Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China
中華人民共和國仲裁法
(Adopted at the Ninth Session of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on August 31, 1994; amended for the first time according to the Decision on Amending Certain Laws adopted at the 10th Session of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress on August 27, 2009; and amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision on Amending Eight Laws Including the Judges Law of the People's Republic of China at the 29th Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress on September 1, 2017)
(1994年8月31日第八屆全國人民代表大會常務委員會第九次會議通過 根據2009年8月27日第十一屆全國人民代表大會常務委員會第十次會議《關于修改部分法律的決定》第一次修正 根據2017年9月1日第十二屆全國人民代表大會常務委員會第二十九次會議《關于修改〈中華人民共和國法官法〉等八部法律的決定》第二次修正)
Contents
目錄
Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 總則
Chapter II Arbitration Commissions and the Arbitration Association
第二章 仲裁委員會和仲裁協會
Chapter III Arbitration Agreement
第三章 仲裁協議
Chapter IV Arbitration Proceedings
第四章 仲裁程序
Section 1 Application and Acceptance
第一節 申請和受理
Section 2 Formation of Arbitration Tribunal
第二節 仲裁庭的組成
Section 3 Hearing and Award
第三節 開庭和裁決
Chapter V Application for Setting Aside Arbitration Award
第五章 申請撤銷裁決
Chapter VI Enforcement
第六章 執行
Chapter VII Special Provisions for Arbitration Involving Foreign Elements
第七章 涉外仲裁的特別規定
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
第八章 附則
Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 總 則
Article 1 This Law is formulated in order to ensure the impartial and prompt arbitration of economic disputes, to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and to safeguard the sound development of the socialist market economy.
第一條 為保證公正、及時地仲裁經濟糾紛，保護當事人的合法權益，保障社會主義市場經濟健康發展，制定本法。
Article 2 Contractual disputes and other disputes over rights and interests in property between citizens, legal persons, and other organizations that are equal subjects may be arbitrated.
第二條 平等主體的公民、法人和其他組織之間發生的合同糾紛和其他財產權益糾紛，可以仲裁。
Article 3 The following disputes may not be arbitrated:
第三條 下列糾紛不能仲裁:
(1) marital, adoption, guardianship, support and succession disputes;
（一）婚姻、收養、監護、扶養、繼承糾紛；
(2) administrative disputes that shall be handled by administrative organs as prescribed by law.
（二）依法應當由行政機關處理的行政爭議。
Article 4 The parties' submission to arbitration to resolve their dispute shall be on the basis of both parties' free will and an arbitration agreement reached between them. If a party applies for arbitration in the absence of an arbitration agreement, the arbitration commission shall not accept the case.
第四條 當事人采用仲裁方式解決糾紛，應當雙方自愿，達成仲裁協議。沒有仲裁協議，一方申請仲裁的，仲裁委員會不予受理。
Article 5 If the parties have concluded an arbitration agreement and one party files a lawsuit to a people's court, the people's court shall not accept the case, unless the arbitration agreement is null and void.
第五條 當事人達成仲裁協議，一方向人民法院起訴的，人民法院不予受理，但仲裁協議無效的除外。
Article 6 The arbitration commission shall be selected by the parties through agreement.
第六條 仲裁委員會應當由當事人協議選定。
In arbitration, there shall be no tier jurisdiction and no territorial jurisdiction.
仲裁不實行級別管轄和地域管轄。
Article 7 In arbitration, disputes shall be resolved on the basis of facts, in compliance with the law and in an equitable and reasonable manner.
第七條 仲裁應當根據事實，符合法律規定，公平合理地解決糾紛。
Article 8 Arbitration shall be carried out independently in accordance with law and shall be free from the interference of administrative organs, social organizations or individuals.
第八條 仲裁依法獨立進行，不受行政機關、社會團體和個人的干涉。
Article 9 A system of a single and final award shall be implemented for arbitration. If a party applies for arbitration to an arbitration commission or files a lawsuit to a people's court regarding the same dispute after an arbitration award has been made, the arbitration commission or the people's court shall not accept the case.
第九條 仲裁實行一裁終局的制度。裁決作出后，當事人就同一糾紛再申請仲裁或者向人民法院起訴的，仲裁委員會或者人民法院不予受理。
If an arbitration award is set aside or its enforcement is refused by the people's court in accordance with law, a party may apply for arbitration on the basis of a new arbitration agreement reached between the parties, or file a lawsuit to the people's court, regarding the same dispute.
裁決被人民法院依法裁定撤銷或者不予執行的，當事人就該糾紛可以根據雙方重新達成的仲裁協議申請仲裁，也可以向人民法院起訴。
Chapter II Arbitration Commissions and the Arbitration Association
第二章 仲裁委員會和仲裁協會
Article 10 Arbitration commissions may be established in municipalities directly under the Central Government and in cities where the people's governments of provinces or autonomous regions are located. They may also be established in other cities divided into districts, according to needs. Arbitration commissions shall not be established at each level of the administrative divisions.
第十條 仲裁委員會可以在直轄市和省、自治區人民政府所在地的市設立，也可以根據需要在其他設區的市設立，不按行政區劃層層設立。
People's governments of the cities referred to in the preceding paragraph shall arrange for the relevant departments and chambers of commerce to organize arbitration commissions in a unified manner.
