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enfo cement

of

foreign

arbitral

awards.

This

question simply does not arise. because the Parties

concerned, had never applied to the Court to enforce the

award.

3. The current law practice in China is that where

there is an arbitration clause in a contract involving

countries, the parties conc rned are to settle

foreign

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their contractual dispute by means

unless otherwise stipulated by Laws.

arbitration,

*. Both PRC and UK are contracting states to the

1958 New York Convention. The Convention stipulates that

all the contracting states should hele to enforce

arbitration awards. As a contracting state

to

that

Convention,

China

WILL certainly fulfil

its

international treaty obligations.

Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office,

M. F. A. Beijing

F.A.

9 Mar,

1989

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