As time moves forward, the year brings new vitality. Looking back on 2022, Harbin Arbitration Commission shone with dedication and demonstrated responsibility through practical actions. In 2022, the Commission accepted a total of 5,283 civil and commercial cases, involving an amount in dispute of 15.544 billion yuan. Among these, 2,130 cases were accepted offline, with an amount in dispute of 15.508 billion yuan, while 3,153 cases were accepted online, involving 36 million yuan. A total of 3,122 cases were concluded. Offline cases concluded amounted to 1,734, including 930 arbitral awards and 804 cases resolved through mediation or withdrawal, resulting in a combined mediation and withdrawal rate of 46.37%. Online cases concluded totaled 1,388, all resolved through arbitral awards. These sets of data reflect achievements earned through hard work, disputes resolved amidst pandemic challenges, the original aspirations upheld during relentless development, and the trust gained through professional arbitration services!

— Continuously Strengthening Party Leadership, Enhancing Political Guidance, and Building a Strong Foundation for Arbitration Development

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission continues to strengthen Party-building efforts, improving political judgment, comprehension, and execution. It implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, translating it into precise working strategies, innovative practices, and people-centered arbitration services. Adhering to high standards and strict requirements, the Commission steadily advances the "Year of Capacity and Style Building" activities, encouraging arbitration staff to cultivate robust work ethics, deepen their sense of responsibility, and enhance their professional capabilities, thereby providing solid disciplinary support for high-quality and leapfrog development in arbitration. Actively carrying out the "Resolving Disputes, Preventing Risks, Ensuring Stability, and Promoting Development" special campaign in 2022, the Commission consistently prioritizes the prevention, resolution, and mediation of disputes, actively helping market entities resolve conflicts. At the same time, facing various challenges brought by the pandemic, it maintains normalized pandemic prevention and control measures, steadily advancing arbitration work to ensure uninterrupted arbitration services.

— Consolidating the Foundation for Arbitration Development, Promoting Arbitration-Mediation Coordination, and Actively Resolving Disputes for Market Entities

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission has entrusted the Arbitration Research Institute of China University of Political Science and Law to revise its arbitration rules, fully incorporating advanced experiences and practices from domestic and international arbitration institutions. It has created systems that align with international commercial arbitration trends while reflecting Chinese characteristics, thereby enhancing its core competitiveness. In terms of team building, the Commission recruits outstanding talents, recognizes exemplary arbitration secretaries, and conducts training sessions, continuously forging a team with high political awareness, strong professional capabilities, and excellent work ethics.

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission continues to strengthen coordination between litigation, arbitration, and mediation, actively promoting the resolution of grassroots disputes. It has established the "Arbitration Tribunal of the Banking and Insurance Mediation Center" and the "Arbitration-Mediation Coordination Service Station," creating a one-stop "mediation + arbitration" service platform for the banking and insurance industries. By implementing arbitration-mediation coordination, it meets the diverse arbitration service needs of market entities across multiple levels and dimensions. Actively utilizing diverse dispute resolution methods to address public concerns, the Commission has set up arbitration service windows at the Harbin Intermediate People’s Court to facilitate litigation-mediation coordination. It has also opened arbitration service windows at the Public Legal Service Center of the Municipal Justice Bureau, providing precise and convenient arbitration legal services to the public.

— Strengthening Arbitration Supervision, Steadily Enhancing Credibility, and Gaining Trust Through Diligence

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission actively employs online hearings to overcome the impact of multiple pandemic waves and meet the needs of parties, having conducted 128 online hearings to ensure uninterrupted arbitration services. At the same time, it continuously strengthens case supervision and leverages the role of experts in safeguarding case adjudication, providing consultations for case handling and arbitration work to ensure quality. Throughout the year, 22 expert consultation meetings were held, offering high-quality and efficient arbitration legal services to parties.

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission has steadily enhanced its credibility, with an increasing number of industries opting for arbitration to resolve disputes. The types of accepted cases have expanded to 42 major categories and 84 subcategories, with 8 new types added, including disputes over technical service contracts and insurance agency contracts. A total of 851 cases involved one or both parties from outside Harbin, with the domiciles of external parties covering 32 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

— Exploring Specialized Arbitration Services, Building a Professional Service Brand, and Showcasing an International Service Image

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission is actively building itself into an influential international arbitration institution in Northeast Asia. In June, the Northeast Asia International Arbitration Center was officially inaugurated, marking a new chapter in the Commission’s journey toward becoming an internationally renowned arbitration institution. It will continue to enhance its capacity to serve major national development strategies, establish first-class international service quality and reputation, improve the development level and international influence of its arbitration business, and strengthen its ability to serve the construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the development of free trade zones.

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission is steadily advancing intellectual property arbitration, making arbitration an effective means to resolve intellectual property disputes. In June, the Harbin Intellectual Property Arbitration Institute was officially inaugurated, becoming the first arbitration institution in Northeast China to establish such an institute. It has established an intellectual property case coordination mechanism involving arbitration, litigation, and mediation with the Harbin Intermediate Court and the Harbin Civil and Commercial Mediation Center, bridging the gap between litigation, arbitration, and mediation, and striving to create a multi-level and diversified intellectual property dispute resolution model. In 2022, 171 intellectual property mediation cases were accepted, with 67 successfully mediated, achieving a mediation rate of 39.2%.

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission established the Harbin Financial Arbitration Institute in June 2022—the first financial arbitration institute in Heilongjiang Province. It provides professional and precise arbitration services to the financial industry, offering financial institutions convenient, efficient, and cost-effective dispute resolution channels. The Commission has also established partnerships with seven internet technology companies, including Gongdao Technology, Beijing Wangzhong, and Zhizhong, actively enhancing its capacity to handle financial cases. In 2022, 3,843 financial cases were accepted.

— From Online to Offline, Innovating Arbitration Promotion and Never Stopping on the Path of Legal Education

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission has normalized the promotion of the arbitration system and achieved full media coverage. Emphasizing online promotion through internet channels, from official websites to new media platforms, it continuously fosters a strong atmosphere for arbitration promotion across media channels. Over 1,500 pieces of科普宣传 on the arbitration legal system were published, with a combined follower count exceeding 100,000 and total readership surpassing 200,000. The Commission continues to enhance its credibility and raise its reputation.

Today’s Harbin Arbitration Commission promotes the arbitration legal system through "face-to-face" interactions. It has conducted over 40 visits to large enterprise groups, law firms, industry associations, and residential communities, actively participated in nearly 10 public legal education activities and industry expos, and launched a series of themed public lectures—"Harbin Arbitration Lecture Hall." It also organized seminars on arbitration services and the business environment in collaboration with the public duty lawyers of the Heilongjiang Immigration and Border Inspection General Station and KOTRA Harbin Korea Trade Center, striving to increase market entities’ awareness and recognition of arbitration as a dispute resolution method.

Tomorrow’s Harbin Arbitration Commission will stride forward with full enthusiasm, embarking on a new journey in arbitration. Tomorrow’s Harbin Arbitration Commission will advance with vigor, demonstrating new achievements in safeguarding the business environment!

In the expedition toward dreams, setting out toward new goals for Harbin Arbitration Commission! Let us march together toward a bright future!