On January 18, 2019, the Supreme People's Court and the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”) signed the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the “New Arrangement”). As the head of the Research Office of the Supreme People's Court put it: “The arrangement is the sixth judicial assistance arrangement reached between the Mainland and HKSAR, the one with the broadest coverage and of great significance.”