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CIETAC Has Suspended Its Authorization to Shanghai and Shenzhen Sub-commissions for Administering Arbitration Cases
August 06, 2012
BY DAVID LIVDAHL, JENNY SHENG, & DANIEL QIN
On August 1, 2012, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) headquartered in Beijing, the leading arbitration institution in China, posted an announcement on its website (Announcement), declaring that CIETACs authorization to two of its branches, i.e., the CIETAC Shanghai Sub-Commission and the CIETAC South China Sub-Commission (located in Shenzhen), for accepting and administering arbitration cases has been suspended since the same date.