仲裁委員會由前款規定的市的人民政府組織有關部門和商會統一組建。
The establishment of an arbitration commission shall be registered with the administrative department of justice of the relevant province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.
設立仲裁委員會，應當經省、自治區、直轄市的司法行政部門登記。
Article 11 An arbitration commission shall meet the conditions set forth below:
第十一條 仲裁委員會應當具備下列條件:
(1) to have its own name, domicile, and charter;
（一）有自己的名稱、住所和章程；
(2) to have the necessary property;
（二）有必要的財產；
(3) to have the personnel that are to form the commission; and
（三）有該委員會的組成人員；
(4) to have appointed arbitrators.
（四）有聘任的仲裁員。
The charter of an arbitration commission shall be formulated in accordance with this Law.
仲裁委員會的章程應當依照本法制定。
Article 12 An arbitration commission shall be composed of one chairman, two to four vice-chairmen, and seven to eleven members.
第十二條 仲裁委員會由主任一人、副主任二至四人和委員七至十一人組成。
The positions of chairman, vice-chairman and members of an arbitration commission shall be held by experts in the field of law, economy and trade and persons with practical working experience. Experts in the field of law, economy, and trade shall account for at least two-thirds of the people forming an arbitration commission.
仲裁委員會的主任、副主任和委員由法律、經濟貿易專家和有實際工作經驗的人員擔任。仲裁委員會的組成人員中，法律、經濟貿易專家不得少于三分之二。
Article 13 An arbitration commission shall appoint its arbitrators from among righteous and upright persons.
第十三條 仲裁委員會應當從公道正派的人員中聘任仲裁員。
An arbitrator shall meet one of the conditions set forth below:
仲裁員應當符合下列條件之一:
(1) to have obtained the legal professional qualification upon passing the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination and engaged in arbitration work for at least eight years;
（一）通過國家統一法律職業資格考試取得法律職業資格，從事仲裁工作滿八年的；
(2) to have worked as a lawyer for at least eight years;
（二）從事律師工作滿八年的；
(3) to have served as a judge for at least eight years;
（三）曾任法官滿八年的；
(4) to have been engaged in legal research or legal education, possessing a senior professional title; or
（四）從事法律研究、教學工作并具有高級職稱的；
(5) to have acquired the knowledge of law, engaged in the professional work in the field of economy and trade, etc., possessing a senior professional title or having an equivalent professional level.
（五）具有法律知識、從事經濟貿易等專業工作并具有高級職稱或者具有同等專業水平的。
An arbitration commission shall have a register of arbitrators in accordance with specializations.
仲裁委員會按照不同專業設仲裁員名冊。
Article 14 Arbitration commissions shall be independent from administrative organs and there shall be no subordinate relationships between arbitration commissions and administrative organs. There shall also be no subordinate relationships between arbitration commissions.
第十四條 仲裁委員會獨立于行政機關，與行政機關沒有隸屬關系。仲裁委員會之間也沒有隸屬關系。
Article 15 China Arbitration Association is a social organization with the status of a legal person. Arbitration commissions are members of China Arbitration Association. The charter of China Arbitration Association shall be formulated by its national assembly of members.
第十五條 中國仲裁協會是社會團體法人。仲裁委員會是中國仲裁協會的會員。中國仲裁協會的章程由全國會員大會制定。
China Arbitration Association is a self-disciplined organization of arbitration commissions. It shall, in accordance with its charter, supervise arbitration commissions and their members and arbitrators as to whether or not they breach discipline. .
中國仲裁協會是仲裁委員會的自律性組織，根據章程對仲裁委員會及其組成人員、仲裁員的違紀行為進行監督。
China Arbitration Association shall formulate rules of arbitration in accordance with this Law and the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law.
中國仲裁協會依照本法和民事訴訟法的有關規定制定仲裁規則。.
Chapter III Arbitration Agreement
第三章 仲裁協議
Article 16 An arbitration agreement shall include arbitration clauses stipulated in the contract and agreements of submission to arbitration that are concluded in other written forms before or after disputes arise.
第十六條 仲裁協議包括合同中訂立的仲裁條款和以其他書面方式在糾紛發生前或者糾紛發生后達成的請求仲裁的協議。
An arbitration agreement shall contain the following particulars:
仲裁協議應當具有下列內容:
(1) an expression of intention to apply for arbitration;
（一）請求仲裁的意思表示；
(2) matters submitted to arbitration; and
（二）仲裁事項；
(3) a designated arbitration commission.
（三）選定的仲裁委員會。
Article 17 An arbitration agreement shall be null and void under one of the following circumstances:
第十七條 有下列情形之一的，仲裁協議無效:
（1）the agreed matters submitted to arbitration exceed the scope of arbitrable matters as specified by law;
（一）約定的仲裁事項超出法律規定的仲裁范圍的；
(2) one party that concluded the arbitration agreement has no capacity for civil conducts or has limited capacity for civil conducts; or
（二）無民事行為能力人或者限制民事行為能力人訂立的仲裁協議；
one party coerced the other party into concluding the arbitration agreement.
