On September 3, the first China International Forum on Trade in Services Law was successfully held in Beijing, and was widely reported by central media, municipal media and online media.
Xinhua News Agency: The first China International Trade in Services Law Forum was held in Beijing
The first China Trade in Services Law Forum, jointly organized by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, the Beijing Arbitration Commission and the China Association of Trade in Services, was held in Beijing. This forum is one of the series of forums of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (2021), with the theme of "Openness and Development: Globalization of Trade in Services and the Construction of Beijing International Arbitration Center", aiming to actively promote the construction of Beijing International Arbitration Center and help the high-quality development of the capital.
In his speech, Yang Wanming, Vice President of the Supreme People's Court, reviewed the specific measures taken by the Supreme People's Court to ensure the opening up of China's service industry, such as the establishment of the International Commercial Court, the issuance of the Opinions on Providing Judicial Safeguards for Further Promoting the Reform and Opening Up of the Service Industry, and the Opinions of the Supreme People's Court on Providing Judicial Services and Guarantees for the Expansion and Opening Up of the Beijing Municipal National Service Industry Comprehensive Demonstration Zone and the Construction of the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone. He advocated that the legal service industry seize the opportunity, win-win cooperation, escort the opening up of the national service industry, and serve the construction of Beijing's "two districts".
In his speech, Vice Minister of Justice Xiong Xuanguo introduced the current situation of China's arbitration industry and the basic situation of the Draft Arbitration Law for Comments. He pointed out that in the construction of the Beijing International Arbitration Center, we should adhere to the international advanced level of benchmarking, build a first-class arbitration institution, give full play to Beijing's resource advantages, and use arbitration as a breakthrough point to create a highland for international commercial legal services.
Li Fuying, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, issued the "Several Measures of Beijing Municipality on Reforming and Optimizing the Development Environment of the Legal Service Industry" jointly promulgated by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice and the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, which supports the external exchange of the legal service industry from six major aspects, including providing more convenient work residence and entry and exit services, promoting the facilitation of cross-border revenue and expenditure of legal business, optimizing judicial administrative examination and approval services, building an international commercial arbitration center, supporting foreign-related legal service institutions to open up markets, and increasing the training of foreign-related legal service talents To promote the international development of the specialization of the legal service industry.
At the forum, representatives from Chinese Min University, the former World Trade Organization Appellate Body, the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People's Court and other institutions, as well as enterprises and law firms, conducted in-depth exchanges on the topics of trade in services and international arbitration.
Zhang Wei, chief expert of the China Association of Trade in Services, said that it is of important demonstration and pioneering significance to discuss the role of law in the opening up of trade in services in high-level trade fairs; it is expected that the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice and the China Association of Trade in Services will continue to make good use of this platform to promote the development of China's international trade in services.
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CCTV: [Into the Service Trade Fair] Focus on the service trade fair for the first time to hold a legal forum to promote the construction of the Beijing International Arbitration Center
On September 3, the first China Law Forum on Trade in Services was officially held during the 2021 Session of the China International Arbitration Fair, with the theme of "Openness and Development: Globalization of Trade in Services and the Construction of Beijing International Arbitration Center", focusing on the opening up of China's legal service industry, aiming to actively promote the construction of Beijing International Arbitration Center and help the high-quality development of the capital. This is the first professional legal forum held on the stage of the China International Fair for Trade in Services.
Qi Yanjun, vice mayor of Beijing, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. He pointed out that the construction of the international commercial arbitration center is an important part of the construction of the "two regions", Beijing has always adhered to the idea of reform, innovation and opening up, will continue to increase the opening up of the legal service industry, continue to optimize the development environment of the legal service industry, further improve the cross-border revenue and expenditure of overseas personnel in Beijing, simplify administrative approval procedures, etc., continuously expand the opening up of the arbitration industry to the outside world, and provide more convenience for well-known overseas arbitration institutions and dispute resolution institutions to set up business in china's Beijing Pilot Free Trade Zone. Overseas arbitration institutions are welcome to set up business institutions in Beijing to share the achievements of the "two zones" construction.
Yang Wanming, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, pointed out in his speech that in the next step, the Supreme People's Court will focus on "supporting the development of the digital economy and boosting Beijing to build a digital economy pilot zone", "helping the opening up of the service industry and ensuring the construction of a comprehensive demonstration zone for the expansion and opening up of the service industry in Beijing", "improving the international commercial dispute resolution mechanism and supporting Beijing to build an international commercial dispute resolution center facing the world", "strengthening the modernization of the foreign-related trial system and trial capacity, and giving full play to Beijing's exemplary and leading role in the construction of foreign-related rule of law" and other aspects continue to strengthen judicial services and guarantees for the construction of Beijing's "two districts".
