The 2026 Belt and Road High-Level Dialogue on the Integration of Law and Business and International Commercial Arbitration

08:30–09:30

Registration

09:30–10:00

Opening Remarks

• Representative of the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC)
• Representatives of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the People's Government of Wuxi Municipality
• Representative of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
• Representative of ICC China
• TBC

10:00–10:30

Launch Session

• Presentation and launch of key research findings and practical initiatives on the integration of law and business under the Belt and Road Initiative, international commercial arbitration, and cross-border intellectual property protection.

Each launch will be accompanied by a short presentation outlining its practical value for businesses and industry stakeholders.

10:30–11:15

Keynote Speeches

• Incoterms® 2030: Ten Key Changes Every Belt and Road Enterprise Should Know

Speaker: Professor Gao Xiang, PhD Supervisor, China University of Political Science and Law

• TBC Speaker

11:15–12:30

• ICC Taihu Dialogue: Law and Business Along the Belt and Road

12:30–14:00

Lunch Break

14:00–15:00

Panel 1

Legal-Business Synergy, Compliance for Long-Term Success—Competition Law Risk Management and Response in Cross-Border Operations

This session will focus on the practical aspects of competition law compliance in cross-border operations. Centered on key topics such as antitrust reviews, foreign enforcement investigations, foreign antitrust litigation, and the localization of compliance systems, it will explore—through case studies and experience-sharing—how companies can achieve synergy between legal and business operations and ensure long-term compliance in a complex and ever-changing international legal environment, thereby providing a solid legal foundation for international business operations.

15:00–16:00

Panel 2

Realizing the Value of Intellectual Property—Cross-Border Strategy, Protection, Management, and Dispute Resolution

Focusing on the core of intellectual property value creation, this workshop will explore topics such as cross-border patent and trademark strategies under the Belt and Road Initiative, early warning and prevention of infringement and malicious squatting, practical aspects of intellectual property licensing and transfer, compliance-based protection of trade secrets and data, and options for resolving cross-border intellectual property disputes.

16:00–17:00

Panel 3

Drafting Arbitration Clauses: Must-known Factors and Step-by-Step Tips for Belt and Road related Contracts

Focusing on the need to enhance the effectiveness of dispute avoidance, prevention and resolution in Belt and Road related contacts, the session will explore the most fundamental issue-arbitration clause draftings. Speakers will give step-by-step tips on arbitration clause drafting with coverage on the standard clauses, choose of arbitral seat and applicable law, procedural and substantial issue consideration, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and other essential factos including but not limited to geopolitical conflicts, sanction and conrruption along the Belt and Road

17:00

• Closing of the Conference