（三）一方采取脅迫手段，迫使對方訂立仲裁協議的。
Article 18 If an arbitration agreement contains no or unclear provisions concerning the matters submitted to arbitration or the arbitration commission, the parties may reach a supplementary agreement. If no such supplementary agreement can be reached, the arbitration agreement shall be null and void.
第十八條 仲裁協議對仲裁事項或者仲裁委員會沒有約定或者約定不明確的，當事人可以補充協議；達不成補充協議的，仲裁協議無效。
Article 19 An arbitration agreement shall exist independently. The amendment, rescission, termination or invalidity of a contract shall not affect the validity of the arbitration agreement.
第十九條 仲裁協議獨立存在，合同的變更、解除、終止或者無效，不影響仲裁協議的效力。
The arbitration tribunal shall have the power to affirm the validity of a contract
仲裁庭有權確認合同的效力。
Article 20 Where a party challenges the validity of the arbitration agreement, he or she may request the arbitration commission to make a decision or apply to the people's court for a ruling. Where one party requests the arbitration commission to make a decision and the other party applies to the people's court for a ruling, the people's court shall give a ruling.
第二十條 當事人對仲裁協議的效力有異議的，可以請求仲裁委員會作出決定或者請求人民法院作出裁定。一方請求仲裁委員會作出決定，另一方請求人民法院作出裁定的，由人民法院裁定。
A party's challenge of the validity of the arbitration agreement shall be raised prior to the arbitration tribunal's first hearing.
當事人對仲裁協議的效力有異議，應當在仲裁庭首次開庭前提出。
Chapter IV Arbitration Proceedings
第四章 仲裁程序
Section 1 Application and Acceptance
第一節 申請和受理
Article 21 A party's application for arbitration shall meet the following requirements:
第二十一條 當事人申請仲裁應當符合下列條件:
(1) there is an arbitration agreement;
（一）有仲裁協議；
(2) there is a specific arbitration claim and there are facts and reasons therefor; and
（二）有具體的仲裁請求和事實、理由；
(3) the application is within the scope of the arbitration commission's acceptability.
（三）屬于仲裁委員會的受理范圍。
Article 22 To apply for arbitration, a party shall submit to the arbitration commission the written arbitration agreement and a written application for arbitration together with copies thereof.
第二十二條 當事人申請仲裁，應當向仲裁委員會遞交仲裁協議、仲裁申請書及副本。
Article 23 A written application for arbitration shall specify the following particulars:
第二十三條 仲裁申請書應當載明下列事項:
(1) the name, sex, age, occupation, work unit and domicile of each party, or the name and domicile of legal persons or other organizations and the names and positions of their legal representatives or chief responsible persons;
（一）當事人的姓名、性別、年齡、職業、工作單位和住所，法人或者其他組織的名稱、住所和法定代表人或者主要負責人的姓名、職務；
(2) the arbitration claim and the facts and reasons on which it is based; and
（二）仲裁請求和所根據的事實、理由；
(3) the evidence, the source of the evidence and the names and domiciles of witnesses.
（三）證據和證據來源、證人姓名和住所。
Article 24 When an arbitration commission receives a written application for arbitration and considers that the application complies with the conditions for acceptance, it shall accept the application and notify the party within five days from the date of receipt. If the arbitration commission considers that the application does not comply with the conditions for acceptance, it shall inform the party in writing of its rejection of the application and explain the reasons for rejection within five days from the date of receipt.
第二十四條 仲裁委員會收到仲裁申請書之日起五日內，認為符合受理條件的，應當受理，并通知當事人；認為不符合受理條件的，應當書面通知當事人不予受理，并說明理由。
Article 25 After an arbitration commission accepts an application for arbitration, it shall, within the time limit specified in the rules of arbitration, deliver a copy of the rules of arbitration and the register of arbitrators to the claimant, and serve one copy of the application for arbitration together with the rules of arbitration and the register of arbitrators on the respondent.
第二十五條 仲裁委員會受理仲裁申請后，應當在仲裁規則規定的期限內將仲裁規則和仲裁員名冊送達申請人，并將仲裁申請書副本和仲裁規則、仲裁員名冊送達被申請人。
After receiving the copy of the application for arbitration, the respondent shall submit a written statement of defense to the arbitration commission within the time limit specified in the rules of arbitration. After receiving the written statement of defense, the arbitration commission shall serve a copy thereof on the claimant within the time limit specified in the rules of arbitration. Failure on the part of the respondent to submit a written statement of defense shall not affect the progress of the arbitration proceedings.
被申請人收到仲裁申請書副本后，應當在仲裁規則規定的期限內向仲裁委員會提交答辯書。仲裁委員會收到答辯書后，應當在仲裁規則規定的期限內將答辯書副本送達申請人。被申請人未提交答辯書的，不影響仲裁程序的進行。
Article 26 Where the parties have concluded an arbitration agreement and one party has filed a lawsuit to a people's court without declaring the existence of the arbitration agreement and, after the people's court has accepted the case, the other party submits the arbitration agreement prior to the first hearing, the people's court shall dismiss the case unless the arbitration agreement is null and void. Where, prior to the first hearing, the other party has not raised an objection to the people's court's acceptance of the case, he or she shall be deemed to have renounced the arbitration agreement and the people's court shall continue to try the case.
