Recently,Xu Anwei,a lawyer and senior partner of Gaopeng&Partners Shenzhen Office was hired as a new arbitrator of Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration(SCIA).The lawyer Xu Anwei will work with arbitrators from 76 countries and regions in fields he specializes in such as international trade,international investment and corporate governance to handle relevant arbitration cases at home and abroad independently,impartially and efficiently.

The South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and Shenzhen Arbitration Committee were merged into SCIA on December 25,2017,and a new Arbitrator Book was made.New arbitrators will fulfill their duties of hearing cases from February,2019.

Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration(also known as Shenzhen Arbitration Committee and the South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission)was previously known as the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission South China Subcommission and the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Shenzhen Subcommission,and is shorted as“SCIA”.Established in 1983 in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone,it is an arbitration institution to resolve contract disputes and other property rights disputes among individuals,legal entities and other institutions from inside and outside China.

The SCIA is the first arbitration institution in China to establish the corporate governance mode through legislation.According to Regulations on Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industrial Cooperation Area of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Provisions on the Administration of Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration(for Trial Implementation),it adopts the advanced systems for international commercial arbitration and implements the Council-centered management pattern with effective checks and balances in decision-making,implementation and supervision to ensure the independence of the operation of arbitration institutions and case handling of arbitral tribunals.

The SCIA is an explorer of the internationalization of China’s commercial arbitration.It was the first to hire overseas arbitrators in China in 1984,as well as the first to set the precedent that an inland arbitral award was enforced by an overseas court based on Convention of the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards issued by the United Nations in 1989.More than one-third of the members of the SCIA Council are from overseas,and more than one-third of its arbitrators are from 49 overseas countries and regions.

The SCIA fully respects party autonomy.It has adopted the international arbitration rules formulated by the SCIA Council,by which parties may agree on the arbitration rules,languages,place of arbitration,hearing place,the formation of the tribunal,rules of evidence,manner of hearing,and applicable laws in accordance with the laws.

The SCIA has always upheld the principles of independence,impartiality and efficiency in resolving domestic disputes,foreign-related disputes,and international disputes.The parties involved cover various provinces,autonomous regions,and municipalities in Mainland China,Hong Kong,Macau,Taiwan and more than 60 countries.

Adapting to the needs of the industrial development,according to the Reply of the State Council on the Overall Planning for the Development of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone and Framework Agreement on Guangdong-Hong Kong Cooperation,the SCIA enhances the cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong and keeps making innovation and actively explores the diversified Alternative Dispute Resolution(ADR)that meets the needs of parties from home and abroad.It has established professional dispute resolution systems such as“Chamber of Commerce Mediation+Arbitration”,“Exhibition Mediation+Arbitration”and“Hong Kong Mediation+SCIA Arbitration”,providing parties from home and abroad with diversified dispute resolution services.

(This article is translated by software translator for reference only.)