Sun, 20 Dec 2020 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陳彥茹

Supplementary Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitration Awards between Mainland and Hong Kong was concluded in November 2020.

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 China Legal Trends Yanru Chen 陳彥茹

Hubei High People’s Court formulated the Guiding Opinions on Regulating the Judicial Review of Arbitration in November 2020.

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Shanghai Service, the first business organization of foreign arbitration institutions in China, has begun handling cases in 2020.

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 Insights Jian Zhang 張建

Today, 15 Oct. 2020, the International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization (ICDPASO, 國際商事爭端預防與解決組織) has been established in Beijing, China. As a non-governmental international organization, ICDPASO will provide legal services including commercial arbitration, commercial mediation, investment arbitration and dispute prevention for countries/regions around the globe.

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 Insights Jian Zhang 張建

As shown in Brentwood case (2020), arbitral awards rendered in Mainland China by foreign arbitral institutions can be enforced as foreign-related Chinese awards and shall be subject to the same stringent judicial review standards as Chinese arbitral awards.

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜國棟

In China, courts in Lin-gang Special Area of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone will take a far more liberal attitude than other local courts when hearing international commercial disputes.

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 Insights Dennis (Yongquan) Deng 鄧永泉

As an arbitrator, I prepared a checklist as practice notes for the arbitration tribunals to examine arbitration claims.

Sat, 13 Jun 2020 Insights Jian Zhang 張建

The principle of finality under China's Arbitration Law is being challenged, with some Chinese arbitration institutions introducing the "optional appellate arbitration", which allows the parties to "appeal" in some cases.

Sun, 07 Jun 2020 Insights Dennis (Yongquan) Deng 鄧永泉

In China, the types of contract-based claims are stipulated by law, and different types of claims together establish a claim system. Arbitrators should identify the types of claims made by the parties.

Sat, 09 May 2020 Insights Zilin Hao 郝梓林

A recent CIETAC case is the first and, to date, the only reported case where the UNIDROIT Principles are applied by a Chinese arbitration institution.