第二十六條 當事人達成仲裁協議，一方向人民法院起訴未聲明有仲裁協議，人民法院受理后，另一方在首次開庭前提交仲裁協議的，人民法院應當駁回起訴，但仲裁協議無效的除外；另一方在首次開庭前未對人民法院受理該案提出異議的，視為放棄仲裁協議，人民法院應當繼續審理。
Article 27 The claimant may renounce or amend his or her arbitration claim. The respondent may accept or refuse an arbitration claim and shall have the right to make a counter-claim.
第二十七條 申請人可以放棄或者變更仲裁請求。被申請人可以承認或者反駁仲裁請求，有權提出反請求。
Article 28 A party may apply for property preservation if it may become impossible or difficult for the award to be enforced due to an act of the other party or other causes.
第二十八條 一方當事人因另一方當事人的行為或者其他原因，可能使裁決不能執行或者難以執行的，可以申請財產保全。
Where a party applies for property preservation, the arbitration commission shall submit the party's application to the people's court in accordance with relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law.
當事人申請財產保全的，仲裁委員會應當將當事人的申請依照民事訴訟法的有關規定提交人民法院。
Where an application for property preservation has been wrongfully made, the applicant shall compensate the person against whom the application has been made for any loss incurred from property preservation.
申請有錯誤的，申請人應當賠償被申請人因財產保全所遭受的損失。
Article 29 A party or statutory agent may appoint a lawyer or other agent to carry out arbitration activities. To appoint a lawyer or other agent to carry out arbitration activities, a power of attorney shall be submitted to the arbitration commission.
第二十九條 當事人、法定代理人可以委托律師和其他代理人進行仲裁活動。委托律師和其他代理人進行仲裁活動的，應當向仲裁委員會提交授權委托書。
Section 2 Formation of Arbitration Tribunal
第二節 仲裁庭的組成
Article 30 An arbitration tribunal may be composed of either three arbitrators or one arbitrator. An arbitration tribunal composed of three arbitrators shall have a presiding arbitrator.
第三十條 仲裁庭可以由三名仲裁員或者一名仲裁員組成。由三名仲裁員組成的，設首席仲裁員。
Article 31 Where the parties agree that the arbitration tribunal shall be composed of three arbitrators, they shall each appoint or entrust the chairman of the arbitration commission to appoint one arbitrator. The parties shall jointly select or jointly entrust the chairman of the arbitration commission to appoint the third arbitrator who shall be the presiding arbitrator.
第三十一條 當事人約定由三名仲裁員組成仲裁庭的，應當各自選定或者各自委托仲裁委員會主任指定一名仲裁員，第三名仲裁員由當事人共同選定或者共同委托仲裁委員會主任指定。第三名仲裁員是首席仲裁員。
Where the parties agree that the arbitration tribunal shall be composed of one arbitrator, they shall jointly appoint or jointly entrust the chairman of the arbitration commission to appoint the arbitrator.
當事人約定由一名仲裁員成立仲裁庭的，應當由當事人共同選定或者共同委托仲裁委員會主任指定仲裁員。
Article 32 If the parties fail to agree on the method of formation of the arbitration tribunal or to select the arbitrators within the time limit specified in the rules of arbitration, the arbitrators shall be appointed by the chairman of the arbitration commission.
第三十二條 當事人沒有在仲裁規則規定的期限內約定仲裁庭的組成方式或者選定仲裁員的，由仲裁委員會主任指定。
Article 33 After the arbitration tribunal has been formed, the arbitration commission shall notify the parties in writing of the tribunal's formation.
第三十三條 仲裁庭組成后，仲裁委員會應當將仲裁庭的組成情況書面通知當事人。
Article 34 Under one of the following circumstances, the arbitrator shall recuse himself or herself from the hearing, and the parties also have the right to apply for recusal of the arbitrator:
第三十四條 仲裁員有下列情形之一的，必須回避，當事人也有權提出回避申請:
(1) the arbitrator is a party in the case or a close relative of a party or of an agent in the case;
（一）是本案當事人或者當事人、代理人的近親屬；
(2) the arbitrator has a personal interest in the case;
（二）與本案有利害關系；
(3) the arbitrator has other relationship with a party or his or her agent in the case which may affect the impartiality of arbitration; or
（三）與本案當事人、代理人有其他關系，可能影響公正仲裁的；
(4) the arbitrator has privately met with a party or agent or accepted an invitation to entertainment or gift from a party or agent.
（四）私自會見當事人、代理人，或者接受當事人、代理人的請客送禮的。
Article 35 Where a party applies for recusal of an arbitrator, he or she shall submit his or her application, with a statement of the reasons therefor, prior to the first hearing. Where the matter giving rise to the application became known after the first hearing, the application may be made before the conclusion of the final hearing of the case.
第三十五條 當事人提出回避申請，應當說明理由，在首次開庭前提出。回避事由在首次開庭后知道的，可以在最后一次開庭終結前提出。
Article 36 The decision as to whether or not to recuse the arbitrator shall be made by the chairman of the arbitration commission. If the chairman of the arbitration commission serves as an arbitrator, the decision shall be made collectively by the arbitration commission.
