国际商会(ICC)国际仲裁院主席克劳迪娅·萨洛蒙，在第七届ICC国际仲裁亚太年会中，宣布成立新一任ICC“一带一路”委员会（ICC Belt and Road Commission）。新的委员会将成为联通东西方智慧的桥梁，在“一带一路” 沿线国家开展高质量的全球对话、提供深度而专业的培训交流、分享国际领先的经贸法律经验。新一任委员会将进一步发挥国际商会国际仲裁院（ICC International Court of Arbitration）在全球工商业界最具公信力和最受欢迎的优势，全方位、多维度为“一带一路”参与者，特别是中国参与者，提供高效优质的争议解决服务。ICC“一带一路”委员也会将继续与ICC非洲委员会携手合作，促进ICC在区域之间的协同发展。
ICC致力于保证委员会成员在年龄、性别和专业领域的多样性。本届的委员会成员有来自全球多个国家和地区，具有国际影响力的跨国企业的领导者、顶尖学者和专业人士。本届ICC“一带一路”委员会由中国中铁股份有限公司副总裁、总法律顾问于腾群先生担任主席，由北京汇仲律师事务所管理合伙人费宁先生、海隆石油工业集团有限公司总法律顾问张然女士、福特汽车（中国）有限公司总法律顾问张炀炀先生担任副主席，委员会成员还包括1位委员会秘书长、5位专员和18位委员。成员来自汽车、农业、航空、建筑工程、化工、重型设备、基础设施、投资银行、交通、石油石化、法律服务等多个“一带一路”贸易和投资重要的行业。ICC上海代表处首席代表、ICC仲裁与替代性争议解决北亚地区主任黄志瑾博士将兼任ICC“一带一路”委员会秘书长。
ICC has announced changes to the constitution of the ICC Belt and Road Commission aiming to focus on the full range of Belt and Road dispute resolution related issues, particularly relating to China. The announcement was made by President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration Claudia Salomon during the ICC Asia-Pacific Conference on International Arbitration.
Under a strategic transformation, the new ICC Belt and Road Commission now comprises one chair, three vice-chairs, five commissioners and 18 members. With a deep understanding of how to resolve disputes arising along the Belt and Road, the commission will focus on significant and wide stakeholders, especially Chinese parties, engaged in investment and trade along the Belt and Road. The commission aims to raise awareness and build on ICC’s reputation as a globally trusted dispute resolution provider to become the trusted “go-to” dispute resolution service provider for Belt and Road disputes.
To ensure coverage of all sectors of commercial activity and industry sectors, half of the new commission members are general or in-house counsel. The commission now covers the essential industries engaged in Belt and Road investment, including Auto, Agricultural, Aviation, Construction, Chemical, Heavy Equipment, Infrastructure, Investment Bank, Transportation, Petroleum, Gas and Services. Members are from state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, multinational enterprises, academia, and include renowned arbitration practitioners from leading law firms.
Tengqun Yu, Vice-President and General Counsel, China Railway Group Limited, takes the reins from Susan L. Munro as Chair of the commission while Robert S. Pe. becomes commission Chair. Mr Yu will lead a new line up of representatives for the commission, to best reflect the critical needs of the commercial community, including in China, involved in investment and trade along the Belt and Road.
The three commission vice-chairs are:
● Ning Fei, Managing Partner, Hui Zhong Law Firm;
● Ran Zhang, General Counsel of Hilong Group of Companies; and
● Yangyang (William) Zhang, General Counsel of Ford Motor (China) Ltd.
Commenting on the contributions of Ms Munro and Mr Pe to the achievements of the ICC Belt and Road Commission, Ms Salomon said:
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We are immensely indebted to Susan and Robert and their colleagues on the commission for their contributions to make the commission an important platform to actively promote ICC dispute resolution services. In 2021, more than 25% of parties in ICC Arbitration came from Asia-Pacific, and Chinese parties were the eighth most frequent nationality among the parties in ICC Arbitration, due in large part to the commission's efforts under Susan and Robert's chairmanship.
