中华人民共和国主席令（八届第31号）
      
    《中华人民共和国仲裁法》已由中华人民共和国第八届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第九次会议于1994年8月31日通过，现予公布，自1995年9月1日起施行。
   
                                    中华人民共和国主席  江泽民
                                                     1994年8月31日 

中华人民共和国仲裁法(附英文)

           第一节  申请和受理
    第二十一条  当事人申请仲裁应当符合下列条件：
    （一）有仲裁协议；
    （二）有具体的仲裁请求和事实、理由；
    （三）属于仲裁委员会的受理范围。
    第二十二条  当事人申请仲裁，应当向仲裁委员会递交仲裁协议、仲裁申请书及副本。
    第二十三条  仲裁申请书应当载明下列事项：
    （一）当事人的姓名、性别、年龄、职业、工作单位和住所，法人或者其他组织的名称、住所和法定代表人或者主要负责人的姓名、职务；
    （二）仲裁请求和所根据的事实、理由；
    （三）证据和证据来源、证人姓名和住所。
    第二十四条  仲裁委员会收到仲裁申请书之日起五日内，认为符合受理条件的，应当受理，并通知当事人；认为不符合受理条件的，应当书面通知当事人不予受理，并说明理由。
    第二十五条  仲裁委员会受理仲裁申请后，应当在仲裁规则规定的期限内将仲裁规则和仲裁员名册送达申请人，并将仲裁申请书副本和仲裁规则、仲裁员名册送达被申请人。
    被申请人收到仲裁申请书副本后，应当在仲裁规则规定的期限内向仲裁委员会提交答辩书。仲裁委员会收到答辩书后，应当在仲裁规则规定的期限内将答辩书副本送达申请人。被申请人未提交答辩书的，不影响仲裁程序的进行。
    第二十六条  当事人达成仲裁协议，一方向人民法院起诉未声明有仲裁协议，人民法院受理后，另一方在首次开庭前提交仲裁协议的，人民法院应当驳回起诉，但仲裁协议无效的除外；另一方在首次开庭前未对人民法院受理该案提出异议的，视为放弃仲裁协议，人民法院应当继续审理。
    第二十七条  申请人可以放弃或者变更仲裁请求。被申请人可以承认或者反驳仲裁请求，有权提出反请求。
    第二十八条  一方当事人因另一方当事人的行为或者其他原因，可能使裁决不能执行或者难以执行的，可以申请财产保全。
    当事人申请财产保全的，仲裁委员会应当将当事人的申请依照民事诉讼法的有关规定提交人民法院。
    申请有错误的，申请人应当赔偿被申请人因财产保全所遭受的损失。
    第二十九条  当事人、法定代理人可以委托律师和其他代理人进行仲裁活动。委托律师和其他代理人进行仲裁活动的，应当向仲裁委员会提交授权委托书。
 
          第二节  仲裁庭的组成
    第三十条  仲裁庭可以由三名仲裁员或者一名仲裁员组成。由三名仲裁员组成的，设首席仲裁员。
    第三十一条  当事人约定由三名仲裁员组成仲裁庭的，应当各自选定或者各自委托仲裁委员会主任指定一名仲裁员，第三名仲裁员由当事人共同选定或者共同委托仲裁委员会主任指定。第三名仲裁员是首席仲裁员。
    当事人约定由一名仲裁员成立仲裁庭的，应当由当事人共同选定或者共同委托仲裁委员会主任指定仲裁员。
    第三十二条  当事人没有在仲裁规则规定的期限内约定仲裁庭的组成方式或者选定仲裁员的，由仲裁委员会主任指定。
    第三十三条  仲裁庭组成后，仲裁委员会应当将仲裁庭的组成情况书面通知当事人。
    第三十四条  仲裁员有下列情形之一的，必须回避，当事人也有权提出回避申请：
    （一）是本案当事人或者当事人、代理人的近亲属；
    （二）与本案有利害关系；
    （三）与本案当事人、代理人有其他关系，可能影响公正仲裁的；
    （四）私自会见当事人、代理人，或者接受当事人、代理人的请客送礼的。
    第三十五条  当事人提出回避申请，应当说明理由，在首次开庭前提出。回避事由在首次开庭后知道的，可以在最后一次开庭终结前提出。
    第三十六条  仲裁员是否回避，由仲裁委员会主任决定；仲裁委员会主任担任仲裁员时，由仲裁委员会集体决定。
    第三十七条  仲裁员因回避或者其他原因不能履行职责的，应当依照本法规定重新选定或者指定仲裁员。
    因回避而重新选定或者指定仲裁员后，当事人可以请求已进行的仲裁程序重新进行，是否准许，由仲裁庭决定；仲裁庭也可以自行决定已进行的仲裁程序是否重新进行。
    第三十八条  仲裁员有本法第三十四条第四项规定的情形，情节严重的，或者有本法第五十八条第六项规定的情形的，应当依法承担法律责任，仲裁委员会应当将其除名。
 
