With the continuous development of the global economy and the growing economic and trade ties between the countries, China has gradually developed into a significant world trade and investment country, and more Chinese enterprises have "gone out" to participate fully in international trade and investment. In particular, the "One Belt, One Road" initiative proposes a new platform for further strengthening international cooperation, connecting each other's development strategies, complementing each other's advantages, and promoting common development. At the same time, it also gives new opportunities for the vigorous development of international and domestic commercial arbitration in China. The mission has brought greater opportunities and challenges. For more than 20 years since the implementation of China's "Arbitration Law", China's commercial arbitration has developed in an all-round way. China's arbitration institutions represented by the CIETAC have become a new force in international commercial arbitration.

 

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the New York Convention. For 60 years, the New York Convention has been widely accepted and observed by the international community. It has been hailed as the most successful international convention in the history of the arbitration industry, and has escorted international trade investors. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary, the outstanding achievements of the New York Convention are worthy of commemoration and ode, and deserve more comprehensive and in-depth research. This year is also a year of changing international economic situation. Since the United States announced its withdrawal from the TPP in 2017, Sino-US trade friction has intensified because of the official listing of China's crude oil futures and retaliatory tariff measures, and international trade and investment disputes have become increasingly prominent. At a time when the Chinese economy is highly integrated into the world and is committed to becoming a world international arbitration center, how to maintain a proper order in the increasingly complex international trade and investment environment, how to more effectively resolve the disputes of the parties, and how to provide international arbitration with China Distinctive experience in arbitration, and better use of the advanced concepts of international arbitration to develop Chinese arbitration, how China's international commercial arbitration system stands in the world arbitration stage in terms of integration and differences, how to win international trade investment partners and national lawyers and arbitrators Trust are the topics that should be studied in depth by the legislative, arbitral, judicial, lawyer, business, and academic circles. At the same time, in order to explore and cultivate our international commercial arbitration professionals, enhance the international competitiveness of China's international commercial arbitration, and promote the strategic process of building China into an international arbitration center, we will launch the 6th National International Commercial Arbitration essay competition of the “Zhonglun Cup”.The essay matters are hereby announced as follows.

 

 First, the essay notes

 1. Participants: National legal teaching and research personnel, legal practitioners such as courts, lawyers, arbitration, and business circles, and students and other legal workers in colleges and universities.

 

 2, the number of words required: the body is not less than 8000 words, but generally does not exceed 15,000 words.

 

3, the annotation system: the annotation specification refers to "Arbitration and Law." The home footnotes indicate the author's name, organization, job title, mobile phone number, mailing address, postal code, and email address.

 

4. The form of the essay: Please send the essay to the special mailbox zhengwen@cietac.org, and the electronic document name is “author name + thesis title”.

 

5. The essay is limited to academic papers, case studies and research reports that have not been published in any form including the Internet. Papers that do not meet the requirements of the scope of the topic and the number of words have been published or have been submitted in the past, and have won the papers.

 

6. The essay should be made of words, materials are informative, argumentation is sufficient, logic is rigorous, structure is clear, language is fluent, emphasis is placed on theory and practice, and has high academic value and application value.

 

7. The author should ensure that the essay is an original work, either Chinese or English. The author is responsible for the legal and literary rights of the essay.

 

8. Each author is limited to submit a work, encourage independent signing, and please keep the original manuscript.

 

9. Deadline: August 15, 2018.

 

Second, the topic selection guide

 

Participants can customize the thesis topic.

 

Topics include, but are not limited to, the implementation of the New York Convention, innovative proposals, experience and path selection of international arbitration centers, issues and innovations in international arbitration, achievements and experience of China's foreign-related arbitration development, and promotion of arbitration credibility Methodological Path Amendments to China's Arbitration Law, International Commercial Arbitration Agreement Issues, International Commercial Arbitration Procedures, Temporary Arbitration Issues in Free Trade Zones, Mediation Issues in Arbitration, Third Party Funding Arbitration Issues, Arbitration Awards Execution and Judicial Review Issues China participates in international investment arbitration issues.

 

We encourage the selection of topics with novelty, practicality and practical guiding significance.

 

Third, review and reward

 

We adhere to the principle of “openness, fairness, and fairness” and implement anonymous review by experts. After the initial evaluation, re-evaluation, final evaluation and academic misconduct, the first, second and third prizes and outstanding award papers will be determined, and the honorary certificates and bonuses will be awarded. The selection announcement and the results of the review will be published on the official website of the organizer and the official public number of the China Arbitration Week.

 

Specific bonuses and places:

 

First prize: 2, with a prize of 8,000 yuan;

 

Second prize: 5, with a bonus of 4,000 yuan;

 

Third prize: 8 prizes, 2000 yuan;

 

According to the essay, there will be a number of unit organization awards, special awards and merit awards.

 

Fourth, awards and recommendations

 

During the 6th China Arbitration Week in September 2018, the organizer will hold this essay awarding ceremony and hold the “China Youth Arbitration Forum”, inviting some of the award-winning authors and well-known scholars and experts from the international commercial arbitration community to conduct joint seminars. .

 

The organizer will select outstanding award-winning works and recommend them to the publication of professional publications such as Arbitration and Law.

 

Fifth,  Contact information

 

Contact: Ren Jianing Telephone 010-82504808

 

Contact: Sun Yiyi Telephone 010-82217617

 

Email: zhengwen@cietac.org

 

China Arbitration official Wechat: arbweek

Organizers: China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission

 

Renmin University of China

 

China Lawyers Association

 

Beijing Bar Association

 

Co-organizer: Beijing Zhonglun Law Firm

 

Undertake: Law School of Renmin University of China