In 1987, Chinese and German lawyers created in Hamburg the Beijing-Hamburg Conciliation Centre which is now operated by the Chamber of Commerce in Hamburg. For 20 years it has cooperated with the  Beijing Conciliation Centre of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in Beijing.

The Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC) closely collaborates with the Beijing-Hamburg Conciliation Centre in order to offer a modern set of alternative dispute resolution processes including arbitration, conciliation and mediation to the international trade and investment community.

By making use of the conciliation proceedings of the Beijing-Hamburg Conciliation Centre, the parties can try to settle their dispute amicably before submitting it to arbitration under the CEAC Hamburg Arbitration Rules.

The Beijing-Hamburg Conciliation Rules represent a flexible, inexpensive and face-saving set of rules which gives the parties the opportunity to settle their differences amicably either in Hamburg or Beijing using the help of experienced conciliators.

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