases will require a wait of over 6 months for a hearing
On October 27, netizens posted a "friendly reminder" from the Xihu Court in Hangzhou: The annual number of first-instance civil cases is expected to exceed 20,000, while there are fewer than 40 frontline civil and commercial judges. Newly filed cases generally require a wait of more than 6 months for a scheduled hearing; parties are asked to wait patiently.