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Arbitration Law of the Peoples Republic of China(Adopted at the 8th Session of the Standing Committee of the 8thNational Peoples Congress and Promulgated on August 31, 1994)Whole documentArbitration Law of the Peoples Republic of China(Adopted at the 8th Session of the Standing Committee of the 8thNational Peoples Congress and Promulgated on August 31, 1994)Chapter I General ProvisionsArticle 1This Law is formulated in order to ensure that economic disputes shallbe impartially and promptly arbitrated, to protect the legitimate rightsand interests of the relevant parties and to guarantee the healthydevelopment of the socialist market economy.Article 2Disputes over contracts and disputes over property rights andinterests between citizens, legal persons and other organizations as equalsubjects of law may be submitted to arbitration.Article 3The following disputes shall not be submitted to arbitration:1. disputes over marriage, adoption, guardianship,child maintenance and inheritance; and2. administrative disputes falling within the jurisdictionof the relevant administrative organs according tolaw.Article 4The parties adopting arbitration for dispute settlement shall reach anarbitration agreement on a mutually voluntary basis. An arbitrationcommission shall not accept an application for arbitration submitted byone of the parties in the absence of an arbitration agreement.Article 5A peoples court shall not accept an action initiated by one of theparties if the parties have concluded an arbitration agreement, unless thearbitration agreement is invalid.Article 6An arbitration commission shall be selected by the parties byagreement.The jurisdiction by level system and the district jurisdiction systemshall not apply in arbitration.Article 7Disputes shall be fairly and reasonably settled by arbitration on thebasis of facts and in accordance with the relevant provisions of law.Article 8Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance wit