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BEIJING ARBITRATION COMMISSION (BAC)
Fuyong Chen*
I. BASIC INFORMATION
A. History and Background of the Institution
The Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC) is an independent
non-profit organization offering services in arbitration, mediation
and other dispute resolution procedures. The BAC was established
on September 28, 1995. By the end of 2009, the BAC had accepted a
total of 15,869 cases. The annual caseload over the past 10 years is
shown in the table below. In recent years, there has been a
significant increase in the number of international parties utilizing
the services of the BAC. The international parties come from various
jurisdictions, including USA, UK, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and
Australia.
The BAC’s Caseload: 2000-2009
Year: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total caseload: 449 666 891 1029 1796 1979 2464 1863 2057 1830
International caseload 11 20 19 33 30 53 53 36 56 72
A committee comprised of 15 commission members oversees the
BAC’s operations. These members are well-respected experts and
scholars from the fields of law or economics and trade.
The administrative office runs the day-to-day affairs of the BAC
under the management of the Secretary General. In every case, a
member of the BAC office will be appointed as the case-handling
secretary (case manager) to provide case management services for
the parties. The duties of a case-handling secretary include, but are
not limited to, delivering various notifications regarding the
arbitration, facilitating the composition of Arbitral Tribunals, making
a written record of the hearing, checking drafts of awards, and
managing other procedural issues.
BEIJING ARBITRATION COMMISSION (BAC)
I. BASIC INFORMATION
A. History and Background of the Institution
B. Model Clause
C. Arbitrators
D. Arbitration Costs and Administrative Fees or Other
Service Charges
II. ARBITRAL PROCEDURE UNDER THE BAC
A. Commencement of Proceedings
B. Consolidation
C. Confidentiality
D. Legal Seat and Language of the Arbitration
E. Applicable Law
F. Interim Measures
G. Hearings
H. Production & Verification of Evidence
I. Conciliation in the Arbitration Process
J. Awards
III. APPENDIX
A. The Rules of the Beijing Arbitration Commission
B. Contact Information
C. Citations and Bibliography
Dr. Fuyong Chen is the Director of the Research Department of the
Beijing Arbitration Commission and a Research Fellow of the Center for the
Study of Dispute Resolution at Renmin University of China.