第三十六條 仲裁員是否回避，由仲裁委員會主任決定；仲裁委員會主任擔任仲裁員時，由仲裁委員會集體決定。
Article 37 Where an arbitrator cannot perform his duties due to his or her recusal or for other reasons, a substitute arbitrator shall be selected or appointed in accordance with this Law.
第三十七條 仲裁員因回避或者其他原因不能履行職責的，應當依照本法規定重新選定或者指定仲裁員。
After a substitute arbitrator has been selected or appointed on account of an arbitrator's recusal, a party may request the arbitration proceedings already carried out to be carried out anew. The decision as to whether to approve it or not shall be made by the arbitration tribunal. The arbitration tribunal may also make a decision of its motion as to whether or not the arbitration proceedings already carried out should be carried out anew.
因回避而重新選定或者指定仲裁員后，當事人可以請求已進行的仲裁程序重新進行，是否準許，由仲裁庭決定；仲裁庭也可以自行決定已進行的仲裁程序是否重新進行。
Article 38 Where an arbitrator is involved in the circumstances described in subparagraph 4 of Article 34 hereof and the circumstances are serious or involved in the circumstances described in subparagraph 6 of Article 58 hereof, he or she shall assume legal liability according to law and the arbitration commission shall remove his or her name from the register of arbitrators.
第三十八條 仲裁員有本法第三十四條第四項規定的情形，情節嚴重的，或者有本法第五十八條第六項規定的情形的，應當依法承擔法律責任，仲裁委員會應當將其除名。
Section 3 Hearing and Award
第三節 開庭和裁決
Article 39 Arbitration shall be conducted by means of oral hearings. If the parties agree to arbitration without oral hearings, the arbitration tribunal may render an arbitration award on the basis of the written application for arbitration, the written defense and other materials.
第三十九條 仲裁應當開庭進行。當事人協議不開庭的，仲裁庭可以根據仲裁申請書、答辯書以及其他材料作出裁決。
Article 40 An arbitration tribunal shall not hear a case in open session. Where the parties concerned agree to have the case heard in open session, the hearing may be held openly, unless State secrets are involved.
第四十條 仲裁不公開進行。當事人協議公開的，可以公開進行，但涉及國家秘密的除外。
Article 41 The arbitration commission shall notify the parties of the date of the hearing within the time limit specified in the rules of arbitration. A party may, within the time limit specified in the rules of arbitration, request a postponement of the hearing if he or she has justified reasons therefor. The arbitration tribunal shall decide whether or not to postpone the hearing.
第四十一條 仲裁委員會應當在仲裁規則規定的期限內將開庭日期通知雙方當事人。當事人有正當理由的，可以在仲裁規則規定的期限內請求延期開庭。是否延期，由仲裁庭決定。
Article 42 Where the claimant fails to appear before the arbitration tribunal without justified reasons after having been notified in writing or leaves the hearing prior to its conclusion without the permission of the arbitration tribunal, he or she may be deemed to have withdrawn his or her application for arbitration.
第四十二條 申請人經書面通知，無正當理由不到庭或者未經仲裁庭許可中途退庭的，可以視為撤回仲裁申請。
Where the respondent fails to appear before the arbitration tribunal without justified reasons after having been notified in writing or leaves the hearing prior to its conclusion without the permission of the arbitration tribunal, a default award may be made.
被申請人經書面通知，無正當理由不到庭或者未經仲裁庭許可中途退庭的，可以缺席裁決。
Article 43 Parties shall provide evidence in support of their own arguments.
第四十三條 當事人應當對自己的主張提供證據。
The arbitration tribunal may, as it considers necessary, collect evidences on its own.
仲裁庭認為有必要收集的證據，可以自行收集。
Article 44 Where the arbitration tribunal considers that a special issue requires an appraisal, it may refer the issue for appraisal to an appraisal department agreed on by the parties or to an appraisal department designated by the arbitration tribunal.
第四十四條 仲裁庭對專門性問題認為需要鑒定的，可以交由當事人約定的鑒定部門鑒定，也可以由仲裁庭指定的鑒定部門鑒定。
Where requested by a party or required by the arbitration tribunal, the appraisal department shall send its appraiser to attend the hearing. Subject to the permission of the arbitration tribunal, the parties may question the appraiser.
根據當事人的請求或者仲裁庭的要求，鑒定部門應當派鑒定人參加開庭。當事人經仲裁庭許可，可以向鑒定人提問。
Article 45 The evidence shall be presented during the hearings and may be examined by the parties.
第四十五條 證據應當在開庭時出示，當事人可以質證。
Article 46 Under circumstances where the evidence may be destroyed or lost or difficult to obtain at a later time, a party may apply for preservation of the evidence. If a party applies for preservation of the evidence, the arbitration commission shall submit his or her application to the primary people's court in the place where the evidence is located.
第四十六條 在證據可能滅失或者以后難以取得的情況下，當事人可以申請證據保全。當事人申請證據保全的，仲裁委員會應當將當事人的申請提交證據所在地的基層人民法院。
Article 47 The parties shall have the right to carry on the debate in the course of arbitration. At the end of the debate, the presiding arbitrator or the sole arbitrator shall solicit final opinions from the parties.
