General Information
- UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.
- Legal Provisions: Arbitration Ordinance (Chap. 609), in force since 1 June 2011.English version of the Ordinance is available on the Hong Kong e-Legislation website.
Multilateral Conventions
- New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 1 July 1997; The territorial application of Convention as signed and ratified by the People's Republic of China extends to Hong Kong as its Special Administrative Region) reservations: reciprocity; commercial disputes;
- European Convention: No.
- ICSID Convention: Yes (as an Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)
- Energy Charter Treaty: The People's Republic of China is an observer by invitation.
Arbitral Institutions
Last updated July 2017