          第三节  开庭和裁决
    第三十九条  仲裁应当开庭进行。当事人协议不开庭的，仲裁庭可以根据仲裁申请书、答辩书以及其他材料作出裁决。
    第四十条  仲裁不公开进行。当事人协议公开的，可以公开进行，但涉及国家秘密的除外。
    第四十一条  仲裁委员会应当在仲裁规则规定的期限内将开庭日期通知双方当事人。当事人有正当理由的，可以在仲裁规则规定的期限内请求延期开庭。是否延期，由仲裁庭决定。
    第四十二条  申请人经书面通知，无正当理由不到庭或者未经仲裁庭许可中途退庭的，可以视为撤回仲裁申请。
    被申请人经书面通知，无正当理由不到庭或者未经仲裁庭许可中途退庭的，可以缺席裁决。
    第四十三条  当事人应当对自己的主张提供证据。
    仲裁庭认为有必要收集的证据，可以自行收集。
    第四十四条  仲裁庭对专门性问题认为需要鉴定的，可以交由当事人约定的鉴定部门鉴定，也可以由仲裁庭指定的鉴定部门鉴定。
    根据当事人的请求或者仲裁庭的要求，鉴定部门应当派鉴定人参加开庭。当事人经仲裁庭许可，可以向鉴定人提问。
    第四十五条  证据应当在开庭时出示，当事人可以质证。
    第四十六条  在证据可能灭失或者以后难以取得的情况下，当事人可以申请证据保全。当事人申请证据保全的，仲裁委员会应当将当事人的申请提交证据所在地的基层人民法院。
    第四十七条  当事人在仲裁过程中有权进行辩论。辩论终结时，首席仲裁员或者独任仲裁员应当征询当事人的最后意见。
    第四十八条  仲裁庭应当将开庭情况记入笔录。当事人和其他仲裁参与人认为对自己陈述的记录有遗漏或者差错的，有权申请补正。如果不予补正，应当记录该申请。
    笔录由仲裁员、记录人员、当事人和其他仲裁参与人签名或者盖章。
    第四十九条  当事人申请仲裁后，可以自行和解。达成和解协议的，可以请求仲裁庭根据和解协议作出裁决书，也可以撤回仲裁申请。
    第五十条  当事人达成和解协议，撤回仲裁申请后反悔的，可以根据仲裁协议申请仲裁。
    第五十一条  仲裁庭在作出裁决前，可以先行调解。当事人自愿调解的，仲裁庭应当调解。调解不成的，应当及时作出裁决。
    调解达成协议的，仲裁庭应当制作调解书或者根据协议的结果制作裁决书。调解书与裁决书具有同等法律效力。
    第五十二条  调解书应当写明仲裁请求和当事人协议的结果。调解书由仲裁员签名，加盖仲裁委员会印章，送达双方当事人。
    调解书经双方当事人签收后，即发生法律效力。
    在调解书签收前当事人反悔的，仲裁庭应当及时作出裁决。
    第五十三条  裁决应当按照多数仲裁员的意见作出，少数仲裁员的不同意见可以记入笔录。仲裁庭不能形成多数意见时，裁决应当按照首席仲裁员的意见作出。
    第五十四条  裁决书应当写明仲裁请求、争议事实、裁决理由、裁决结果、仲裁费用的负担和裁决日期。当事人协议不愿写明争议事实和裁决理由的，可以不写。裁决书由仲裁员签名，加盖仲裁委员会印章。对裁决持不同意见的仲裁员，可以签名，也可以不签名。
    第五十五条  仲裁庭仲裁纠纷时，其中一部分事实已经清楚，可以就该部分先行裁决。
    第五十六条  对裁决书中的文字、计算错误或者仲裁庭已经裁决但在裁决书中遗漏的事项，仲裁庭应当补正；当事人自收到裁决书之日起三十日内，可以请求仲裁庭补正。
    第五十七条  裁决书自作出之日起发生法律效力。
 
          第五章  申请撤销裁决
    第五十八条  当事人提出证据证明裁决有下列情形之一的，可以向仲裁委员会所在地的中级人民法院申请撤销裁决：
    （一）没有仲裁协议的；
    （二）裁决的事项不属于仲裁协议的范围或者仲裁委员会无权仲裁的；
    （三）仲裁庭的组成或者仲裁的程序违反法定程序的；
    （四）裁决所根据的证据是伪造的；
    （五）对方当事人隐瞒了足以影响公正裁决的证据的；
    （六）仲裁员在仲裁该案时有索贿受贿，徇私舞弊，枉法裁决行为的。
    人民法院经组成合议庭审查核实裁决有前款规定情形之一的，应当裁定撤销。
    人民法院认定该裁决违背社会公共利益的，应当裁定撤销。
    第五十九条  当事人申请撤销裁决的，应当自收到裁决书之日起六个月内提出。
    第六十条  人民法院应当在受理撤销裁决申请之日起两个月内作出撤销裁决或者驳回申请的裁定。
    第六十一条  人民法院受理撤销裁决的申请后，认为可以由仲裁庭重新仲裁的，通知仲裁庭在一定期限内重新仲裁，并裁定中止撤销程序。仲裁庭拒绝重新仲裁的，人民法院应当裁定恢复撤销程序。
 
