China, Competence-Competence, Interim measures, Party autonomy, PRC

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Arbitration in Mainland China offers many of the same advantages as arbitration in other jurisdictions, with lower costs and faster resolution. Still, foreign parties rarely choose arbitration in Mainland China, and typically do so only in cases of necessity. In recent years, China has endeavored to improve parties’ perceptions by promoting reforms aimed at opening…

Ad hoc arbitration, Arbitral seat, Arbitration Act, Arbitration institution, China

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Efforts are underway in China to reform the Arbitration Law of the PRC (“PRC Arbitration Law”), a statute that was promulgated in 1994 (effective in 1995) and that remains substantially unchanged to this day.1)The authors wish to thank Arnold & Porter Shanghai office interns Lyuzhi Wang and Steven Peng for their assistance in the preparation…