The 8th TANG Lecture organized by China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) will be held at 16:30 on 25th September 2024 at the Ritz-Carlton, Beijing (China Central Place, 83A Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing).

The TANG Lecture, named after Mr. Tang Houzhi, the prominent founder and pioneer of China’s arbitration cause, aims to publicize the concept of arbitration, promote cultural exchanges in international arbitration community and encourage the development of international arbitration. Mr. Tang Houzhi has devoted his life to enhancing the internationalization of arbitration in China, actively promoting China's accession to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention), advocating the oriental experience of combining arbitration and mediation, and widely publicizing China's arbitration to the international community. He has also taken part in the formulation of China’s Arbitration Law. Mr. Tang Houzhi played an important role in the establishment and improvement of the legal system of arbitration in China and his contributions to domestic and international arbitration have always inspired the practitioners from home and abroad.

This year, TANG Lecture is honored to invite Sir William Blair, former Judge in charge of the Commercial Court of England and Wales, Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People's Court of China, to be the keynote speaker. Mr. Lu Song, senior arbitrator of CIETAC, professor of China Foreign Affairs University, Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People's Court of China, is invited to be the commentator. Mr. Wang Chengjie, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of CIETAC, will be the moderator of the event.

Since its launch in 2017, the TANG Lecture has received enthusiastic response from the arbitration community. Previous keynote speakers have included Mr. Johan Gernandt, former Chairman of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Teresa Cheng, former Secretary for Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, Mr. Donald Donovan, Honorary President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), Prof. Wang Liming, former Executive Vice President of Renmin University of China, Ms. Anna JOUBIN-BRET, Secretary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Ms. Zhang Yuejiao, the first Chinese member and former Chairman of the WTO Appellate Body, and Prof. Wang Yi, Vice President of Renmin University of China.

The TANG Lecture will be held in English and Chinese with simultaneous interpretation. Arbitration legal professionals, lawyers, in-house counsels, scholars and other interested friends are welcome to join the TANG Lecture and other series of activities of the China Arbitration Week, and jointly participate in the feast of international arbitration communication.

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China Central Place, 83A Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing