On October 26, 2019, the Second Symposium on the Construction of the Rule of Law in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area（GBA）was held in Nanshan District, Shenzhen. This event received sponsorship from the Department of Justice of Guangdong, Shenzhen Nanshan District People's Government, and was co-organized by Justice Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, Lan Hai Institute, Benchmark Chambers International & Benchmark International Mediation Center (BCI & BIMC). More than 160 guests attended the ceremony, including representatives from the Ministry of Justice of China, and from government agencies, arbitration and mediation institutions, law firms and research institutions in the GBA. The ceremony witnessed discussions among guests on the construction of a mediation platform in the GBA and the business environment under the rule of law.
Benchmark Chambers International & Benchmark International Mediation Center, formerly known as Benchmark Chambers International, is a non-profit organization registered with Civil Affairs Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, and with Justice Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality as its business-guidance providing unit. BCI & BIMC is a cross-border legal service platform which provides both services in foreign law ascertainment and international commercial mediation.
The establishment of BCI & BIMC was on the basis of Article 49 of the Suggestions on Implementation of the Outline Development Plan for the GBA (hereinafter referred to as Suggestions) issued by the Guangdong Provincial Government in July 2019, which stipulates that "establish international commercial mediation center which covers international commercial mediation services and foreign law ascertainment services". With the strong support from the Justice Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, BCI & BIMC (the former BCI) expanded its service to the realm of mediation, with international commercial mediation as its main focus, striving to build an international commercial mediation center featured for international commercial mediation and foreign law ascertainment.
BCI & BIMC appointed the first batch of 55 mediators, including 24 mediators from Mainland China, 12 from Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan, and 19 foreign mediators from the United States, Japan, Egypt, South Korea, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Australia, Russia and other countries and regions.
The unveiling ceremony
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