The Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration Kashi Center (hereinafter referred to as "SCIA Kashi Center") was established in 2023. It was founded to provide international commercial dispute resolution services under the Belt and Road Initiative, especially serving the parties from Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia.
The SCIA Kashi Center is set up in Kashi, Xinjiang. It was established by joint efforts on the basis of SCIA Kashi Hearing Center in 2018. With the great support of the PRC Supreme People's Court and the relevant departments of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Guangdong Province, the SCIA Kashi Center is established in accordance with law and administrative regulations. It is an achievement to enhance credibility of China's arbitration and an improvement to the country's arbitration system.
In March 2024, the SCIA Kashi Center held a hearing for an arbitration case. The case involved a dispute over an international freight forwarding contract for the export of Xinjiang agricultural products to a country in West Asia. The parties involved were a transportation company and a supply chain company from Xinjiang. Due to delays in the export transportation of the goods, the two parties had disagreements on the transportation-related costs and thus submitted the dispute for arbitration. The arbitration tribunal consisted of three arbitrators, from Shenzhen, Kashi, and France, respectively. They were familiar with the situation of enterprises in Xinjiang and had rich experience in resolving international commercial disputes. After the hearing, the case was adjudicated in May 2024, and the arbitral award was made efficiently and professionally to help both parties resolve the dispute.