As the world's preferred arbitral institution, with almost 100 years of experience administering international arbitration cases, ICC is ideally suited to be the go-to forum for the resolution of disputes arising out of the Belt and Road Initiative.
ICC Belt and Road Commission Chair Tengqun Yu said:
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The establishment of the ICC Belt and Road Commission in 2018 demonstrates ICC's sharp insights about the latest developments regarding the world economy, new platforms for international trade and investment and modern governance of the global economy.
I hope the ICC Belt and Road Commission can increase the awareness of ICC Arbitration and its other dispute resolution services and consolidate the wide-ranging consensus to provide high-quality and efficient dispute resolution services to the global businesses involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. Working with the business community engaged in the Belt and Road Initiative, we will make positive contributions by promoting ‘hard connectivity’ of infrastructure, ‘soft connectivity’ of rules and standards, as well as ‘people-to-people connectivity’ to actively resolve disputes, achieving the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative and boosting the prosperity of world business and peaceful development.
Alexander G. Fessas, Secretary General of the ICC Court also welcomed the appointment of the newly constituted commission, saying he was confident that the it will continue providing significant assistance to the work of ICC Dispute Resolution Services in the region:
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I thank Susan and Robert for their generous contributions to the ICC Belt and Road Commission. I am sure Mr Yu will continue the excellent leadership to guide the commission, which has greatly benefited our work.
Given the impact of Chinese investments in Africa, the Belt and Road Commission will continue to work in tandem with the ICC Africa Commission which also launched in 2018, to drive the development of ICC's existing procedures and infrastructure to support Belt and Road disputes.
Zhijin (Donna) Huang, ICC Director for Arbitration and ADR, North Asia, will act as the Secretary of the Belt and Road Commission.
View the full list of ICC Belt and Road Commission Chair and Vice Chairs, Commissioners and Members.
Full list of Commission members
Chair:
Tengqun YU, Vice President and General Counsel, China Railway Group Limited
Vice Chairs:
Ning FEI, Managing Partner, Hui Zhong Law Firm
Ran ZHANG, General Counsel, Hilong Group of Companies
Yangyang (William) ZHANG, General Counsel, Ford Motor (China) Ltd
Commissioners:
Justin D’ AGOSTINO, ICC Executive Board Member; Chief Executive Officer and Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Chiann BAO, Vice President, ICC Court; Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers
Yong (Cathy) LIU, Member, ICC Court; General Counsel, Cofco International
V.K. RAJAH, Vice President, ICC Court; Independent Arbitrator, Duxton Hill Chambers
Sherlin TUNG, Partner, Withersworldwide
Commission Secretary:
Zhijin (Donna) HUANG, Chief Representative, ICC Shanghai Representative Office; Director, ICC Arbitration and ADR, North Asia
Members:
Lixia CAO, Vice President, General Counsel, Sany Group Ltd
Yue DAI, Partner, Compliance Officer, King & Wood Mallesons
Jie GAO, General Counsel, Head of Compliance, The China National Bluestar (Group) Co., Ltd.
Junxiu GUO, General Counsel, Head of the Legal and Compliance Department, China Eastern Air Holding Co., Ltd
Feng (Catherine) HAN, Deputy Manager of Dispute Management Division, China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Jin HUANG, President, Chinese Society of International Law; Professor, China University of Political Science and Law
Hongwei (David) JIA, Founding Partner, Longan Law Firm
Hong JIANG, Partner, Tiantong Law Firm
Maggie PEI, SVP Legal and PR, NWTIN INC.
Lei SHI, Partner, Clifford Chance
Biao (William) TAN, Managing Counsel, BASF China
Jingzhou TAO, Independent Arbitrator
Guoxin WANG, Deputy Director of the Legal Department and General Manager of the Litigation Office, Cofco Group
Guojian XU, Senior Partner, SGLA Law Firm; Distinguished Dean and Professor, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
Qianqian XU, Assistant Manager of Legal Affairs Department, China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd
Yu ZHANG, Vice President, China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation
Jiaxing (Joe) ZHOU, Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Legal and Compliance, China International Capital Corporation Limited
Yongrui (Raymond) ZHU, Senior Partner, Beijing Dentons Law Offices LLP
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