• Document Number：No. 66 [2005] of the Supreme People’s Court
• Area of Law： Maritime Litigation
• Level of Authority： Documents of Judicial Interpretation Nature
• Date issued：05-27-2005
• Effective Date：05-27-2005
• Issuing Authority： Supreme People's Court
• Status： Effective

Notice of the Supreme People's Court on Designating the Shanghai Maritime Court for the Jurisdiction over Cases of Judicial Review of Maritime Arbitration Involving the Shanghai Sub-Commission of China Maritime Arbitration Commission
(No. 66 [2005] of the Supreme People's Court on May 27, 2005)
The higher people's courts of Liaoning Province, Shandong Province, Hubei Province, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province, Guangdong Province, Hainan Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tianjin Municipality and Shanghai Municipality; and all maritime courts:
With the approval of and registration with the Shanghai Municipal Justice Bureau, the Shanghai Sub-Commission of China Maritime Arbitration Commission was formed in Shanghai Municipality on January 8, 2003 and started to accept maritime arbitration cases. In order to clarify the division of jurisdiction over relevant cases, strengthen judicial supervision over maritime arbitration and facilitate parties' litigation, the following notice is issued in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, the Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China and the Special Maritime Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China:
The Shanghai Maritime Court is designated for the jurisdiction over cases regarding the validity of maritime arbitration agreements involvingthe Shanghai Sub-Commission of China Maritime Arbitration Commission and cases of applications for revocation of the maritime arbitration awardsit has made.