Wuhan International Arbitration Center established | 武汉国际仲裁中心挂牌

　　The Wuhan International Arbitration Center was officially established on the morning of Aug. 18.
　　8月18日上午，武汉国际仲裁中心正式挂牌成立。
　　Newly registered by the Ministry of Justice and the Hubei Provincial Department of Justice, its core business will be foreign arbitration. It will have the same staff as the existing Wuhan Arbitration Commission, but focus on different aspects of arbitration services.
　　该中心是经司法部备案、由湖北省司法厅注册的一家以涉外仲裁为核心业务的仲裁机构，和武汉仲裁委员会（简称：武仲）“两块牌子，一套班子”，合署办公。


　　Opening Ceremony of the Wuhan International Arbitration Center Photo by Xu Weiwei
　　The Wuhan Arbitration Commission currently has 1,149 arbitrators, of which 392 (34%) are competent in foreign affairs. By December 2021, the commission had handled nearly 500 foreign-related arbitration cases with a bid value of RMB 4.074 billion. The parties involved in the cases were from more than 20 countries and regions, including France, Germany, India, the U.K., and the U.S.
　　武仲现有仲裁员1149名，其中有涉外能力的仲裁员392人，占比34%。截至2021年12月，武仲共办理涉外仲裁案件近500件，标的额人民币40.74亿元，案件当事人遍布法国、德国、印度、英国、美国等20多个国家和地区。
　　As China is a state party to The New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, the awards made by the Wuhan Arbitration Commission are recognized and enforced by the courts of 168 participating countries and regions in the world.
　　中国作为《纽约公约》的缔约国，武仲作出的裁决均能在世界168个缔约国和地区的法院得到承认和执行。
　　(Edited by Ye Shiyu)