CIETAC Officially Releases Procedures for Administering Cases Under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

On February 17, 2025, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) released the Procedures for Administering Cases Under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Arbitration Rules (the “Procedures”) on its official WeChat account, which will take effect on March 1, 2025.

The Procedures consist of seven chapters, including “General Provisions”, “Composition of the Arbitral Tribunal”, “Arbitration Proceedings”, “Awards”, “Expedited Arbitration”, “Cost Management”, and “Supplementary Provisions”, totaling twenty-five articles. They are applicable to cases where parties have agreed in their arbitration agreement to apply the UNCITRAL Rules and have CIETAC as the arbitration administering institution. When parties agree to submit disputes to CIETAC for arbitration or to have arbitration procedures managed under the UNCITRAL Rules, or agree to apply the Procedures in arbitration or arbitration management, or make other similar agreements, it is deemed as consent to apply the Procedures as a revision and supplement to the UNCITRAL Rules. The Procedures may also apply to investor-State arbitrations administered by CIETAC under the UNCITRAL Rules based on treaties providing protection for investments or investors.