Article 92 of the Civil Procedure Law

If the whereabouts of the addressee are unknown, or the addressee cannot be served by other means specified in this section, it shall be served by public announcement. Sixty days after the announcement, it shall be deemed to have been delivered. When the announcement is served, the reason and process shall be recorded in the case file.

article 94 mediation by the people's court may be presided over by a single judge or a collegial panel, and it shall be conducted on the spot as far as possible. When conducting mediation, the people's court may notify the parties and witnesses to appear in court in a simple way.

1. The service of public announcement means the service of litigation documents by public announcement, and it is deemed to be served after a certain period of time stipulated by law. In the case that the whereabouts of the addressee is unknown or cannot be delivered by other means, it shall be adopted. Methods: The litigation documents that need to be served are posted on the bulletin board of the people's court or in public places, or published in newspapers, broadcast or broadcast on TV. The domestic announcement shall be deemed to have been served after 6 days from the date of issuing the announcement.

2. Mediation is conducted. The court mediation is conducted under the auspices of judges. Mediation can be presided over by a collegial panel or a judge in the collegial panel; Mediation can be conducted in court or at the place where the parties are located. The court may invite relevant units and individuals to assist in mediation. The invited units and individuals shall assist the people's court in mediation.

Extended information

According to Article 138 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on the Application of the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China

? The announcement can be posted on the bulletin board of the court and the domicile of the addressee, or published in newspapers, information networks and other media, and the date of issuing the announcement shall be the date of the last posting or publication.

if there are special requirements for the delivery method of the announcement, it shall be carried out in the required way. Upon the expiration of the announcement, it shall be deemed to have been delivered. When the people's court posts an announcement at the domicile of the addressee, it shall take photos, videos and other ways to record the posting process.

article 139? The service of the announcement shall explain the reasons for the service of the announcement; If a copy of the complaint or appeal is served by public announcement, it shall explain the main points of the prosecution or appeal, the time limit for the respondent to reply and the legal consequences of failing to reply within the time limit; When the summons is served by public announcement, the time and place of appearing in court and the legal consequences of not appearing in court after the time limit shall be stated.

if the written judgment or ruling is served by public announcement, the main contents of the judgment shall be stated, and if the parties have the right to appeal, the right to appeal, the time limit for appeal and the people's court of appeal shall also be stated.

article 146? When the people's court hears a civil case, the mediation process is not open, unless the parties agree to open it. The contents of the mediation agreement shall not be made public, unless the people's court deems it necessary to make it public in order to protect the interests of the state, society and others' legitimate rights and interests.

the persons who preside over mediation and participate in mediation shall keep confidential the state secrets, business secrets, personal privacy and other information that is not suitable for disclosure during the mediation process, except for the protection of national interests, social public interests and the legitimate rights and interests of others.

article 147? When the people's court mediates a case, if the parties are unable to appear in court, they may entrust their agents to participate in mediation with their special authorization, and the mediation agreement reached may be signed by the entrusted agents. If the parties to a divorce case are really unable to appear in court for mediation due to special circumstances, they shall issue written opinions unless they are unable to express their will.

Reference: China Court Network-Civil Procedure Law.