Yiwu Builds "UN Contingent Of Foreign Disputes Mediation" To Resolve Disputes Involving Foreigners

At the beginning of the new year, the Egyptian businessman, mourinidad, went through a market with Yiwu. footwear Business disputes between the two sides in a number of shoes, deposit and inspection methods have been quite different. However, rather than asking lawyers to help protect rights, Mu Khan ned is more willing to seek help from the UN dispute resolution team.

In the world-famous small commodity circulation center, Yiwu, Zhejiang, there are nearly 500 thousand foreign visitors every year. In 2014, the total import and export volume of Yiwu commodities reached US $24 billion 190 million, of which 23 billion 710 million US dollars were exported, 30% and 30.2% respectively. With the growth of cross-border trade, foreign disputes arising from contract signing, language communication and product quality have also sprung up in commodity trading.

In 2013, Yiwu set up a people's Mediation Committee for foreign-related disputes and set up a UN contingent of foreign dispute mediation. These appointed foreign compulsory mediators are honest and trustworthy businessmen from 12 countries and regions in the world.

Sura from Senegal (TIRERA SOURAKHATA) became the mediator of mourinidad. Sura has been doing business in Yiwu for 8 years and is regarded as "old Yiwu". He is proficient in French, English, Arabic and Chinese, and is the "main player" of the UN mediation team.

Mu Khan and the mediation of business households are carried out in a relatively friendly atmosphere. Sura said that during the process of mediation, they would try to ease their antagonism with humorous language. "This has made the success rate of mediation very high, and many dispute parties have maintained friendly cooperation after mediation."

Eventually, both sides made concessions. "Fair dealing, quick compromise, settling disputes, saving time and money is very important to us. I trust him very much." Mourinidad is satisfied with the outcome of the mediation.

"Foreign disputes go Law The procedure is rather complicated. Mediation can effectively resolve all kinds of foreign disputes and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of both sides. Chen Jinyan, director of the Yiwu people's Mediation Committee on foreign disputes, was once rated as the ten excellent excellent mediator of the Zhejiang Provincial Administration of justice. Every year, he met with many foreign businessmen who came to seek help.

In the past, Chen Jinyan usually sought a translator to mediate. As foreign mediators join in the collegiate debate, they not only break through the language barrier, but also make the dispute subject easier to be persuaded. "They are often able to think better, offer advice on foreign related mediation from human nature, law and reason, and draw up a joint proposal, which can better open the deadlock and enhance the success rate of mediation." Chen Jinyan said.

According to Chen Jinyan, mediate In the process, the foreign-related mediation center has constantly improved the combination of inspection and adjustment, innovating the "mediation mechanism", standardizing foreign mediation mechanism, and making foreign mediation work more institutionalized and standardized. "These have enhanced the pertinence and effectiveness of mediation, and improved the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the parties involved in foreign cases."

This "Chinese style" method of dispute resolution has been gradually recognized by foreign businessmen. "The UN contingent of foreign dispute mediation" is becoming more and more powerful. Most of them know more than three foreign languages, proficient in Putonghua, and operate in good faith and help others.

Guo Jifu, a merchant of Malaysia, knows the language of 5 countries, but in his view, mediators are far from being so simple. "Mediation is a university question. There are language communication problems and cultural differences. It is very important to use words in speeches," he said. "No one can say anything like a microphone."

"There are many successful businessmen in this group, but without a salary Committee and a welfare committee, they always try their best to make people feel good and convince people." This made Chen Jinyan quite touched.

In the past two years, the UN contingent of foreign dispute mediation has successfully reconciled over 90 disputes, involving an amount of 8 million 705 thousand and 800 yuan and an agreement amounting to 3 million 42 thousand and 500 yuan.

"Foreigner is not out of sight" is a sentence that Sura often talks about. To him, the deepest feeling of mediator is, "we really need us here". Sura hopes to continue to be the bridge of communication between Chinese and foreign businessmen, because in his view, arranging foreign mediators in dispute mediation is a great courtesy to foreigners in Yiwu.