CIETAC suspends Shanghai and Shenzhen sub-commissions

September 12, 2012 | BY

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The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission has suspended the hearing of cases at its Shenzhen and Shanghai sub-commissions

CIETAC announced in a statement on its website on August 1: “CIETAC's authorisation to the CIETAC Shanghai Sub-Commission and the CIETAC South China Sub-Commission for accepting and administering arbitration cases is hereby suspended.”

    This is the latest development in a disagreement that has cast a shadow over dispute resolution arbitration in China. In March, CIETAC released amended arbitration Rules that became effective on May 1.

    As the new Rules became effective, the Shanghai sub-commission of CIETAC announced that it was an independent arbitration body and would follow its own rules. This prompted a response from CIETAC in Beijing reinforcing that all sub-commissions and branches were under their remit.

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