Foreign experts to advise on business disputes

Experts on a new panel set up to advise courts on international commerce said they expect to play a major role in helping foreign and Chinese litigants solve business disputes as well as help improve the country's judicial image.

The International Commercial Expert Committee was established on Sunday as part of efforts by the Supreme People's Court to implement both the rule of law and the Belt and Road Initiative, which was put forward by the central leadership in 2013.

It also aims to enhance international exchanges and cooperation and help courts resolve the rising number of international commercial disputes through arbitration, mediation and litigation.