On the morning of April 9th, the Ministry of Justice held a pilot work promotion meeting for the construction of the International Commercial Arbitration Center in Shanghai, summarizing and exchanging the progress of work in various pilot areas, and making arrangements for the next pilot work. The appointment ceremony of the Expert Committee for the Construction of the International Commercial Arbitration Center was held at the meeting. Hu Weilie, a member of the Party Group and Deputy Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, awarding appointment letters to members of the Expert Committee. It is reported that in 2022, the Central Commission for the Comprehensive Rule of Law will deploy pilot projects for the construction of international commercial arbitration centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, and Hainan, promoting Beijing to build an international commercial arbitration center that serves the construction of an international science and technology innovation center and an international communication center. Shanghai will build an Asia Pacific arbitration center that faces the world. Guangdong will build Guangzhou and Shenzhen into international commercial legal and dispute resolution service centers that link Hong Kong and Macao to serve the construction of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area and the world. Hainan will build an international commercial arbitration center that serves the Hainan Free Trade Port, the Pacific Ocean, and the Indian Ocean. The meeting pointed out that since the pilot work was launched, the party committees and governments of various pilot areas have attached great importance, effectively strengthened work coordination and task supervision and implementation, and the pilot work has achieved phased results. The meeting emphasized the need to conduct in-depth analysis and summary of the pilot results of the previous stage, adhere to a problem oriented approach, strive for reform and innovation, solidly promote pilot work, and implement the requirements of the central deployment. We should take the opportunity of building an international commercial arbitration center and a world-class arbitration institution to promote the high-quality development of foreign-related arbitration, foreign-related legal services, and foreign-related legal work, and contribute more legal force to Chinese path to modernization. Member of the Expert Committee for the Construction of the International Commercial Arbitration Center, Secretary of the Office of the Central Commission for the Rule of Law, relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Justice, and some provincial (municipal) judicial departments (bureaus) and arbitration institutions attended the meeting. (Lai Xin She)