          第六章  执  行
    第六十二条  当事人应当履行裁决。一方当事人不履行的，另一方当事人可以依照民事诉讼法的有关规定向人民法院申请执行。受申请的人民法院应当执行。
    第六十三条  被申请人提出证据证明裁决有民事诉讼法第二百一十七条第二款规定的情形之一的，经人民法院组成合议庭审查核实，裁定不予执行。
    第六十四条  一方当事人申请执行裁决，另一方当事人申请撤销裁决的，人民法院应当裁定中止执行。
    人民法院裁定撤销裁决的，应当裁定终结执行。撤销裁决的申请被裁定驳回的，人民法院应当裁定恢复执行。
 
          第七章  涉外仲裁的特别规定
    第六十五条  涉外经济贸易、运输和海事中发生的纠纷的仲裁，适用本章规定。本章没有规定的，适用本法其他有关规定。
    第六十六条  涉外仲裁委员会可以由中国国际商会组织设立。
    涉外仲裁委员会由主任一人、副主任若干人和委员若干人组成。
    涉外仲裁委员会的主任、副主任和委员可以由中国国际商会聘任。
    第六十七条  涉外仲裁委员会可以从具有法律、经济贸易、科学技术等专门知识的外籍人士中聘任仲裁员。
    第六十八条  涉外仲裁的当事人申请证据保全的，涉外仲裁委员会应当将当事人的申请提交证据所在地的中级人民法院。
    第六十九条  涉外仲裁的仲裁庭可以将开庭情况记入笔录，或者作出笔录要点，笔录要点可以由当事人和其他仲裁参与人签字或者盖章。
    第七十条  当事人提出证据证明涉外仲裁裁决有民事诉讼法第二百六十条第一款规定的情形之一的，经人民法院组成合议庭审查核实，裁定撤销。
    第七十一条  被申请人提出证据证明涉外仲裁裁决有民事诉讼法第二百六十条第一款规定的情形之一的，经人民法院组成合议庭审查核实，裁定不予执行。
    第七十二条  涉外仲裁委员会作出的发生法律效力的仲裁裁决，当事人请求执行的，如果被执行人或者其财产不在中华人民共和国领域内，应当由当事人直接向有管辖权的外国法院申请承认和执行。
    第七十三条  涉外仲裁规则可以由中国国际商会依照本法和民事诉讼法的有关规定制定。
 
          第八章  附  则
    第七十四条  法律对仲裁时效有规定的，适用该规定。法律对仲裁时效没有规定的，适用诉讼时效的规定。
    第七十五条  中国仲裁协会制定仲裁规则前，仲裁委员会依照本法和民事诉讼法的有关规定可以制定仲裁暂行规则。
    第七十六条  当事人应当按照规定交纳仲裁费用。
    收取仲裁费用的办法，应当报物价管理部门核准。
    第七十七条  劳动争议和农业集体经济组织内部的农业承包合同纠纷的仲裁，另行规定。
    第七十八条  本法施行前制定的有关仲裁的规定与本法的规定相抵触的，以本法为准。
    第七十九条  本法施行前在直辖市、省、自治区人民政府所在地的市和其他设区的市设立的仲裁机构，应当依照本法的有关规定重新组建；未重新组建的，自本法施行之日起届满一年时终止。
    本法施行前设立的不符合本法规定的其他仲裁机构，自本法施行之日起终止。
    第八十条  本法自1995年9月1日起施行。
 
        Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China
 
  (Adopted at the 8th Session of the Standing Committee of  the  8thNational People's Congress and Promulgated on August 31, 1994)
 
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Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China
(Adopted at the 8th Session of the Standing Committee of  the  8th
National People's Congress and Promulgated on August 31, 1994)
 
          Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1
    This Law is formulated in order to ensure that economic disputes shall
be impartially and promptly arbitrated, to protect the  legitimate  rights
and interests of  the  relevant  parties  and  to  guarantee  the  healthy
development of the socialist market economy.
Article 2
     Disputes  over  contracts  and  disputes  over  property  rights  and
interests between citizens, legal persons and other organizations as equal
subjects of law may be submitted to arbitration.
Article 3
    The following disputes shall not be submitted to arbitration:
    1. disputes over marriage, adoption, guardianship,
    child maintenance and inheritance; and
    2. administrative disputes falling within the jurisdiction
    of the relevant administrative organs according to
    law.
Article 4
    The parties adopting arbitration for dispute settlement shall reach an
arbitration agreement  on  a  mutually  voluntary  basis.  An  arbitration
commission shall not accept an application for  arbitration  submitted  by
one of the parties in the absence of an arbitration agreement.
Article 5
    A people's court shall not accept an action initiated by  one  of  the
parties if the parties have concluded an arbitration agreement, unless the
arbitration agreement is invalid.
Article 6
    An  arbitration  commission  shall  be  selected  by  the  parties  by
agreement.
    The jurisdiction by level system and the district jurisdiction  system
shall not apply in arbitration.
Article 7
    Disputes shall be fairly and reasonably settled by arbitration on  the
basis of facts and in accordance with  the  relevant  provisions  of  law.
Article 8
    Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the law, independent
of any intervention by  administrative  organs,  social  organizations  or
individuals.
Article 9
    The  single  ruling  system  shall  be  applied  in  arbitration.  The
arbitration commission shall not accept any application  for  arbitration,
nor shall a people's court accept any action submitted  by  the  party  in
respect of the same dispute after an arbitration award  has  already  been
given in relation to that matter.
    If the arbitration award is  canceled  or  its  enforcement  has  been
disallowed by a people's court in accordance with  the  law,  the  parties
may, in accordance with  a  new  arbitration  agreement  between  them  in
respect of the  dispute,   re-apply  for  arbitration  or  initiate  legal
proceedings with the people's court.
 
          Chapter II Arbitration Commissions and Arbitration Association
Article 10
    Arbitration commissions  may  be  established  in  the  municipalities
directly under the Central Government,  in the  municipalities  where  the
people's governments of provinces and autonomous regions are  located  or,
if  necessary,  in  other  cities  divided  into  districts.   Arbitration
commissions shall not be established at each level of  the  administrative
divisions.
    The people's governments of the municipalities and cities specified in
the above paragraph  shall  organize  the  relevant  departments  and  the
Chamber of Commerce for the formation of an arbitration commission.
    The establishment of an arbitration  commission  shall  be  registered
with the judicial administrative  department  of  the  relevant  province,
autonomous region or municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Article 11
    An arbitration commission shall fulfil the following conditions:
    1. it must have its own name, domicile and Articles of Association;
    2. it must possess the necessary property;
    3. it must have its own members; and
    4. it must have arbitrators for appointment.
    The articles of association of the an arbitration commission shall  be
formulated in accordance with this Law.
Article 12
    An arbitration commission shall  comprise  a  chairman,  two  to  four
vice-chairmen and seven to eleven members.
    The chairman, vice-chairmen and members of an  arbitration  commission
must be persons specialized in law,  economic and trade  and  persons  who
have actual working experience. The number of specialists in law, economic
and trade shall  not  be  less  than  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  an
arbitration association.
Article 13
    The arbitration commission shall appoint fair and honest person as its
arbitrators.
    Arbitrators must fulfil one of the following conditions:
    1. they have been engaged in  arbitration  work  for  at  least  eight
years;
    2. they have worked as a lawyer for at least eight years;
    3. they have been a judge for at least eight years;
    4. they are engaged in legal research or legal teaching and in  senior
positions; and
    5. they have legal knowledge and  are  engaged  in  professional  work
relating to economics and  trade,  and  in  senior  positions  or  of  the
equivalent professional level.
    The arbitration commission  shall  establish  a  list  of  arbitrators
according to different professionals.
Article 14
    Arbitration commissions are independent of administrative  organs  and
there are no subordinate relations  with  any  administrative  organs  nor
between the different arbitration commissions.
Article 15
    The China Arbitration Association is a social  organization  with  the
status of a legal person. Arbitration commissions are members of the China
Arbitration  Association.  The  Articles  of  Association  of  the   China
Arbitration Association  shall  be  formulated  by  the  national  general
meeting of the members.
    The China Arbitration Association is  an  organization  in  charge  of
self-regulation  of  the  arbitration  commissions.   It   shall   conduct
supervision over the conduct (any breach of discipline) of the arbitration
commissions and their members  and  arbitrators  in  accordance  with  its
articles of association.
    The China Arbitration Association shall formulate Arbitration Rules in
accordance with this Law and the Civil Procedure Law.
 
          Chapter III Arbitration Agreement
Article 16
     An  arbitration  agreement  shall  include  the  arbitration  clauses
provided in the contract and any other written form of agreement concluded
before or after the disputes providing for submission to arbitration.
    The following contents shall be included in an arbitration agreement:
    1. the expression of the parties' wish to submit to arbitration;
    2. the matters to be arbitrated; and
    3. the Arbitration Commission selected by the parties.
Article 17
    An arbitration agreement shall be invalid under any of  the  following
circumstances:
    1. matters agreed  upon  for  arbitration  are  beyond  the  scope  of
arbitration prescribed by law;
    2. an arbitration agreement  concluded  by  persons  without  or  with
limited capacity for civil acts; and
    3. one party forces the other party to sign an  arbitration  agreement
by means of duress.
Article 18
    If the arbitration matters  or  the  arbitration  commission  are  not
agreed upon by the parties  in  the  arbitration  agreement,  or,  if  the
relevant  provisions  are  not  clear,  the  parties  may  supplement  the
agreement. If the parties fail to agree upon the supplementary agreement,
 the arbitration agreement shall be invalid.
Article 19
    An arbitration agreement shall exist independently.  Any  changes  to,
rescission, termination or invalidity of the contract shall not affect the
validity of the arbitration agreement.
    An arbitration tribunal has the right to rule on  the  validity  of  a
contract.
Article 20
    If the parties object to the validity of  the  arbitration  agreement,
they may apply to the arbitration  commission  for  a  decision  or  to  a
people's court for a  ruling.  If  one  of  the  parties  submits  to  the
arbitration commission for a decision, but the other party  applies  to  a
people's court for a ruling, the people's court shall give the ruling.
    If the parties contest the validity of the arbitration agreement,  the
objection shall be made before the start  of  the  first  hearing  of  the
arbitration tribunal.
 
