The rights and obligations enjoyed by a foreign party in the people’s mediation activities

A foreign party applying for people’s mediation enjoys the same rights and bears the same obligations as that of a Chinese party. According to the provisions of the People’s Mediation Law, the parties concerned shall enjoy the following rights in people’s mediation activities: (1) to select or accept people’s mediators; (2) to accept, refuse or terminate the mediation; (3) to require mediation conducted openly or not; (4) to independently express opinions and voluntarily reach a mediation agreement.

The parties concerned shall fulfill the following obligations in people’s mediation activities: (1) to truthfully state the facts of the dispute; (2) to comply with the order in the process of mediation and respect people’s mediators; (3) to respect the other party to exercise his rights.