On 2 April 2025, the Department of Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued a notice entitled ‘Arrangement on Reciprocal Assistance in the Preservation of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Outcome of Applications for Confirmation of Eligibility under Article II(1)’.

To meet the increasing demand for arbitration services in Hong Kong, the HKSAR Government has implemented and enhanced the ‘Pilot Scheme to Facilitate Admission of Persons Participating in Arbitral Proceedings in Hong Kong’ on a permanent basis with effect from 1 March 2025, which will be formally renamed as the ‘Scheme to Facilitate Admission of Persons Participating in Arbitral Proceedings in Hong Kong’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘Facilitation Scheme’).

Organized by Shanghai International Arbitration (HK) Center and Shanghai International Arbitration Center, with China Legal Education and Career Seminar Series (CLECSS) as the supporting organization, the “Overseas Asset Protection and Cross-border Dispute Settlement Optimization during Chinese Enterprises' Going Overseas” will be held in the morning of Monday, March 24, 2025 at Shanghai International Arbitration (HK) Center. "will be held in the morning of March 24, 2025 at the Shanghai International Arbitration (Hong Kong) Center.

To further promote the development of the rule of law in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, to build a diversified dispute resolution mechanism in the Greater Bay Area that integrates mechanisms, rules, talents and legal and dispute resolution professional strengths, and to link up Hong Kong to build an international legal service centre and an international commercial dispute resolution centre, Recently, relevant departments have issued a number of policies and regulations to connect Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to promote the "going out" of dispute resolution in the Greater Bay Area and promote the development of arbitration in Hong Kong. Shanghai CSIAC and Shanghai International Arbitration (Hong Kong) Center will make good use of relevant policies and regulations to further provide high-quality international arbitration