Resolving Legal Disputes

Part One   International Commercial Conciliation Services

Wuhan Conciliation Center ( hereinafter referred to as the Center), approved by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) (China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC)) and Wuhan Municipal People’s Government, is a non-governmental organization aiming at solving disputes arising in international commercial affairs independently and impartially by means of conciliation. The Center consists of experts and scholars in the fields of foreign economy, trade, finance and law who are taking in charge of correspondent affairs to promote the mutual concession between the parties and help them reach amicable settlement on the basis of willingness, legitimacy, justice and convenience. The Center has established the cooperative relations with the conciliation centers around China and international conciliation organizations in Germany, the U.S., Britain, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, etc. As one of the effective methods for resolving disputes, conciliation has its unique feature of being time-saving, inexpensive and flexible in procedure, and is increasingly preferred and used by international and domestic business communities.

Wuhan Conciliation Center of CCPIT (CCOIC)

Tel: 027-85767949    Fax: 027-85748376

E-mail: wanglinandy@yahoo.com.cn 

Add: 8/Fl., International Trade Promotion Mansion, No. 217 Taipei Road, Hankou, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. China

Part Two   Resolving Contract and Other Property Right Disputes through Arbitration
The arbitration commissions will handle the case and grant an arbitral award in light of the arbitration agreement between the parties and in accordance with the Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China. The arbitration approach requires an arbitration agreement based on the consent of both parties. The arbitration commissions will not accept the case in the absence of an arbitration agreement. If the parties have an arbitration agreement and one party brings a lawsuit before the people's court, the court will not accept the case, unless the arbitration agreement is null and void. A system of a single and final award shall be practiced for arbitration, and the arbitral award has the same legal effect as final judgment of the People's Court. If one party refuses to carry out the arbitral award, the other party may apply for act under coercion by jurisdictional court according to relevant articles of the Civil Procedural Law of People’s Republic of China. 
Demonstration arbitration articles from Wuhan Arbitration Commission: the disputes aroused by the contract or associated with the contract shall be submitted to Wuhan Arbitration Commission. The commission arbitrates according to arbitration articles that are currently in effect. The arbitration award is final, and it has binding effects for both parties.
Add：No.67, Yunlin Street, Jiang'an District, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Tel: 027-59510888, 59512828, 59512840
http：//www.whac.org.cn

Part 3   Resolving Legal Disputes through Judicial Approach
There are three levels of courts in Hubei Province, namely, the Higher People's Court of Hubei Province, the Intermediate People's Court of Wuhan and people's courts at the district and county level. These courts accept criminal, civil, and commercial, IPR, administrative, enforcement and other lawsuits according to their different jurisdictions as prescribed by the Civil Procedural Law, Criminal Procedural Law and Administrative Procedural Law and make rulings according to law.

Source：Guide for Foreigners in Wuhan