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recently, the foreign-related legal affairs cluster in ningbo city, zhejiang province was officially completed at the ningbo international shipping service center.

the zhejiang ningbo foreign-related legal affairs cluster takes the "eastern new city" where port and shipping enterprises, financial institutions, and legal service institutions are concentrated as the core implementation scope, and adopts the "1+n" model for layout, focusing on building a service center, a business center, and n legal and pan-legal institutions. the ningbo maritime court, ningbo international arbitration court, more than 30 law firms, more than 40 financial and insurance institutions, more than 200 port and shipping service enterprises and other foreign-related service institutions are densely distributed in the region. the establishment of the cluster can effectively promote the "physical integration" of foreign-related resources.

in addition to physical integration, ningbo's foreign-related legal affairs cluster is also committed to achieving "chemical integration" of high-end legal services, foreign-related rule of law research, legal talent training, smart legal affairs and other functions, promoting the entry of institutions or branches such as ningbo international arbitration court, ningbo international legal service center, and ningbo trade relief research institute, and accelerating the gathering of core legal resources such as litigation, lawyers, notarization, and arbitration, as well as pan-legal resources such as accounting, taxation, finance, and maritime affairs, to build a new national first-class foreign-related legal service highland with shared factors and resources, obvious openness and innovation, and coordinated "government, industry, academia, research, and application".

in the next step, the zhejiang ningbo foreign-related legal cluster will adhere to government guidance and market-oriented operation. it will also establish a foreign-related and port and shipping service alliance in the legal cluster to effectively smooth the "supply" and "demand" docking mechanism for foreign-related and port and shipping services, and innovate the connection between the "litigation, arbitration, and mediation" mechanisms to provide enterprises with refined, convenient, and personalized foreign-related services.

source: zhejiang law