Publish time: Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 CST 2012 Contributor:Wangze
From March 28 to 30, 2012, the Beijing Arbitration Commission (the BAC), jointly with the Institute of International Experts (IIE) and the Mediation Center of the Internet Society of China1, successfully conducted the Competitive Training on Commercial Conciliation, with Liang Haiming (Raymond HM Leung）, the founding chairman of IIE and Lu Tinghua (Denys Look), Lecturer of IIE being the speakers. The training was strongly supported by the Securities Association of China2 and the Beijing Lawyers Association3. There were 24 legal and commercial experts took the training.
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| Professor Liang Haiming, the Training Speaker | Mr. Lu Tinghua, the Training Speaker |
In recent years, with the diversification of mediation and its ever increasing influence on business activities, the domestic legal circle has been more and more in favor of mediation. Manifested by the mediation rules of the BAC coming into force in 2008 and the establishment of the Mediation Center in August 1, 2011, the BAC has ever been striving to offer quality mediation services and to train highly skilled mediation professionals, so as to advance the diverse dispute resolutions.
The purposes of the training were to introduce the experience of senior mediators, promote research on mediation skills, and strengthen the mediation skills of relevant personnel. Through introducing the concepts of modern dispute resolution, the speakers presented systematically and theoretically the basic flow and usage of commercial conciliation from a brand new perspective, and based on the career backgrounds of the trainees, they presented on communication skills with the assistance of illustrative cases and live demonstrations. The training was conducted in a very effective way: the trainees realized that “It is necessary to mediate with proper mentality; your sincerity should be demonstrated through your skills and your lack of skills could be compensated by your sincerity”.
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| Training Conducted in an Interactive Way | Group Discussions |
Centered on the idea of “creating value” in commercial conciliation, the speakers presented various kinds of mediation skills through humorous and lively interactive training activities. The trainees, through case simulating practices, realized what the skills of communication, questions asking, relationship promoting, active listening and languages re-shaping were in commercial conciliation. One of the trainees said: “though I have not had any access to mediation before, I recognize that mediation is everywhere after the training. Different tones, manners, and wording of your speech or the tiny difference your body language could lead to a different result.” Such change to a person’s concept of mediation reflects the deeper understanding of the ideas of modern commercial conciliation—to defuse conflicts through proper measure; to optimize the allocation of conflicting interest with professional thinking; to create value for both dispute parties through the employment of superb skills.
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| Mediation Simulation | Speaker’s Comments |
Impressed by the speakers’ excellent teaching expertise, many trainees expressed “The training atmosphere was properly controlled; the teaching was very interesting, lively, and rich in content.” Some trainees hoped that such kind of mediation training could be extended to benefit more people who wish to be involved in mediation. The speakers also wished that the trainees could make use of the ideas and skills of modern commercial conciliation to create more value in their daily work.
The BAC, as an advanced and diversified domestic platform for dispute resolution, has been always dedicated to its job. Please keep an eye on our future training and research programs!
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| The Training Came to a Successful Close |