第四十七條 當事人在仲裁過程中有權進行辯論。辯論終結時，首席仲裁員或者獨任仲裁員應當征詢當事人的最后意見。
Article 48 The arbitration tribunal shall make records of the hearings in writing. The parties and other participants in the arbitration shall have the right to apply for supplementation or correction of the record of their own statements if they consider that such record contains omissions or errors. If no supplementation or corrections are to be made, their application therefor shall be recorded.
第四十八條 仲裁庭應當將開庭情況記入筆錄。當事人和其他仲裁參與人認為對自己陳述的記錄有遺漏或者差錯的，有權申請補正。如果不予補正，應當記錄該申請。
The record shall be signed or sealed by the arbitrators, the recordist, the parties and other participants in the arbitration.
筆錄由仲裁員、記錄人員、當事人和其他仲裁參與人簽名或者蓋章。
Article 49 After an application for arbitration has been made, the parties may settle their dispute on their own. If the parties have reached a settlement agreement, they may request the arbitration tribunal to make an arbitration award in accordance with the settlement agreement; alternatively, they may withdraw their application for arbitration.
第四十九條 當事人申請仲裁后，可以自行和解。達成和解協議的，可以請求仲裁庭根據和解協議作出裁決書，也可以撤回仲裁申請。
Article 50 If a party repudiates the settlement agreement after the application for arbitration has been withdrawn, he or she may apply for arbitration again in accordance with the arbitration agreement.
第五十條 當事人達成和解協議，撤回仲裁申請后反悔的，可以根據仲裁協議申請仲裁。
Article 51 The arbitration tribunal may carry out mediation prior to giving an arbitration award. The arbitration tribunal shall conduct mediation if both parties voluntarily seek mediation. Where mediation is unsuccessful, an arbitration award shall be made promptly.
第五十一條 仲裁庭在作出裁決前，可以先行調解。當事人自愿調解的，仲裁庭應當調解。調解不成的，應當及時作出裁決。
Where mediation leads to a settlement agreement, the arbitration tribunal shall make a written mediation statement or make an arbitration award in accordance with the result of the settlement agreement. A written mediation statement and an arbitration award shall have equal legal effect.
調解達成協議的，仲裁庭應當制作調解書或者根據協議的結果制作裁決書。調解書與裁決書具有同等法律效力。
Article 52 A written mediation statement shall specify the arbitration claim and the results of the settlement agreed upon between the parties. The written mediation statement shall be signed by the arbitrators, sealed by the arbitration commission, and then served on both parties.
第五十二條 調解書應當寫明仲裁請求和當事人協議的結果。調解書由仲裁員簽名，加蓋仲裁委員會印章，送達雙方當事人。
The written mediation statement shall become legally effective immediately after both parties have signed for receipt thereof.
調解書經雙方當事人簽收后，即發生法律效力。
If the written mediation statement is repudiated by a party before he or she signs for receipt thereof, the arbitration tribunal shall promptly make an arbitration award.
在調解書簽收前當事人反悔的，仲裁庭應當及時作出裁決。
Article 53 The arbitration award shall be made in accordance with the opinion of the majority of the arbitrators. The opinion of the minority of the arbitrators may be entered in the record. Where the arbitration tribunal is unable to form a majority opinion, the arbitration award shall be made in accordance with the opinion of the presiding arbitrator.
第五十三條 裁決應當按照多數仲裁員的意見作出，少數仲裁員的不同意見可以記入筆錄。仲裁庭不能形成多數意見時，裁決應當按照首席仲裁員的意見作出。
Article 54 An arbitration award shall specify the arbitration claim, the facts of the dispute, the reasons for the decision, the results of the award, the allocation of arbitration fees and the date of the award. If the parties agree that they do not wish the facts of the dispute and the reasons for the decision to be specified in the arbitration award, the same may be omitted. The arbitration award shall be signed by the arbitrators and sealed by the arbitration commission. An arbitrator with dissenting opinions as to the arbitration award may sign the award or choose not to sign it.
第五十四條 裁決書應當寫明仲裁請求、爭議事實、裁決理由、裁決結果、仲裁費用的負擔和裁決日期。當事人協議不愿寫明爭議事實和裁決理由的，可以不寫。裁決書由仲裁員簽名，加蓋仲裁委員會印章。對裁決持不同意見的仲裁員，可以簽名，也可以不簽名。
Article 55 In arbitration proceedings, if a part of the facts involved has already become clear, the arbitration tribunal may first make an award in respect of such part of the facts.
第五十五條 仲裁庭仲裁糾紛時，其中一部分事實已經清楚，可以就該部分先行裁決。
Article 56 If there are literal or calculation errors in the arbitration award, or if the matters which have been decided by the arbitration tribunal are omitted in the arbitration award, the arbitration tribunal shall make due corrections or supplementation. The parties may, within 30 days from the date of receipt of the award, request the arbitration tribunal to make such corrections or supplementation.
第五十六條 對裁決書中的文字、計算錯誤或者仲裁庭已經裁決但在裁決書中遺漏的事項，仲裁庭應當補正；當事人自收到裁決書之日起三十日內，可以請求仲裁庭補正。
Article 57 The arbitration award shall be legally effective as of the date on which it is made.
