On 28 June 2017, an Investment Agreement was signed under the framework of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) and the Ministry of Commerce.

The Investment Agreement provides a mechanism for settlement of an investment dispute arising from an alleged breach of the substantive obligations of the Agreement by one side causing loss to an investor of the other side (Investment Dispute). The mechanism lists available means for dispute settlement by the respective sides, which include mediation. Pursuant to the Investment Agreement, the related mediation mechanism was established and announced by the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in January 2018 (Mediation Mechanism). The governments of the two sides have each designated and published its mediation institutions and mediators that are mutually agreed by the two sides.

The Mainland – Hong Kong Joint Mediation Center (MHJMC) has been designated by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to be one of the mediation institutions of the Hong Kong side. The list of the 21 Hong Kong mediators nominated by MHJMC and designated by DoJ is as follows:

1. Mr. Chan Bing Woon
2. Dr. Chan Kan Ip Philip
3. Dr. Mingchao Fan
4. Ms. Guo Xuanling
5. Prof Iu Ting Kwok
6. Mr. Kwan Wai King Frankie
7. Ms. Kwok Wai Fong, Kitty
8. Mr. Lai Tsz Kin
9. Mr. Law Chi Kei Jacky
10. Dr. Law Wai Hung
11. Mr. Li Likun
12. Ms. Pang Melissa Kaye
13. Mr. Quan Chao Hui
14. Mr. Sum Ronald Kwan Ngai
15. Ms. Winnie Tam, SC
16. Dr. Christopher To
17. Ms. Wong Yan Amy
18. Dr. Yau Pak Man
19. Mr. Yuen Kwok Keung, Rimsky, SC
20. Ms. Zhang Si Qi
21. Ms. Zhong Zhifen
    
    

For more information, please refer to the webpage of the Trade and Industry Department.