Learned from the organizer of the 18th CIETAC Cup International Commercial Arbitration Moot Tribunal Competition, the representative team of Wuhan University Law school stood out from 69 teams across the country and won the first prize with a big lead over other teams in the round-robin.
The CIETAC Cup is host by China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission as the outpost competition of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, aiming at the spread of the arbitration legal system and the promotion of the college students' international legal sense and practical capability in arbitration. This online debate contest, from November 16th to 20th, 2020, attracted numerous top universities in the country such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, East China University of Political Science and Law, and University of International Business and Economics.
Associate Professor Qiao Xiongbing from Wuhan University Institute of International law was advising the team. Postgraduates Sun Zhaoqi, Li Qian were the coaches. The team members include postgraduates Wang Jingru, Wang Huaimin, Zhu Wenjie, Cai Zhiyuan, and undergraduate Huang Jingchun. Wang Jingru and Cai Zhiyuan debated against other teams as the oralists. After three days of intense competition, Wuhan University team won the first prize. Wang Jingru and Cai Zhiyuan won Best Oralist, Zhu Wenjie was awarded Outstanding Contributor as well.
Our great success is deeply benefitted from the support of the University and the Law School. During the preparation, coaches and advisor provided large amount of training of legal study, paper research and oral submission. To deal with the difficulties in the new mode of online competition, our team members threw themselves into training, conducting several mock rounds with other excellent teams to make improvement. Meanwhile, we are lucky to invite alumnus Xiao Weichu from King & Wood Law Firm and postgraduate Fan Rui from the team last year to assist the training. The outstanding performance of our team members in this competition fully demonstrates the talent of the students of Wuhan University, and also reflects the ability and achievements of Law School in cultivating high-end foreign legal talents.
