Rejection of a request for arbitration
In accordance with the Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China, a request for arbitration will be rejected if:
1. the disputing parties have not reached an arbitration agreement in written form;
2. the arbitration agreement is held invalid due to unarbitrability of the dispute referred to arbitration, lack of one and only arbitration commission or institute agreed upon by the disputing parties;
3. the disputing parties have waived their rights to arbitration in writing;
4. the request for arbitration is filed with an arbitration commission or institute rather than the one agreed upon under the arbitration agreement;
5. the dispute has been arbitrated and an award thereon has been rendered;
6. a lawsuit has been filed by the other party and the party referring to arbitration failed to challenge the jurisdiction of the court admitting the case.
Robert Zhang 
Steve Li 