第五十七條 裁決書自作出之日起發生法律效力。
Chapter V Application for Setting Aside Arbitration Award
第五章 申請撤銷裁決
Article 58 A party may apply for setting aside an arbitration award to the intermediate people's court in the place where the arbitration commission is located if he or she can produce evidence which proves that the arbitration award involves one of the following circumstances:
第五十八條 當事人提出證據證明裁決有下列情形之一的，可以向仲裁委員會所在地的中級人民法院申請撤銷裁決:
(1) there is no arbitration agreement;
（一）沒有仲裁協議的；
(2) the matters decided in the award exceed the scope of the arbitration agreement or are beyond the arbitral authority of the arbitration commission;
（二）裁決的事項不屬于仲裁協議的范圍或者仲裁委員會無權仲裁的；
(3) the formation of the arbitration tribunal or the arbitration procedure was not in conformity with the statutory procedure;
（三）仲裁庭的組成或者仲裁的程序違反法定程序的；
(4) the evidence on which the award is based was forged;
（四）裁決所根據的證據是偽造的；
(5) the other party has withheld the evidence which is sufficient to affect the impartiality of the arbitration; or
（五）對方當事人隱瞞了足以影響公正裁決的證據的；
(6) the arbitrators have committed embezzlement, accepted bribes or done malpractices for personal benefits or perverted the law in the arbitration of the case.
（六）仲裁員在仲裁該案時有索賄受賄，徇私舞弊，枉法裁決行為的。
The people's court shall rule to set aside the arbitration award if a collegial panel formed by the people's court verifies upon examination that the award involves one of the circumstances set forth in the preceding paragraph.
人民法院經組成合議庭審查核實裁決有前款規定情形之一的，應當裁定撤銷。
Where the people's court determines that the arbitration award violates the public interest, it shall rule to set aside the award.
人民法院認定該裁決違背社會公共利益的，應當裁定撤銷。
Article 59 A party that wishes to apply for setting aside the arbitration award shall submit such application within six months from the date of receipt of the award.
第五十九條 當事人申請撤銷裁決的，應當自收到裁決書之日起六個月內提出。
Article 60 The people's court shall, within two months from the date of accepting an application for setting aside an arbitration award, rule to set aside the award or to reject the application.
第六十條 人民法院應當在受理撤銷裁決申請之日起兩個月內作出撤銷裁決或者駁回申請的裁定。
Article 61 Where, after accepting an application for setting aside an arbitration award, the people's court considers that the case may be re-arbitrated by the arbitration tribunal, it shall notify the tribunal that it shall re-arbitrate the case within a certain time limit and shall rule to suspend the setting-aside procedure. Where the arbitration tribunal refuses to re-arbitrate the case, the people's court shall rule to resume the setting-aside procedure.
第六十一條 人民法院受理撤銷裁決的申請后，認為可以由仲裁庭重新仲裁的，通知仲裁庭在一定期限內重新仲裁，并裁定中止撤銷程序。仲裁庭拒絕重新仲裁的，人民法院應當裁定恢復撤銷程序。
Chapter VI Enforcement
第六章 執行
Article 62 The parties shall perform the arbitration award. If a party fails to perform the arbitration award, the other party may apply to the people's court for enforcement in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law. The people's court to which the application has been made shall enforce the award.
第六十二條 當事人應當履行裁決。一方當事人不履行的，另一方當事人可以依照民事訴訟法的有關規定向人民法院申請執行。受申請的人民法院應當執行。
Article 63 If the party against whom the enforcement is sought presents evidence which proves that the arbitration award involves one of the circumstances set forth in the second paragraph of Article 213 of the Civil Procedure Law, the people's court shall, after examination and verification by a collegial panel formed by the people's court, rule to refuse to enforce the award.
第六十三條 被申請人提出證據證明裁決有民事訴訟法第二百一十三條第二款規定的情形之一的，經人民法院組成合議庭審查核實，裁定不予執行。
Article 64 Where one party applies for enforcement of the arbitration award and the other party applies for setting aside the arbitration award, the people's court shall rule to suspend the procedure of enforcement.
第六十四條 一方當事人申請執行裁決，另一方當事人申請撤銷裁決的，人民法院應當裁定中止執行。
Where the people's court rules to set aside the arbitration award, it shall rule to terminate the enforcement procedure. Where the people's court rules to reject the application for setting aside the arbitration award, it shall rule to resume the enforcement procedure.
人民法院裁定撤銷裁決的，應當裁定終結執行。撤銷裁決的申請被裁定駁回的，人民法院應當裁定恢復執行。
Chapter VII Special Provisions for Arbitration Involving Foreign Elements
第七章 涉外仲裁的特別規定
Article 65 The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the arbitration of disputes arising from economic, trade, transportation and maritime activities involving a foreign element. For matters not covered in this Chapter, the other relevant provisions hereof shall apply.
第六十五條 涉外經濟貿易、運輸和海事中發生的糾紛的仲裁，適用本章規定。本章沒有規定的，適用本法其他有關規定。
Article 66 Foreign-related arbitration commissions may be organized and established by the China Chamber of International Commerce.
第六十六條 涉外仲裁委員會可以由中國國際商會組織設立。
A foreign-related arbitration commission shall be composed of one chairman, a certain number of vice-chairmen and members.
