Enforcing a Foreign Arbitral Award in China

China's rapid economic growth, and its emergence on the world stage as an international trader of real significance, has had a significant impact on the development of the rule of law in China, and on its legal system.

China has, since the 1980s, taken giant strides towards developing an institutionalised codified system of laws

China is a Contracting State to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, which entered into force in China on 22 April 1987. China has made two reservations under the Convention, being:

• Reciprocity – China will only apply the New York Convention to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in another Contracting State