The Maritime Silk Road Foreign Law Ascertainment Common Rules, drafted by the Xiamen Maritime Silk Road Foreign Law Ascertainment Center, has taken effect in September.
New arbitration mechanisms have been introduced at the Maritime Silk Road Central Legal District FTZ Pilot Zone, featuring 21 case studies across five chapters.
The case was successfully resolved on June 11 in the Xiamen Free Trade Zone, using a combined approach of maritime mediation and cross-Strait public interest special arbitration.
A foreign-related intellectual property dispute, resolved via "independent foreign-related commercial mediation plus special arbitration", had its mediation agreement confirmed by a special arbitral award in the Xiamen FTZ on April 16
Xiamen Maritime Silk Road Data Asset Operations Service Center held the first Legal Data Application Annual Conference and Intelligent Legal Affairs Conference in Xiamen Free Trade Zone on Dec 23.
Xiamen has debuted a pioneering model for resolving aids to navigation collision disputes — the first of its kind in China. This "Xiamen Solution" offers a streamlined approach to maritime dispute resolution, with arbitration as its recommended core.
The thematic event "Deepening Institutional Innovation in Foreign-related Commercial and Maritime Arbitration to Support High-level Opening-up" was held at Xiamen Sea World on Oct 10.