涉外仲裁委員會由主任一人、副主任若干人和委員若干人組成。
The chairman, vice-chairmen and members of a foreign-related arbitration commission may be appointed by the China Chamber of International Commerce.
涉外仲裁委員會的主任、副主任和委員可以由中國國際商會聘任。
Article 67 A foreign-related arbitration commission may appoint arbitrators from among foreigners with special knowledge in the fields of law, economy and trade, science and technology, etc..
第六十七條 涉外仲裁委員會可以從具有法律、經濟貿易、科學技術等專門知識的外籍人士中聘任仲裁員。
Article 68 If a party to a foreign-related arbitration applies for preservation of the evidence, the foreign-related arbitration commission shall submit his or her application to the intermediate people's court in the place where the evidence is located.
第六十八條 涉外仲裁的當事人申請證據保全的，涉外仲裁委員會應當將當事人的申請提交證據所在地的中級人民法院。
Article 69 A foreign-related arbitration tribunal may enter the details of the hearings in written records or make written minutes thereof. The written minutes may be signed or sealed by the parties and other participants in the arbitration.
第六十九條 涉外仲裁的仲裁庭可以將開庭情況記入筆錄，或者作出筆錄要點，筆錄要點可以由當事人和其他仲裁參與人簽字或者蓋章。
Article 70 Where a party presents evidence which proves that a foreign-related arbitration award involves one of the circumstances set forth in the first paragraph of Article 258 of the Civil Procedure Law, the people's court shall, after examination and verification by a collegial panel formed by the people's court, rule to set aside the award.
第七十條 當事人提出證據證明涉外仲裁裁決有民事訴訟法第二百五十八條第一款規定的情形之一的，經人民法院組成合議庭審查核實，裁定撤銷。
Article 71 If the party against whom the enforcement is sought presents evidence which proves that the foreign-related arbitration award involves one of the circumstances set forth in the first paragraph of Article 258 of the Civil Procedure Law, the people's court shall, after examination and verification by a collegial panel formed by the people's court, rule to refuse to enforce the award.
第七十一條 被申請人提出證據證明涉外仲裁裁決有民事訴訟法第二百五十八條第一款規定的情形之一的，經人民法院組成合議庭審查核實，裁定不予執行。
Article 72 If a party applies for enforcement of a legally effective arbitration award made by a foreign-related arbitration commission and if the party against whom the enforcement is sought or such party's property is not within the territory of the People's Republic of China, he or she shall directly apply to a competent foreign court for recognition and enforcement of the award.
第七十二條 涉外仲裁委員會作出的發生法律效力的仲裁裁決，當事人請求執行的，如果被執行人或者其財產不在中華人民共和國領域內，應當由當事人直接向有管轄權的外國法院申請承認和執行。
Article 73 Foreign-related arbitration rules may be formulated by the China Chamber of International Commerce in accordance with this Law and the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law.
第七十三條 涉外仲裁規則可以由中國國際商會依照本法和民事訴訟法的有關規定制定。
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
第八章 附則
Article 74 Where limitation of arbitration is provided by law, such provisions shall apply. In the absence of such provisions, limitation of litigation shall apply to arbitration.
第七十四條 法律對仲裁時效有規定的，適用該規定。法律對仲裁時效沒有規定的，適用訴訟時效的規定。
Article 75 Prior to the formulation of rules of arbitration by China Arbitration Association, arbitration commissions may formulate interim rules of arbitration in accordance with this Law and the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law.
第七十五條 中國仲裁協會制定仲裁規則前，仲裁委員會依照本法和民事訴訟法的有關規定可以制定仲裁暫行規則。
Article 76 Parties shall pay arbitration fees in accordance with regulations.
第七十六條 當事人應當按照規定交納仲裁費用。
Measures for collecting arbitration fees shall be submitted to the price control authorities for examination and approval.
收取仲裁費用的辦法，應當報物價管理部門核準。
Article 77 Regulations concerning arbitration of labor disputes and disputes over contracts for undertaking agricultural projects arising within the agricultural collective economic organizations shall be formulated separately.
第七十七條 勞動爭議和農業集體經濟組織內部的農業承包合同糾紛的仲裁，另行規定。
Article 78 If regulations governing arbitration promulgated prior to the implementation of this Law contravene the provisions hereof, the provisions hereof shall prevail.
第七十八條 本法施行前制定的有關仲裁的規定與本法的規定相抵觸的，以本法為準。
Article 79 Arbitration institutions established prior to the implementation of this Law in the municipalities directly under the Central Government, in the cities where the people's governments of provinces or autonomous regions are located and in other cities divided into districts shall be reorganized in accordance with this Law. Those of such arbitration institutions that have not been reorganized shall terminate upon the end of one year from the date of the implementation of this Law.
第七十九條 本法施行前在直轄市、省、自治區人民政府所在地的市和其他設區的市設立的仲裁機構，應當依照本法的有關規定重新組建；未重新組建的，自本法施行之日起屆滿一年時終止。
Other arbitration institutions established prior to the implementation of this Law that do not comply with the provisions hereof shall terminate on the date of the implementation of this Law.
本法施行前設立的不符合本法規定的其他仲裁機構，自本法施行之日起終止。
Article 80 This Law shall go into effect as of September 1, 1995.
第八十條 本法自1995年9月1日起施行。