Ming Kang

Practice Areas

Mr. Kang has an established dispute resolution practice focusing on international arbitration and intellectual property rights protection.

Mr. Kang specializes in foreign-related Chinese arbitration and international commercial arbitration. He has participated in numerous domestic and international arbitration cases in all capacities — including as counsel, arbitrator and expert witness. As an arbitrator, he has adjudicated more than 1,000 foreign-related Chinese arbitration and international commercial arbitration cases. As an expert, he has dealt with numerous domain name disputes in connection with CIETAC’s Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center. Mr. Kang is on the arbitrator panels of domestic Chinese and foreign arbitration institutions including SIAC, HKIAC, ACP, KCAB, CIETAC, and CMAC. Mr. Kang was one of the first eight arbitrators of Chinese nationality included on SIAC arbitrator list.

Mr. Kang has received the State Council Special Allowance since 2005 and has been recognized by Chambers and Partners as an “Eminent Practitioner” in the area of “Dispute Resolution: Arbitration” in 2019 and 2020.

Career

Before joining Fangda, Mr. Kang served as Deputy Secretary-General of CIETAC, Deputy General Director of CCPIT Legal Affairs Department, Vice-chairman of the CCPIT Conciliation Center, Deputy Director and Secretary-General of CMAC, Secretary of the China Maritime Arbitration Association, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dari Co., Ltd., a company jointly set up by the CCPIT and Richards Hogg Lindley (HK) Ltd. Mr. Kang also served as chief representative of the CCPIT UK Office in London from March 2005 to April 2006, during which time he was also appointed as Secretary-General of the China Enterprises Association in Britain.

Professional Memberships

Listed on the CIETAC Panel of Arbitrators

Listed on the CMAC Panel of Arbitrators

Listed on the SIAC Panel of Arbitrators

Listed on the HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators

Listed on the ACP Panel of Arbitrators

Listed on the KCAB Panel of Arbitrators

Member of the ACLA

Publications

Presentations/Speeches

Study on Commercial Arbitration Service, Law Press, 2005

China Maritime Law Cases (1997-2002), Editor, 2002

China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Cases (1995-2002) three volumes, Editor, 2002

“Ad Hoc Arbitration in China”, International Arbitration Law Review (UK), 2003, Vol. 6

Law and Practice of Anti-dumping and Anti-allowance Measures, Co-editor, China Economic Press

International Norms and Foreign-related Arbitration, Co-editor

“China’s Post-WTO Foreign Trade and Investment Regulations: What’s new?”, presentation at Malaysia-China Partnership Summit Meeting, 2003

Collection of PRC Arbitration Laws, Co-editor

Law Yearbook of China, Special Correspondent, preparing arbitration articles and summaries of arbitration cases every year from 1991 to 2004

Practice of Chinese Foreign-Related Economic Contracts, Co-editor

Encyclopedia of Chinese Enterprises’ International Operations, Co-editor

The Great Dictionary of Capitalism, Co-editor

Numerous articles on Arbitration or Arbitration related issues were published in journals such as China Lawyers, International Trade Studies, Arbitration and Legal News, China Trade News, etc.

Education