          Chapter IV Arbitration Procedure
    
 
          Section 1: Application and Acceptance for Arbitration
Article 21
    The parties  applying  for  arbitration  shall  fulfil  the  following
conditions:
    1. they must have an arbitration agreement;
    2. they must have a specific claim with facts and  argument  on  which
the claim is based; and
    3. the arbitration must be within the jurisdiction of the  arbitration
commission.
Article 22
    The party applying for arbitration  shall  submit  to  an  arbitration
commission the arbitration agreement,  an application for arbitration  and
copies thereof.
Article 23
    An arbitration application shall state clearly the following:
    1. the name, sex, age, occupation, work unit and address of the party,
the name address and legal representative of the  legal  person  or  other
organization and the name and position of its person-in charge;
    2. the arbitration claim and the facts and argument on which the claim
is based; and
    3. evidence and the source of evidence, the name and  address  of  the
witness (es).
Article 24
    Within 5 days from the date of receiving the arbitration  application,
the arbitration commission shall notify the parties that it considers  the
conditions for acceptance have been fulfilled, and that the application is
accepted  by  it.  If  the  arbitration  commission  considers  that   the
conditions have not been fulfilled, it shall notify the parties in writing
of its rejection, stating its reasons.
Article 25
    Upon  acceptance  of  an  arbitration  application,   the  arbitration
commission shall, within the time limit provided by the Arbitration Rules,
serve a copy of the Arbitration Rules and the list of arbitrators  on  the
applicant,   and  serve  a  copy  of  the  arbitration  application,   the
Arbitration Rules and the list of arbitrators on the respondent.
    Upon receipt of a copy of the arbitration application,  the respondent
shall, within the time limit prescribed by the Arbitration  Rules,  submit
its defence to the arbitration commission. Upon receipt  of  the  defence,
the arbitration commission shall, within the time limit prescribed by  the
Arbitration Rules, serve a copy of the reply on the applicant. The failure
of the respondent to submit a defence shall not affect the  proceeding  of
the arbitration procedures.
Article 26
    Where the parties had agreed on an arbitration agreement, but  one  of
the parties initiates an action before a people's  court  without  stating
the existence of the arbitration  agreement,  the  people's  court  shall,
unless the arbitration agreement is invalid,  reject  the  action  if  the
other party submits to the court  the  arbitration  agreement  before  the
first hearing of the case. If the other  party  fails  to  object  to  the
hearing by the people's court before the first  hearing,  the  arbitration
agreement shall be considered to have been waived by  the  party  and  the
people's court shall proceed with the hearing.
Article 27
    The  applicant  may  abandon  or  alter  his  arbitration  claim.  The
respondent may accept the arbitration claim or object  to  it.  It  has  a
right to make a counterclaim.
Article 28
    A party may apply for property preservation if, as the  result  of  an
act of the other party or for some other reasons, it appears that an award
may be impossible or difficult to enforce.
    If  one  of  the  parties  applies  for  property  preservation,   the
arbitration commission shall submit to a people's court the application of
the party  in  accordance  with  the  relevant  provisions  of  the  Civil
Procedure Law.
    If a property preservation order is  unfounded,  the  applicant  shall
compensate the party against whom  the  order  was  made  for  any  losses
sustained as a result of the implementation of the  property  preservation
order.
Article 29
    The parties and their legal representatives  may  appoint  lawyers  or
engage agents to handle matters relating to the arbitration. In the  event
that a lawyer or an agent is appointed to handle the arbitration  matters,
a  letter  of  authorization  shall  be  submitted  to   the   arbitration
commission.
 
