Senior Parliamentary Secretary Eric Chua Participates in 10th International Mediation Summit in Changsha, Strengthens Ties with CCPIT and Hunan
6 November 2026 Posted in Press releases
Senior Parliamentary Secretary Eric Chua Participates in 10th International Mediation Summit in Changsha, Strengthens Ties with CCPIT and Hunan
1. Senior Parliamentary Secretary (SPS) of the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Social and Family Development Eric Chua made an official visit to Changsha, Hunan Province, China from 3 to 4 November 2026, to participate in the 10th International Mediation Summit (IMS), organised by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Commercial Legal Service Centre. The visit builds on the longstanding ties between Singapore Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and CCPIT in advancing international dispute resolution.
2. On 4 November 2026, SPS Chua delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the IMS, which brought together government officials, judges, representatives of international organisations and dispute resolution institutions, legal and business professionals, and academics from China and abroad. The Summit’s theme, “Mediation Connecting the World, Rules Safeguarding Openness, and Cooperation Creating the Future,” underscores the importance of international cooperation and robust legal frameworks in facilitating cross-border trade and investment. This is also the spirit underpinning the Singapore Convention on Mediation, which provides a harmonised framework for the cross-border enforcement of international mediated settlement agreements, strengthening confidence in mediation as an effective means of resolving international commercial disputes.
3. In his speech, SPS Chua highlighted the strong foundations of legal and dispute resolution cooperation between Singapore and China, and identified three areas for deeper collaboration: strengthening institutional and professional exchanges to build mutual trust; leveraging Singapore’s position as a gateway to ASEAN and the wider international market to support Chinese businesses venturing overseas; and developing legal talent to meet the growing demands of cross-border trade and investment.
4. MinLaw and CCPIT have steadily expanded their cooperation in legal and dispute resolution matters. At the Singapore-China Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting in December 2025, both sides announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on legal and dispute resolution cooperation, which was subsequently signed by Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs Edwin Tong SC and CCPIT Chairman Ren Hongbin in May 2026. This complements an earlier MOU to jointly organise the annual Singapore-China International Commercial Dispute Resolution Conference. The sixth edition of the Conference will be held in Chengdu on 23 November 2026, once again bringing together the legal and business communities of both countries to exchange perspectives on emerging issues in international commercial dispute resolution.
5. During his visit, SPS Chua also met with senior officials from the Hunan Provincial Government and CCPIT, as well as legal professionals in Changsha, to exchange views.
6. SPS Chua was accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Law.
* A transcript of SPS Chua’s speech is available at https://go.gov.sg/spschangsha
MINISTRY OF LAW
6 NOVEMBER 2026
Last updated on 6 November 2026