ICDPASO Co‑Organized the Parallel Forum of the Global Business and Law Conference 2026
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2026-09-16 09:04
Haikou, September 15, 2026 - The Global Business and Law Conference 2026, hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), was successfully concluded.
Under the theme of “Harnessing Digital Intelligence for Business-Law Integration, Safeguarding Institutional Opening-up through the Rule of Law”, the Conference was attended by Mr. REN Hongbin, Chairman of CCPIT; Mr. LI Mingzheng, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China; Ms. Maria Chiara Malaguti, President Emerita of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law; Mr. WANG Zhenjiang, Vice President of the China Law Society; Mr. Ralph Nack, Reporter General of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property; Mr. ZHOU Hanmin, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and President of Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association; Mr. Peter Van den Bossche, Former Chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization; Mr. WANG Zhiheng, Vice Chairman, Executive Director and President of Agricultural Bank of China Limited; Mr. YAN Hao, President of China Pacific Construction Group; and Mr. LIU Xiaoming, Governor of Hainan Provincial People’s Government, who attended the Opening Ceremony and delivered remarks. Mr. LIU Jiannan, Vice Chairman of CCPIT, released the 2026 Global Business and Law Conference Declaration.
As the co‑organizer of Parallel Forum I: Rule of Law and Openness, the International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization (ICDPASO) took an in‑depth part in the Conference. The Keynote Speech session, themed “Upholding Fundamental Principles and Breaking New Ground: Institutional Reform of Dispute Resolution to Escort Trade Prosperity”, was moderated by Mr. Jason CHIA, Secretary‑General of ICDPASO. Ms. ZHANG Mei, Second-Level Senior Judge of the Fourth Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court of P.R.C.; Mr. Aboubacar Fall, Vice President of the African Arbitration Association; Mr. Korochkin Aleksei, Chairman of the International Court of Arbitration “The Chamber of Arbitrators at the Union of Lawyers”; and Mr. Tony Budidjaja, Chairman of the Indonesian Academy of Independent Mediators and Arbitrators, delivered the keynote speeches. Drawing respectively on China’s judicial system and foreign-related dispute-resolution practices in Africa, Belarus and Indonesia, they offered insights from diverse institutional and professional perspectives on institutional reforms of dispute-resolution systems, and explored how diversified dispute-resolution mechanisms can underpin the prosperity of cross-border trade and economic cooperation.
More than 700 representatives from international organizations, government authorities of various countries, legal service institutions, chambers of commerce and associations, enterprises and other sectors attended the Conference.
By HUANG Huazhen, GU Wanning