          Section 2: Composition of the Arbitration Tribunal
Article 30
     An  arbitration  tribunal  may  comprise  three  arbitrators  or  one
arbitrator. If an arbitration  tribunal  comprises  three  arbitrators,  a
presiding arbitrator shall be appointed.
Article 31
    If the parties agree to form an arbitration tribunal comprising  three
arbitrators, each party shall select or  authorize  the  chairmen  of  the
arbitration commission to appoint one  arbitrator.  The  third  arbitrator
shall be selected jointly by the parties or be nominated by  the  chairman
of the arbitration commission in accordance with a joint mandate given  by
the parties. The third arbitrator shall be the presiding arbitrator.
    If the parties agree to have one arbitrator  to  form  an  arbitration
tribunal, the arbitrator shall be selected jointly by the  parties  or  be
nominated by the chairman of the arbitration commission in accordance with
a joint mandate given by the parties.
Article 32
    If  the  parties  fail,  within  the  time  limit  prescribed  by  the
Arbitration  Rules,  to  select  the  form  of  the  constitution  of  the
arbitration tribunal or fail to select the  arbitrators,  the  arbitrators
shall be appointed by the chairman of the arbitration commission.
Article 33
    After  the  arbitration  tribunal  is  constituted,   the  arbitration
commission shall notify the parties in writing of the composition  of  the
arbitration tribunal.
Article 34
    In any of the following circumstances,  an  arbitrator  must  withdraw
from the arbitration, and the parties shall have the right  to  apply  for
his withdrawal if he:
    1. is a party or  a  close  relative  of  a  party  or  of  a  party's
representative;
    2. is related in the case;
    3. has some other relationship with a party to  the  case  or  with  a
party's  agent  which  could  possibly  affect  the  impartiality  of  the
arbitration;
    4. meets a party or his agent in private, accepts  an  invitation  for
dinner by a party or his representative or accepts gifts presented by  any
of them.
Article 35
    When applying for the withdrawal of  an  arbitrator,  the  petitioning
party shall state his reasons and submit a withdrawal  application  before
the first hearing. A withdrawal application may also be  submitted  before
the conclusion of the last hearing if  reasons  for  the  withdrawal  only
became known after the start of the first hearing.
Article 36
    Whether an arbitrator is withdrawn or not shall be determined  by  the
chairman of the arbitration commission.  If  chairman  is  serving  as  an
arbitrator, the withdrawal or not shall be determined collectively by  the
arbitration commission.
Article 37
    If an arbitrator is unable to perform his duties as an arbitrator as a
result of the withdrawal or any other reasons, another arbitrator shall be
selected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
    After a replaced arbitrator has been selected or  appointed  following
the withdrawal of an arbitrator, the  parties  may  apply  to  resume  the
arbitration procedure. The arbitration tribunal  shall  determine  whether
the resumption of the procedure may be allowed. The  arbitration  tribunal
may determine on its  own  whether  the  arbitration  procedure  shall  be
resumed.
Article 38
    An arbitrator involved in one of the circumstances described  in  Item
4, Article 34, if it is serious,  or those described in  Item  6,  Article
58, such arbitrator shall be legally liable in accordance  with  the  law.
The arbitration  commission  shall  remove  his  name  from  the  list  of
arbitrators.
 
