Beijing Arbitration Commission Invited to Attend Conference of “China Arbitration Day” in Munich
Sun Wei^*

On September 17th, 2012, Wang Hongsong, Deputy Director of Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), attended on invitation the 2012 Conference of “China Arbitration Day” in Munich, Germany, which was hosted by Chinese European Arbitration Centre. More than seventy experts from the arbitration industry of China and Europe, including the representatives of various arbitration institutions such as BAC, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Hong Kong International Arbitration Center and Taipei Chinese Arbitration Association, etc. attended the conference. The conference was presided over by Dr. Eckart Brodermann, Chairman of the Chinese European Arbitration Centre.

At the meeting, Deputy Director Wang Hongsong made speeches on the topics of “Beijing Arbitration Commission - An Emerging International Arbitration Center” and “The Mediation Rules and Practice of BAC” respectively. In those speeches, based on detailed data and diagrams, and from a number of perspectives such as the evolution, business development, arbitration rules and the appointment and trainings of arbitrators of BAC, she presented to the attendees the characteristics of the internationalization of BAC, the experience of BAC in building up a diversified arbitration center for dispute resolution and the advantages as well as the characteristics of resolving disputes in Sino-European trade by mediation through introducing the founding of BAC, the application of arbitration rules and mediation of real cases. Her speeches were echoed and highly praised by the attendees.

During the meeting, Deputy Director Wang Hongsong also had extensive and in-depth discussions with arbitration experts from a few institutions such as Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V, Vienna International Arbitral Centre, Siemens AG, BMW AG, Goethe University, UNIDROIT and renowned law firms in Europe and China, etc. on the issue of resolving economic and trade disputes between Europe and China through arbitration and mediation.

Beijing Arbitration Commission Hosts China’s Arbitration Breakfast Meeting in Dublin in Association with Chinese European Arbitration Centre
Wang Ze

Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC) hosted China’s Arbitration Breakfast Meeting in Dublin in Association with Chinese European Arbitration Centre on October 1st, 2012. Wang Hongsong, deputy director of BAC, made a speech at the meeting.

Concurrently, the 2012 annual meeting of the International Bar Association was also held in Dublin, Ireland. The annual meeting is the biggest assembly of legal professionals around the world, having nearly ten thousand attendees each year. The meeting of this year certainly stirred up the quiet city to some extent. During the annual meeting of the association, there would be various kinds of promoting activities held by a number of legal institutions around the venue every year; as a part of the those activities, BAC jointly hosted the breakfast meeting at Westin Hotel in downtown Dublin with Chinese European Arbitration Centre, which attracted scores of participants of legal professionals from around the world.

At the meeting, Deputy Director Wang Hongsong made a speech on topic of “BAC - An Emerging International Arbitration Center”, in which she presented in detail the case acceptance and hearing situations of the BAC for the last few years, especially the acceptance and hearing of international commercial cases and the progressing of the internationalization of BAC. Ever since the founding of BAC, the commission not only boldly adopts international rules and practices in designing its arbitration rules, appointing its arbitrators and handling cases, but also keeps innovating its methods of dispute resolutions: the Mediation Rules of Beijing Arbitration Commission which came into effect on August 1st, 2010, sufficiently embodies the ideas of modern commercial mediation, offering more alternatives for foreign parties and foreign-funded enterprises in China. BAC strives for an international arbitration center as well as a diversified resolution center for international disputes. The speech aroused keen interest among the participants; they were amazed when they saw the great changes taking place in the office environment of BAC.

After the speech, many participants were eager to have further discussions with deputy director Wang Hongsong and hope to have various cooperations with BAC.

During her stay in Dublin, deputy director Wang Hongsong also participated in certain activities of the annual meeting by International Bar Association, making an in-depth and comprehensive communication with law practitioners from many countries and regions including America, Britain, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands.