China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) is one of the major permanent arbitration institutions in the world. CIETAC has its headquarters in Beijing and four sub-commissions in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chongqing and Tianjin, respectively known as CIETAC Shanghai Sub-Commission, CIETAC South China Sub-Commission, CIETAC Southwest China Sub-Commission and CIETAC Tianjin Arbitration Center.

The CIETAC independently and impartially resolves economic and trade disputes by means of arbitration. CIETAC has made prominent contributions to the legislation of the Chinese Arbitration Law and the development of the arbitration practice in China, has maintained positive relations and cooperation with all the major arbitration institutions across the world and gained the reputation at home and abroad as an independent, impartial and efficient arbitration institution.

In order to meet the needs of the development of its arbitration practices, the CIETAC also successively established 21 liaison offices in different regions and specific business sectors to provide parties with convenient arbitration advice. To meet the demands of the parties, the CIETAC took the initiative to introduce into its arbitration practice dispute resolution services in specific business sectors, such as grain, commerce, construction, finance, leather and wool transactions. Moreover, CIETAC provides online dispute resolution service to the parties and is strongly engaged in research on the online resolution of e-commerce disputes so as to further develop an arbitration-centered multi-solution ADR system that meets the demands of the parties.