          Section 3: Hearing and Arbitral Awards
Article 39
    An arbitration tribunal shall hold  a  tribunal  session  to  hear  an
arbitration case. If  the  parties  agree  not  to  hold  a  hearing,  the
arbitration  tribunal  may  render  an  award  in  accordance   with   the
arbitration  application,  the  defence  statement  and  other  documents.
Article 40
    An arbitration shall not be conducted in public. If the parties  agree
to a public hearing, the arbitration may proceed in public,  except  those
concerning state secrets.
Article 41
    The arbitration commission shall notify the  two  parties  within  the
time limit provided by the Arbitration Rules of the date of  the  hearing.
Either party may request to postpone the hearing with in  the  time  limit
provided by the Arbitration Rules  if  there  is  a  genuine  reason.  The
arbitration tribunal shall decide whether to postpone the hearing.
Article 42
    If the applicant for arbitration  who  has  been  given  a  notice  in
writing does not appear before  the  tribunal  without  good  reasons,  or
leaves the tribunal room during a hearing without the  permission  of  the
arbitration tribunal, such applicant shall be deemed as  having  withdrawn
his application.
    If the party against whom the application was made was served  with  a
notice in writing but does not appear  before  the  tribunal  without  due
reasons  or  leaves  the  tribunal  room  during  a  hearing  without  the
permission of the arbitration tribunal, an award by default may be  given.
Article 43
    The parties shall produce evidence in support of their claims.
    An arbitration tribunal may collect on its own evidence  it  considers
necessary.
Article 44
    For specialized  matters,  an  arbitration  tribunal  may  submit  for
appraisal to an appraisal organ agreed upon  by  the  parties  or  to  the
appraisal organ appointed by the arbitration tribunal  if  it  deems  such
appraisal to be necessary.
    According  to  the  claim  of  the  parties  or  the  request  of  the
arbitration tribunal, the appraisal organ shall appoint  an  appraiser  to
participate in  the  hearing.  Upon  the  permission  of  the  arbitration
tribunal, the parties may question the appraiser.
Article 45
    Any evidence shall be produced  at  the  start  of  the  hearing.  The
parties may challenge the validity of such evidence.
Article 46
    In the event that the evidence might be destroyed or if  it  would  be
difficult to obtain the evidence later on, the parties may apply  for  the
evidence to be preserved. If the parties apply for such preservation,  the
arbitration commission shall submit the  application  to  the  basic-level
people's court of the place where the evidence is located.
Article 47
    The parties have the right to argue during an  arbitration  procedure.
At the end of the debate,  the presiding arbitrator or the sole arbitrator
shall ask for the final opinion of the parties.
Article 48
    An arbitration tribunal shall make a written record of the hearing. If
the parties or other participants to the  arbitration  consider  that  the
record has omitted a part of their statement or is incorrect in some other
respect, they shall have the right to request correction  thereof.  If  no
correction is made, the request for  correction  shall  be  noted  in  the
written record.
    The arbitrators, recorder,  parties  and  other  participants  to  the
arbitration shall sign or affix their seals to the record.
Article 49
    After the submission of an arbitration application,  the  parties  may
settle  the  dispute  among  themselves   through   conciliation.   If   a
conciliation agreement has been reached, the  parties  may  apply  to  the
arbitration tribunal for an award based  on  the  conciliation  agreement.
Then may also withdraw the arbitration application.
Article 50
    If the parties fall back on their words  after  the  conclusion  of  a
conciliation agreement and the withdrawal of the arbitration  application,
application may be made for arbitration in accordance with the arbitration
agreement.
Article 51
    Before giving an award, an arbitration tribunal may first  attempt  to
conciliate.  If  the  parties  apply  for  conciliation  voluntarily,  the
arbitration tribunal shall conciliate. If conciliation is unsuccessful, an
award shall be made promptly.
     When  a  settlement  agreement  is  reached  by  conciliation,    the
arbitration tribunal shall prepare the conciliation statement or the award
on the basis of the results of the settlement  agreement.  A  conciliation
statement shall have the same legal force as that of an award.
Article 52
    A conciliation statement shall set forth the  arbitration  claims  and
the results  of  the  agreement  between  the  parties.  The  conciliation
statement shall be signed by the arbitrators, sealed  by  the  arbitration
commission,  and served on both parties.
    A conciliation statement shall  have  legal  effect  once  signed  and
accepted by the parties.
    If the parties fall  back  on  their  words  before  the  conciliation
statement is singed and accepted by them, an award shall be  made  by  the
arbitration tribunal promptly.
Article 53
    An award shall be based on the opinion of  the  majority  arbitrators.
The opinion of the minority arbitrators shall be recorded in  writing.  If
an opinion of the minority arbitrators shall be recorded in writing. If an
opinion of  the  majority  arbitrators  can  not  be  constituted  at  the
tribunal, the award shall  be  given  according  to  the  opinion  of  the
presiding arbitrator.
Article 54
    The arbitration claims, the matters in dispute, the grounds upon which
an award is given, the results of the judgement,  the  responsibility  for
the arbitration fees and the date of the award shall be set forth  in  the
award. If the parties agree not to include in the  award  the  matters  in
dispute and the grounds on which the award is based, such matters may  not
be stated in the award. The award shall be signed by the  arbitrators  and
sealed by the arbitration commission. The arbitrator  who  disagrees  with
the award may select to sign or not to sign it.
Article 55
    During the course of arbitration by an arbitration tribunal,  where  a
part of facts has been made clear, a partial award may first be  given  in
relation to that part.
Article 56
    The parties may, within 30 days of the receipt of the  award,  request
the arbitration tribunal to correct any typographical errors,  calculation
errors or matters which had been awarded but omitted in the award.
Article 57
    An award shall be legally effective on the date it is given.
 
          Chapter V Application for Cancellation of an Award
Article 58
    The parties may apply to the intermediate people's court at the  place
where the arbitration commission is located for cancellation of  an  award
if they provide evidence proving  that  the  award  involves  one  of  the
following circumstances:
    1. there is no arbitration agreement between the parties;
    2. the matters of the award are beyond the extent of  the  arbitration
agreement or not within the jurisdiction of the arbitration commission;
    3. the composition of the  arbitration  tribunal  or  the  arbitration
procedure is in contrary to the legal procedure;
    4. the evidence on which the award is based is falsified;
    5. the other party has  concealed  evidence  which  is  sufficient  to
affect the impartiality of the award; and
    6. the arbitrator(s) has (have) demanded or accepted bribes, committed
graft or perverted the law in making the arbitral award.
    The peoples' court shall rule to cancel the award if the existence  of
one of the circumstances prescribed in the preceding clause  is  confirmed
by its collegiate bench.
    The people's court shall rule to cancel the award if it holds that the
award is contrary to the social and public interests.
Article 59
    If a party applies for cancellation of an award, an application  shall
be submitted within 6 months after receipt of the award.
Article 60
    The people's court  shall,  within  2  months  after  receipt  of  the
application  for  cancellation  of  an  award,  render  its  decision  for
cancellation of the award or for rejection of the application.
Article 61
    If the people's court holds that the case may be re-arbitrated by  the
arbitration tribunal after receipt of the application for cancellation  of
an  award,  the  court  shall   inform   the   arbitration   tribunal   of
re-arbitrating the case within a  certain  period  of  time  and  rule  to
suspend the cancellation procedure. If the arbitration tribunal refuses to
re-arbitrate, the people's court shall rule  to  resume  the  cancellation
procedure.
 
