Dacheng Lawyer Attends the Sixth China Arbitration Forum

On October 31, 2012, the Sixth China Arbitration Forum was successfully held in Beijing under the joint sponsorship of the Beijing Arbitration Commission and the School of Law of Tsinghua University, with assistance from the Arbitration Law Section of the Beijing Bar Association.  Mr. Lin Zhiwei, Secretary General of the Beijing Arbitration Commission, delivered an opening speech, and Madam Wang Hongsong, Vice Director of the Beijing Arbitration Commission, made a closing remark.  Professionals from the Supreme Court of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People Congress, the Supreme People Court, the Superior People Court of Beijing, law schools and law firms were invited to speak on this Forum, among which Dennis Deng, senior partner of Dacheng Law Offices was invited to deliver a speech on Considerations in the Selection of International Business Arbitration Institutions.
 
Originally proposed by Liang Huixing, Director of the Beijing Arbitration Commission, the China Arbitration Forum is a non-governmental academic forum jointly set up by scholars and experts committed and interested in the development of arbitration in China.  The Forum is set up to provide a platform of dialogue for regular engagement and gathering of arbitrators, lawyers and representatives of arbitration institutions who have theoretical inclinations, and of academic scholars and experts who have interest and experience in arbitration, to explore major theoretical and practical issues in arbitration and in the construction of the legal framework for arbitration, to share theoretical knowledge, practical experience and latest information in the development of the arbitration field, and to promote development of arbitration in China.  Guided by the principle of “letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend”, the Forum ensures equal opportunities for the expression of different views and beliefs, and equal respect for different legal theories and ideas, and promotes discussions, debates and commentaries from different perspectives.  Since its founding, the Forum has always kept abreast of significant practical issues in the field of arbitration which show great potential for theoretical studies, and has adhered to the principle of openness, practicality, equality and tolerance.  It not only serves as a platform for arbitration institutions, arbitrators, scholars in relevant fields and other aficionados of arbitration to air and exchange views in an honest and open manner, it is also an important citadel for positive interaction between theory and practice, and between the legislative, the judiciary, the administrative and the arbitration practitioners for promoting the deepening of structural reforms in China.  The agendas of each session of the Forum closely follow the tides of time, with special focus on hotspot and sensitive focal issues that relate to the direction and fundamental tenets of arbitration.  Each session has therefore attracted many arbitration institutions, arbitrators, university professors and students as well as the officials from the legislative, the judiciary and the administrative authorities who have interest in and care for arbitration in China, and has consummated in a series of influential papers, articles, proposals and work products, and grabbed the attention of relevant authorities, and received positive feedbacks, imparting a constructive influence on the structural reform in the field of arbitration and on the development of arbitration institutions.
 
This session, being the sixth session of the China Arbitration Forum, conducted in-depth discussion and exploration of possible amendment of the arbitration law in light of the amendment of the PRC Civil Procedural Law, and made extensive exchanges of views on expanding the roles lawyers could play in arbitration.