On Thursday, 21
June 2018, a delegation of over 30 tutors and students from Australia Deakin
University Law School Chinese Commercial Law Programme visited CIETAC Shanghai
Sub-Commission. Ms. Jiao Yani, the Secretary-General of CIETAC Shanghai
Sub-Commission made a brief introduction of arbitration in China and the
background of CIETAC in English at the beginning of their visit.
During the
following Q&A session, tutors and students showed their immense interests
in Chinese arbitration. They came up with various questions ranging from the
scope and the amount of the disputes handled by CIETAC, the advantages of
CIETAC arbitraion, the appointment of arbitrators, the selection of the
language of arbitration, intellectual property arbitraion to the development of
Chinese arbitration, the comparison of arbitration and litigation, the judicial
review of arbitration. Ms. Jiao Yani provided detailed answers to the questions
one by one.
The event has achieved the desired effect of promoting
arbitration and CIETAC. Students and tutors have also expressed that it is meaningful
to have this precious opportunity to get a closer insight into arbitration in
China and CIETAC.