FOREIGN MEDIATORS PLAY CRUCIAL ROLE IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Assistants with language skills, cultural understanding aid courts in handling cases

Kyrgyzstan native Meerzat Omuralieva has made a name for herself in Yiwu, Zhejiang province.

As a popular businesswoman in the jewelry trade in this global hub for small commodities, she is also a trusted mediator for numerous international merchants.

On June 12, Omuralieva arrived at the People's Mediation Committee for Foreign-related Disputes of Yiwu City, located in the Yiwu International Trade Market. Her job that day was to assist an Azerbaijani businessman in a dispute over a 110,000 yuan ($15,315) purchase of beach pants from a Chinese vendor surnamed Huang.