Beijing counterattacks in CIETAC dispute

November 09, 2012 | BY

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The dispute over CIETAC Shanghai and Shenzhen has escalated with Beijing sending its own arbitrators to Shanghai. China Law & Practice looks at what the fight means for dispute resolution in China

At the moment the breakaway group of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) Shanghai is still administering arbitrations. CIETAC's headquarters in Beijing has countered by opening a new sub-commission in Shanghai.

“It will be difficult for the situation to be resolved only by CIETAC. Some government authority at a higher level needs to intervene,” says Zheng Xilin, a partner with Anjie Law Firm in Beijing.

The dispute centres on the most recent set of Arbitration Rules, which became effective on May 1. At that point, CIETAC's Shanghai sub-commission broke away and declared itself an independent arbitration body.

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