On October 30, the 2026 International Dialogue Conference on Commercial Dispute Resolution (Xinjiang) was held in Urumqi. Liu Jiannan, Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Chairman of the International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization (ICDPASO), Zhu Lifan, Vice Chairman of the People’s Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Temir Sariev, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, attended and delivered the opening ceremony. 

Liu Jiannan stated that this year marks the first year of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan period, and empowering high-quality development through the rule of law is the common aspiration of the business and legal communities. This Dialogue Conference responds to the needs of regional economic and trade development and has built an important platform for exchange to address legal service challenges in cross-border cooperation. The CCPIT and the ICDPASO are ready to strengthen full-chain services, improve the one-stop dispute resolution mechanism, and refine long-term safeguards, so as to contribute to the high-quality development of the Silk Road Economic Belt.

The Urumqi Initiative and the IAC-ICDPASO Arbitration Court Model Guidelines on Commercial Arbitration were released at the conference.  

With the theme “Integrating Law and Business for Diversified Dispute Resolution: Building a New Dispute Resolution Ecosystem for the Silk Road Economic Belt,” the Dialogue Conference was hosted by the ICDPASO and organized by CCPIT Xinjiang. More than 180 participants from domestic and overseas business associations, legal service institutions, enterprises, and other sectors attended on site.