The China International Commercial Court: Establishment and Development in a Global Context

Abstract

International commercial courts have proliferated in the past 20 years. In 2018, China established specialized international commercial courts in Shenzhen and Xi’an. They are the two branches of the China International Commercial Court (CICC). Since then there has been a proliferation of literature on the CICC. This article provides insights into the recent development of the CICC. The first part of the article explores the background against which the CICC was established. The second part narrates its recent development. The challenges the CICC faces to improve its attractiveness and competitiveness are discussed in the third part and the fourth part considers possible competition between international commercial courts in different jurisdictions. The article closes with a few concluding remarks on the place of the CICC in the global transnational commercial dispute resolution community.