Mr Yu Jianlong, Vice Chairman and Secretary General, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission

Mr Yu Jianlong,
Vice Chairman and Secretary General, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission

Mr Yu Jianlong is Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Vice Chairman of the China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC). He also serves as Vice Chairman of the China Academy of Arbitration Law, Vice Chairman of the China Institute of Private International Law, and President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group. He has a PHD degree in law and an EMBA degree.

Mr Yu began to serve in the International Relations Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) upon graduation from Peking University in 1988. He held the positions of Deputy Director and Director of the American Affairs Division consecutively from 1992 to 1998. He became Deputy Director General of the International Relations Department in 1998. Mr Yu served as Director General of the Economic Information Department of the CCPIT from 2004 to October 2006. He was appointed Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in March 2006 and was elected Vice Chairman of the Asia Pacific Arbitration Group in the same year. Mr Yu was elected Vice President of the International Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions in May 2009. He has made numerous speeches or presentations on arbitration-related topics at international conferences.

Mr Yu was awarded the title of Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions by the Chinese Ministry of Personnel in 2001.