Announcement on the Amended SCIA Arbitration Rules

In accordance with the Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China and the Ordinance on Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (also known as the South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Arbitration Centre and Shenzhen Arbitration Commission, hereinafter the “SCIA”) has made amendments to a few clauses of the arbitration rules, which relate to, inter alia, the Panel of Arbitrators. Such amendments were deliberated and approved at the eighteenth meeting of the Second Council of SCIA, and shall take effect from February 21, 2022.