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This Practice Note considers the general procedure for challenges to arbitral awards in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) including the jurisdiction of the PRC courts, the different procedures for domestic and foreign-related arbitral awards in relation to the legal grounds for setting aside awards, the application of the Prior Reporting System, and the hearing and ruling process. It also looks at PRC law in comparison with the New York Convention 1958.

This Practice Note considers challenges to the jurisdiction of a tribunal that may be made under the Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China. It includes challenges on grounds of arbitrability and validity of the arbitration agreement. It also covers challenges to the tribunal and the court and the timescale within which such challenges must be brought. It sets out who has jurisdiction to determine which challenges and the time within which their decision must be made.

This Practice Note considers the availability of interim and emergency measures (relief) in support of arbitration in China.