On the afternoon of September 18, 2024, more than 60 students from the Faculty of Law of the University of Leuven, Belgium, visited the Shanghai International Arbitration Center (hereinafter referred to as "Shanghai COAC") for a visit and exchange. Li Tingwei, senior director of the Research Department of Shanghai COAC, received them. The visiting student team was led by Yang Jiancheng and Dong Xiaoyang from the Law School Training Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Li Tingwei gave an English lecture on the history and modernization of commercial arbitration in China for the visiting group of KU Leuven. He introduced to the students the origin of commercial arbitration in China and the history and organizational structure of Shanghai COAC, and explained the measures taken by Shanghai COAC in the fields of foreign-related arbitration business data, arbitration rule system construction, arbitration professional platform construction, international arbitration exchange and cooperation, so as to enhance the understanding of the visiting students of the development of Shanghai COAC and the overall situation of arbitration in China. In the exchange session, he communicated and interacted with the students on the differences and similarities between Chinese arbitration and international arbitration in the allocation of arbitration costs, the generation of arbitrators and the management of interest and impact, etc., and answered questions for the students present. The atmosphere was warm and the students benefited a lot.

This visit and exchange activity deepened the understanding and knowledge of KU Leuven students on the whole of China's international commercial arbitration represented by Shanghai Zhongzhong Practice, and further deepened the concept and practice of Shanghai Zhongzhong as China's leading international commercial arbitration institution in the field of international arbitration. In the future, Shanghai Guozhong will continue to actively expand international exchanges and cooperation, give full play to the attraction of Shanghai as a preferred place for international arbitration, and promote the steady development of arbitration in China.