In his speech, Vice Minister of Justice Xiong Xuanguo stressed the need to actively build the international brand of Chinese arbitration and strive to build a new destination for international arbitration facing the world. Since the implementation of the Arbitration Law in 1995, China has established more than 270 arbitration institutions, handled more than 4 million arbitration cases, involved more than 5 trillion yuan in subject matter, and involved parties to more than 100 countries and regions. At present, the Ministry of Justice is promoting the revision and improvement of the Arbitration Law, focusing on improving the arbitration legal system with Chinese characteristics and in line with international standards, and accelerating the construction of a more systematic and complete foreign-related legal system. Xiong Xuanguo stressed that to build the Beijing International Arbitration Center, it is necessary to accurately benchmark the international advanced level, adapt to the needs of modern international economic and trade development, and further increase the reform and opening up of arbitration services. The Beijing Arbitration Commission should give full play to the advantages of a large number of legal resources and strong capabilities in commercial services, take arbitration as a breakthrough point to build a highland for international commercial services, and start from policy support, institutional reform, talent training and other aspects to effectively improve the level of international arbitration services and continuously win the recognition of domestic and foreign commercial entities.
In her speech, UNITRAL Secretary-General Anna congratulated the successful opening of the forum, recalled the voice and contribution of Chinese arbitration institutions, including the BAC, in participating in the formulation of international rules, and shared the efforts and plans of UNCITRAL in promoting the formulation of international trade rules.
At the end of the forum, Zhang Wei, chief expert of the China Association of Trade in Services, delivered a closing speech. He spoke highly of the achievements of this forum, and pointed out that this forum is the first time to discuss the role of law in the opening up of trade in services in a high-level trade fair such as the China International Fair for Trade in Services, which is of important demonstration and pioneering significance.
Rule of Law Daily: Actively build an international brand of arbitration in China Strive to build a new destination for international arbitration for the world
On the afternoon of September 3, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, the Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center and the China Association for Trade in Services jointly held the first China International Trade in Services Law Forum at the China National Convention Center. Vice Minister of Justice Xiong Xuanguo attended the forum and delivered a speech, stressing the need to actively build the international brand of Chinese arbitration and strive to build a new destination for international arbitration for the world.
Xiong Xuanguo pointed out that it is necessary to conscientiously implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on arbitration work, continuously improve the arbitration system, improve the credibility of arbitration, pay attention to cultivating a number of world-class arbitration institutions, and make foreign-related rule of law guarantees and services more effective. Since the implementation of the Arbitration Law in 1995, China has established more than 270 arbitration institutions, handled more than 4 million arbitration cases, involved more than 5 trillion yuan in subject matter, and involved parties to more than 100 countries and regions. At present, the Ministry of Justice is promoting the revision and improvement of the Arbitration Law, focusing on improving the arbitration legal system with Chinese characteristics and in line with international standards, and accelerating the construction of a more systematic and complete foreign-related legal system.
Xiong Xuanguo stressed that to build the Beijing International Arbitration Center, it is necessary to accurately benchmark the international advanced level, adapt to the needs of modern international economic and trade development, and further increase the reform and opening up of arbitration services. The Beijing Arbitration Commission should give full play to the advantages of a large number of legal resources and strong capabilities in commercial services, take arbitration as a breakthrough point to build a highland for international commercial services, and start from policy support, institutional reform, talent training and other aspects to effectively improve the level of international arbitration services and continuously win the recognition of domestic and foreign commercial entities.
Legal System Network: The first China International Trade in Services Law Forum was held in Beijing
On the afternoon of September 3, the first China Trade in Services Law Forum, jointly organized by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, the Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center (hereinafter referred to as the BAC) and the China Association on Trade in Services, was held at the China National Convention Center. Qi Yanjun, Vice Mayor of Beijing Municipality, attended the forum and delivered a speech. Ms. Anna, Secretary-General of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, delivered a message via video. Yin Hang, Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Municipal Government, attended the forum and presided over the opening ceremony. More than 100 people attended the meeting, including responsible comrades of relevant government departments, personnel of domestic and foreign arbitration institutions, corporate legal counsel, lawyers, experts and scholars.
This forum is one of the series of forums of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (2021), with the theme of "Openness and Development: Globalization of Trade in Services and the Construction of Beijing International Arbitration Center", focusing on the opening up of China's legal service industry, aiming to actively promote the construction of Beijing International Arbitration Center and help the high-quality development of the capital.
The forum first played the special propaganda film "Casting Credibility" on Arbitration's "Two Districts" Construction, which showed through a series of documentary pictures the process of Beijing arbitration practitioners' determination to innovate, promote the reform of arbitration system and mechanism and arbitration system, and provide legal guarantees for the development of Beijing and the construction of Beijing's "two districts".
Qi Yanjun, vice mayor of Beijing, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. He introduced the measures and achievements of the construction of the "two districts" in Beijing in the past year. He pointed out that stepping up the construction of an international commercial arbitration center is an important part of the construction of the "two regions", and Beijing should use its own market foundation and intellectual resources to actively build an international arbitration center. The Administrative Measures for the Registration of Overseas Arbitration Institutions Establishing Business Institutions in the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Several Measures of Beijing Municipality on Reforming and Optimizing the Development Environment of the Legal Service Industry issued by the Municipal Bureau of Justice fully demonstrate the attitude and determination of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to support the development of commercial arbitration. Finally, he warmly welcomed overseas arbitration institutions to set up business institutions in Beijing to jointly contribute to the construction of the "two regions" and share the achievements of the "two districts".
