The arbitrators of CMAC are selected and appointed by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)/ China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) from among the Chinese citizens and the foreign citizens with special knowledge and practical experience in shipping, insurance, law and other fields. Besides law, the special knowledge of the arbitrators covers carriage of goods by sea, maritime insurance, chartering and purchasing a vessel, ship-repairing and ship-building, inspection of ship, shipping agency, navigation engineering, harbor superintendence, harbor administration, pilotage, environmental protection at sea, collision, salvage, towing vessels, raising ship-wreck, average adjustment, etc., which has laid a solid foundation for ensuring fair and impartial hearing of all kinds of cases. All the backgrounds of the arbitrators have been on line in web-site: http: // www.cmac.org.cn.