| Date of accession | 22 January 1987 |
| Date of entry into force | 22 April 1987 |
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China |
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| Reservations |
China has made two reservations: the reciprocity reservation and commercial reservation. Subject to the statement originally made by China upon accession to the Convention, the Government of China extended the territorial application of the Convention to Hong-Kong, Special Administrative Region of China, on 1 July 1997 and declared on 19 July 2005 that the Convention shall also apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region of China. |
| Instrument of accession |
Notice of the Supreme People’s Court Regarding the Implementation of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Acceded to by China, Fa Jing Fa (1987) No. 5, effective from 10 April 1987 |
| National Arbitration Act in force |
Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China, promulgated by Decree No. 31 of 31 August 1994, effective from 1 September 1995, as amended by Order No. 18 of the President on 27 August 2009 and by Order No. 76 of the President on 1 September 2017 [Original in Chinese] |
| Domestic Court with jurisdiction over recognition and enforcement of foreign award |
The Intermediate People’s Court, located where the natural person or legal person has its domicile or principal place of business or property |
| Author(s) and Contributor(s) |
The People’s Court Press (Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China) (人民法院出版社) |
| Useful links |
National People’s Congress Database of Laws and Regulations: http://www.npc.gov.cn/englishnpc/index.shtml [Available in English]  |
