Dacheng Lawyers Attend APRAG Conference 2013

On June 27 2013, the three-day APRAG Conference 2013 hosted by China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) kicked off. As one of the major sponsors, Dacheng delegated lawyers to attend the conference. Following the event, Yu Jianlong, Deputy Director and Secretary-general of CIETAC sent a letter of thanks to Dacheng.
 
Present at the conference were: Zhou Qiang, President of the Supreme People’s Court and Chief Justice; Wan Jifei, Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC), Director of CIETAC and China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC); Sundra Rajoo, President of APRAG Kuala Lumpur Regional Arbitration Center; Renaud Sorieul, Secretary-general of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL); Rimsky Yuen, Secretariat of Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR; Wang Shengming, Deputy Director of NPC Standing Committee Legal Affairs Office; Dong Songgen, Vice-chairman of CCPIT and CCOIC, Deputy Director of CIETAC and CMAC, and President of 2013 APRAG Conference Organizing Committee; Xia Yong, Deputy Director of Legislative Affair Office of the State Council; Lin Zhongliang, Secretary-general of China Law Society; Wang Junfeng, Chairman of All China Lawyers Association; Lu Yunhua, inspector of Coordination Department of Legislative Affair Office of the State Council; Jia Dongming, Director of Civil Law Division of NPC Standing Committee Legal Affairs Office; Chen Junsheng, Director of the Legislative Affairs Department of Ministry of Justice, etc.
 
Dacheng Senior Partner Li Yunli from M&A and Investment Division, Senior Partner Zhu Rongrui from Foreign Legal Affairs Division, Of Counsel Li Tao from Litigation and Arbitration Division and Partner Zhang Dong together provided full support for the conference on behalf of Dacheng—one of the major conference sponsors. The Dacheng team exchanged ideas on a variety of topics with conference participants and exhibited Dacheng’s strength and recent achievements in arbitration practice.
 
The conference attracted approximately 400 people from 26 countries and regions, including heads of arbitration bodies, arbitrators, partners and representatives from the business circle.
 
The newly-elected president of the next APRAG Conference, Deputy Director and Secretary-general of CIETAC Yu Jianlong sent a letter of thanks to Dacheng for the support it had rendered for the successful hosting of the conference. He pointed out in the letter that CIETAC would continue to be committed to promoting and developing commercial arbitration and that support from fellow institutions like Dacheng would be indispensable.