The new People's Procedure Law stipulates that the time limit for adducing evidence can be negotiated by the parties and approved by the people's court. If the people's court stipulates the time limit for adducing evidence, the ordinary procedure of first instance shall not be less than fifteen days, and the case of second instance in which the parties provide new evidence shall not be less than ten days. Therefore, the time limit for adding the defendant should be put forward within the time limit for adducing evidence.

legal ground

The Supreme People's Court's fifty-first provisions on evidence in civil proceedings.

The time limit for adducing evidence may be negotiated by the parties and approved by the people's court.

If the people's court stipulates the time limit for adducing evidence, the ordinary procedure of first instance shall not be less than fifteen days, and the case of second instance in which the parties provide new evidence shall not be less than ten days. Cases tried by summary procedure shall not exceed fifteen days, and the time limit for giving evidence in small claims shall generally not exceed seven days.

After the expiration of the time limit for adducing evidence, if the parties provide rebuttal evidence or make corrections to the source and form of the evidence already provided, the people's court may, at its discretion, re-determine the time limit for adducing evidence, which is not limited by the time limit specified in the preceding paragraph.