A Study Of Commercial Dispute Settlement In Modern Hankow Chamber Of Commerce

Since the late Qing Dynasty,the government advocated commercial warfare and vigorously promoted commerce,and the status of merchants gradually changed from the bottom of society to an important role in political and economic life,and the Chamber of Commerce was increasingly valued as a merchant organization.In modern times,Hankou was an important port in the Yangtze River basin,and its commercial activities were extremely active and economically developed,and the variety of commercial disputes was very rich and substantial.Against this backdrop,the Hankow Chamber of Commerce,with its intermediary role and official powers to resolve disputes,became the backbone of commercial dispute resolution in the Hankow area from its inception in order to address the increasing pressure of local commercial disputes.The Hankow Chamber of Commerce is organized and led by local businesspeople,who are not only well versed in business practices,but also have a good understanding of local traditional business customs,making them the perfect choice for commercial dispute resolution.The Hankow Chamber of Commerce,as an important subject of the ADR mechanism in the modern Hankow area,was the third party expected by both sides of the dispute to mediate when merchants encountered commercial disputes.Therefore,although the Hankow Chamber of Commerce has been reorganized several times in modern times,and its internal mediation body has changed from a case office to a commercial tribunal,and then to a commercial umpire’s office in response to the general situation,its function of mediating commercial disputes has not been weakened.In today’s world of alternative dispute resolution,we need to learn from history,analyze the case records of the Hankow Chamber of Commerce in modern times,and explore the practical wisdom accumulated by the Hankow Chamber of Commerce in the process of resolving commercial disputes from various levels,including the main body of mediation,the basis of mediation,the types of disputes and the mediation procedures.In modern times,the Hankow Chamber of Commerce has not only responded to the development of commercial affairs by constantly adjusting the subjects of the organization’s dispute resolution function,but has also paid attention to commercial customs and national laws while taking into account human feelings and reasoning in its mediation,mainly mediating a wide range of commercial disputes and strict mediation procedures,which strongly ensured that both parties to disputes received a fair and reasonable outcome through the Chamber’s mediation.By mediating commercial disputes,the Hankow Chamber of Commerce has not only improved the efficiency of local commercial dispute resolution,but also enabled the business community to regulate itself and contribute to the social governance of the port.Its flexible and changing mediation subjects,various types of accepted cases and professional and strict mediation procedures provide a reference model for the development of modern commercial mediation in China,and promote China’s commercial mediation towards the path of specialization of mediation subjects,specialization of accepted cases and marketization of dispute resolution services.