Heartwarming Mediation Alleviates Public Concerns; A Banner of Gratitude Reflects Original Aspirations—The Parties Present a Commemorative Banner to the SCO Price Dispute Mediation Center in Chongqing’s Liangjiang New Area.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Time  

Recently, the Yongchuan Mediation Station of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Price Dispute Mediation Center in Chongqing’s Liangjiang New Area has been receiving one commendation after another, with numerous parties to disputes traveling specially to present banners of gratitude. “Impartial mediation, relieving people’s concerns,” “Efficient and professional, resolving public grievances”... Each bright red banner and every heartfelt compliment not only represents the highest praise from the public for the Yongchuan Mediation Station’s work but also serves as a clear acknowledgment and vivid testament to the entire Shanghai Cooperation Organization price dispute mediation system’s commitment to professionalism, impartiality, and citizen‑friendly service.

To thoroughly implement the “Opinions on Deepening Mediation of Price Dispute Cases,” jointly issued by the Supreme People’s Court, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Justice, to uphold and advance the “Fengqiao Experience” for the new era, and to strengthen and improve the diversified mechanisms for resolving grassroots conflicts and disputes—ensuring that price-related disputes are resolved at the community level and nipped in the bud—the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Price Dispute Mediation Center of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area was officially inaugurated on June 20, 2025, with the professional guidance and strong support of the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission.

As the sole outpost of the Chongqing SCO Price Dispute Mediation Center in the Yongchuan area, the Yongchuan Mediation Station fully assumes responsibility for mediating price-related disputes within its jurisdiction, firmly rooted at the community level and serving the local population. Since its inception, the station has consistently upheld the Center’s core mission: to resolve price conflicts, alleviate public concerns, promote balanced interests, and support industrial development. In handling each case, the mediation team adheres to the law and established regulations, upholds fairness and impartiality, and integrates reason with empathy, patiently listening, carefully analyzing, and engaging in repeated dialogue. As a result, they have successfully resolved numerous complex, long‑standing price disputes, truly ensuring that “minor issues do not leave the station and conflicts are settled on the spot.”

From deadlock to a handshake and reconciliation, from simmering resentment to a sense of satisfaction—public acclaim has been transformed into weighty banners of honor. This not only affirms the Yongchuan Station’s commitment to “professionalism, efficiency, and public service,” but also serves as the finest testament to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Mediation Center’s distinctive strengths: “government guidance, professional management, and public‑oriented公益 services.”

A banner of honor is not only a mark of recognition but also a call to responsibility. Moving forward, the Yongchuan Mediation Station of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Price Dispute Mediation Center in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area will take this as motivation to deepen its commitment to price‑dispute mediation, continuously enhance its professional expertise, and streamline its service processes. By fully leveraging the unique advantages of an authoritative third‑party mediation platform, it will deliver higher‑quality, more efficient, and more empathetic dispute‑resolution services to the public and market entities, thereby making a solid contribution to safeguarding social harmony and stability in Yongchuan and the broader Chongqing region and advancing the modernization of grassroots governance.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Price Dispute Mediation Center of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area was jointly initiated and established by the Price Appraisal Center of the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Chongqing Brand Building Promotion Association, and Chongqing Xitou Industrial Group Co., Ltd. It is an integral component of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s multifunctional economic and trade platform—a collaborative service matrix integrating “international economic and trade organizations + industry associations + research think tanks”—and a key strategic move to enhance the platform’s foreign‑related legal and dispute‑resolution framework. As Chongqing’s first one‑stop, full‑cycle, diversified professional mediation platform dedicated to price disputes, it welcomed the simultaneous establishment of the Chongqing People’s Mediation Committee on Price Disputes and the Administrative Mediation Committee upon its inception, creating an authoritative dispute‑resolution hub that combines both forms of mediation. The center’s launch fills a critical gap in specialized price‑dispute mediation services in Chongqing, serving as an important public‑interest initiative to optimize the business environment, uphold market order, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the public. Leveraging the platform’s cross‑border economic and trade resources and its network of industry experts, the center focuses on resolving price disputes and commercial conflicts, championing a low‑cost, highly efficient alternative‑to‑litigation dispute‑resolution model while addressing the needs of local market entities and supporting the SCO’s efforts to mediate cross‑border economic and trade disputes.

Hu Kaiqiang, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Multifunctional Economic and Trade Platform and Director of the SCO Price Dispute Mediation Center in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, stated that the platform will continue to be guided by the “Shanghai Spirit,” fully leverage the professional strengths of the SCO Mediation Center, and deepen its engagement in cross-border commercial dispute mediation. By providing more efficient, professional, and convenient dispute-resolution services to SCO member states and local enterprises, the platform aims to safeguard economic and trade cooperation through the rule of law, promote mutual benefit and win-win outcomes through mediation, and make a greater contribution to advancing high-quality regional economic development and fostering a stable, fair, transparent, and internationally competitive business environment.

(Contributed by the SCO Price Dispute Mediation Center of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area)