The Court-Connected Mediation Center of the Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone People's Court was set up in Qianhai on May 28.
The center will deal with international commerce arbitration, commercial mediation, civil mediation, administrative mediation and more.
The center’s special services include the introduction of a neutral third party evaluation mechanism for cases involving Hong Kong parties and the engagement of Hong Kong mediators in mediation. Under this mechanism, Hong Kong mediators will make neutral third party assessment of the possible outcomes according to applicable Hong Kong laws and help the parties resolve disputes through mediation or other appropriate means.
Rimsky Yuen, secretary for justice of the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Wen Changzhi, president of Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone People's Court, attended the opening ceremony.
Yuen said the establishment of the mediation center will enhance both the quality and efficiency of mediation services in Shenzhen and Hong Kong when handling cases involving Hong Kong parties. At the same time, it will help both places to accumulate more experience in improving the handling of cross-boundary commercial mediation.
Mediators of the centers are experts in the areas of finance, trade and law. Some of them were from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas countries.
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