The discretionary power conferred upon the tribunal to decide whether to suspend proceedings has been widely recognized while the Beijing court has recently set aside an arbitral award for tribunal’s refusal to suspend the arbitral proceedings.

This newsletter contains a featured article that will cover a recent decision released by the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court, which is worth our particular attention for it fills in the gap how Chinese courts interpret “the legal procedures” and “the necessary circumstance to suspend” in the arbitration proceedings.  The case arose from a share purchase agreement concerning a mining company.  The newsletter also contains recent Chinese law updates.

A copy of the July 2021 newsletter is available here.