On December 29 of 2023, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of P.R.C launched Guidelines for the “One-Stop” Diversified International Commercial Dispute Resolution Platform (for Trial Implementation), which shall come into effect on January 30, 2024.

The Guidelines is part of the measures taken by the SPC to implement the instruction reflected in President Xi Jinping’s important speech on strengthening the construction of foreign-related legal systems, and to coordinate the advancement of domestic and foreign-related rule of law. It is part of the efforts to support the eight major steps of high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. In this sense, it has great significance in optimizing the diversified international commercial dispute resolution mechanism that organically connects litigation, mediation, and arbitration, giving full play to the “one-stop” diversified international commercial dispute resolution platform (“one-stop” platform), and creating an optimal solution for international commercial disputes.

The Guidelines is constituted by six parts with a total of 32 articles, clarifying how to serve platform institutions and parties via the “one-stop” platform, how can the parties concerned apply for neutral evaluation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation via the platform, and specific workflow connecting the mechanisms above.

(Source: Official Website of the SPC)