          Chapter VI Enforcement
Article 62
    The parties shall execute an arbitration award. If one party fails  to
execute the award, the other party may  apply  to  a  people's  court  for
enforcement in accordance  with  the  relevant  provisions  of  the  Civil
Procedure Law, and the court shall enforce the award.
Article 63
    A people's court shall, after  examination  and  verification  by  its
collegiate bench, rule not to enforce an award if the party  against  whom
an application for enforcement is made provides evidence proving that  the
award involves one of the circumstances prescribed in  Clause  2,  Article
217 of the Civil procedure Law.
Article 64
    If one party applies for enforcement of an award while the other party
applies for cancellation of the award, the people's court  receiving  such
application shall rule to suspend enforcement of the award.
    If a people's court rules  to  cancel  an  award,  it  shall  rule  to
terminate enforcement. If the people's court overrules the application for
cancellation of an award, it shall rule to resume enforcement.
 
          Chapter VII Special provisions on Foreign-Related Arbitration
Article 65
    The provisions of this Chapter  shall  apply  to  all  arbitration  of
disputes arising from foreign economic,  trade, transportation or maritime
matters. In the absence of provisions  in  this  Chapter,  other  relevant
provisions of this Law shall apply.
Article 66
    A foreign arbitration commission may be organized and  established  by
the China International Chamber of Commerce.
    A foreign arbitration commission shall comprise one chairman,  several
vice-chairmen and several committee members.
    The chairman, vice-chairmen and committee members may be appointed  by
the China International Chamber of Commerce.
Article 67
     A  foreign  arbitration  commission  may  appoint   foreigners   with
professional knowledge in such fields as law, economic and trade,  science
and technology as arbitrators.
Article 68
    If the parties to a foreign-related  arbitration  apply  for  evidence
preservation,  the  foreign  arbitration  commission  shall  submit  their
applications to the intermediate people's court in  the  place  where  the
evidence is located.
Article 69
    The arbitration tribunal  of  a  foreign  arbitration  commission  may
record the details of the hearing in writing or record the  essentials  of
the hearing in writing. The written record  of  the  essentials  shall  be
signed or sealed by the parties and other participants in the arbitration.
Article 70
    A people's court shall, after  examination  and  verification  by  its
collegiate bench, rule to cancel a, n award if a party to the case  provides
evidence  proving  that  the  arbitration  award  involves  one   of   the
circumstances prescribed in Clause 1, Article 260 of the Civil Procedure
Law.
Article 71
    A people's court shall, after  examination  and  verification  by  its
collegiate bench, rule not to enforce an award-if the party  against  whom
an application is made provides  evidence  proving  that  the  arbitration
award involves one of the circumstances prescribed in Clause  1,   Article
260 of the Civil Procedure Law.
Article 72
    Where the party subject to enforcement or its property is  not  within
the territory of the People's Republic of China, a party applying for  the
enforcement of a legally effective arbitration award shall apply  directly
to the foreign court having jurisdiction for recognition  and  enforcement
of the award.
Article 73
    Foreign arbitration rules may be formulated by the China International
Chamber  of  Commerce  in  accordance  with  this  Law  and  the  relevant
provisions of the Civil Procedure Law.
 
          Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 74
    If the law has stipulated  a  time  limitation  of  arbitration,  such
provisions of the law shall apply. If the law has not  stipulated  a  time
limitation of arbitration,  the provisions on the  limitation  of  actions
shall apply.
Article 75
    The arbitration Commission may formulate provisional arbitration rules
in accordance with this Law and  the  relevant  provisions  of  the  Civil
Procedure Law before the formulation of the arbitration rules by the China
Arbitration Association.
Article 76
    The parties shall pay arbitration fees in accordance with the relevant
provisions.
    The methods for the collection of arbitration fees shall be  submitted
to the commodity prices administration department for approval.
Article 77
     Arbitration  of  labor  disputes  and  disputes  over  contracts  for
undertaking agricultural projects within agricultural collective  economic
organizations shall be separately stipulated.
Article 78
    In the  event  of  conflict  between  the  provisions  on  arbitration
formulated before the coming into effect of this Law and the provisions of
this Law, the provisions of this Law shall prevail.
Article 79
    Arbitration organs established before the coming into effect  of  this
Law in the municipalities directly under the Central  Government,  in  the
municipalities  where  the  people's  governments  of  the  provinces   or
autonomous regions and in other cities  divided  into  districts  must  be
re-organized in accordance with the relevant provisions of this  Law.  The
arbitration organs which are not re-organized shall be terminated  at  the
expiration of one year after the date of effectiveness of this Law.
    All other arbitration organs established before the implementation  of
this Law and not conforming  to  the  provisions  of  this  Law  shall  be
terminated on the date of effectiveness of this Law.
Article 80
    This Law shall be effective as of September 1, 1995.