In her speech, MS. Anna, Secretary-General of UNCITRAL, congratulated the successful opening of the forum, recalled the voice and contribution of Chinese arbitration institutions, including bacchu, in participating in the formulation of international rules, and shared the efforts and plans of UNCITRAL in promoting the formulation of international trade rules.
During the keynote speech stage of the forum, representatives from Chinese University, the former WTO Appellate Body, the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People's Court, the Arbitration Center of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the ICC Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre, the American Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services Co., Ltd., the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Vienna International Arbitration Centre, and enterprises and law firms focused on the restructuring of rules in trade in services transactions, and the international development of China's trade in services. The development and prospect of dispute resolution in trade in services, the development of dispute resolution service industry, and the construction of Beijing International Arbitration Center were discussed and exchanged in depth.
At the end of the forum, Zhang Wei, chief expert of the China Association of Trade in Services, delivered a closing speech. He spoke highly of the achievements of this forum, and pointed out that this forum is the first time to discuss the role of law in the opening up of trade in services in a high-level trade fair such as the China International Fair for Trade in Services, which is of important demonstration and pioneering significance. He hoped that the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, the BAC and the China Association for Trade in Services would make good use of this platform, continue to deepen cooperation, and jointly promote the development of China's international trade in services while continuing to run the forum well.
China Youth Daily client: The Service Trade Fair held a legal forum for the first time, and Beijing accelerated the construction of an international arbitration center
The first China International Trade in Services Law Forum was held today, and the speeches of a number of officials and experts released the signal that Beijing should actively build an international commercial arbitration center, and believed that this is also an indispensable section for Beijing to build a "comprehensive demonstration zone for the expansion and opening up of the national service industry".
It is reported that this is the first time that the China International Fair for Trade in Services (hereinafter referred to as the "Service Trade Fair") has held a legal forum.
After the end of the 2020 service trade fair, the State Council approved Beijing to build a "comprehensive demonstration zone for the expansion and opening up of the national service industry", and Beijing has become the only "two-zone" city in the country that has both a free trade zone and a service industry demonstration zone. In the construction of the "two districts" in the past year, the importance of the development of legal services has become more and more prominent.
Yang Wanming, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, said that since the beginning of the year, the Supreme People's Court has issued the "Opinions on Providing Judicial Safeguards for Further Promoting the Reform and Opening Up of the Service Industry" and the "Opinions of the Supreme People's Court on Providing Judicial Services and Guarantees for the People's Courts to Expand the Opening Up of the National Service Industry in Beijing and the Construction of the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone", aiming to introduce a series of specific measures to ensure the opening up of China's service industry to the outside world.
Yang Wanming said that in the future, the SPC will continue to strengthen judicial services and guarantees for the construction of Beijing's "two districts", including actively supporting Beijing to carry out digital regulatory innovation and promote digital trade supervision and compliance with the law; supporting the Beijing Financial Court to build itself into a world-class financial court; supporting Beijing in building an international commercial dispute resolution center for the world; supporting Beijing to integrate world-class dispute resolution resources and building an international commercial arbitration center for the world; and actively supporting the landing and operation of international commercial dispute prevention and resolution organizations.
Xiong Xuanguo, vice minister of justice, pointed out that improving the rule of law is an important part of optimizing the business environment, and in the construction of the Beijing International Arbitration Center, we should adhere to the international advanced level, build a first-class arbitration institution, give full play to Beijing's resource advantages, and use arbitration as a breakthrough point to create a highland for international commercial legal services.
In the view of Qi Yanjun, vice mayor of Beijing, stepping up the construction of an international commercial arbitration center is an important part of the construction of Beijing's "two districts", and Beijing should use its own market foundation and intellectual resources to actively build an international arbitration center.
He said that previously, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice issued the Administrative Measures for the Registration of Overseas Arbitration Institutions Establishing Business Institutions in the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Several Measures of Beijing Municipality on Reforming and Optimizing the Development Environment of the Legal Service Industry, which fully demonstrated the attitude and determination of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to support the development of commercial arbitration.
At today's forum, Li Fuying, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, released the "Several Measures of Beijing Municipality on Reforming and Optimizing the Development Environment of the Legal Service Industry" jointly promulgated by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice and the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, which range from providing more convenient work residence and entry and exit services, promoting the facilitation of cross-border revenue and expenditure of legal business, optimizing judicial administrative approval services, building an international commercial arbitration center, and supporting foreign-related legal service institutions to open up markets. Strengthen the training of foreign-related legal service talents and other six major aspects to support the external exchange of the legal service industry, and promote the international development of the specialization and high-end of the legal service industry.
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