Conceptualising State-Centric Mediation: An Analysis of China's Foreign Investment Complaints Mechanism
This article argues that China's foreign investor complaints system constitutes 'state-centric investment mediation'. The Rules on Handling Complaints of Foreign-Invested Enterprises, which entered into force on 1 October 2020, place a state agency in the position of facilitating nego...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2024
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| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4394 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/6352/viewcontent/conceptualising_state_centric_mediation_pvoa_cc_by.pdf |
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| Summary: | This article argues that China's foreign investor complaints system constitutes 'state-centric investment mediation'. The Rules on Handling Complaints of Foreign-Invested Enterprises, which entered into force on 1 October 2020, place a state agency in the position of facilitating negotiations between a foreign investor and the agency being complained against. The prospects for this complaints system depend on how the state-as-mediator dynamic is perceived by foreign investors. To this end, it will be argued that settlement agreements reached pursuant to this system may be enforceable under the Singapore Convention on Mediation in certain circumstances. Investors and government entities operating similar systems worldwide should be cognisant of the broad drafting terminology of the Singapore Convention. Moreover, it is proposed that further clarification of the procedural rules and the inclusion of China's foreign-related dispute resolution institutions may enhance investor confidence and encourage use of the complaints system. |
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