Investment towards the North Korea involves three basic issues, one is whether have the possibility of investment or not, the second is how about the investment conditions and safeguards, the last one is if there has a fair and effective judicial protection program. Inspecting domestic law of China and the North Korea through the treaties they have signed. There are laws to follow to resolve investment and trade dispute by means of mediation, arbitration, litigation, and civil judicial assistance. But in essence, no matter legislation, mutual legal assistance agreements or summit system between China and the North Korea has not been able to play its due role in resolving investment and trade dispute and it lacks of effectiveness. It should be said that it is difficult to resolve investment and trade dispute and it's direct reason is lacking of effectiveness, however, trade dispute settlement mechanism of judicial cooperation between China and the North Korea not yet being established is deep reason. It should be based on current situation and then to explore feasible and effective investment and trade dispute settlement mechanism from now on. We can take the following aspects into consideration, such as improving the investment and trade protection law, providing positive legal assistance to the North Korea to make it’s legal system connect with international, standards, introducing non-litigation mediation mechanisms, so that we can provide tangible legal protection for investment trader.
China and the North Korea investment and tradedispute settlement mechanismlegal aidjudicial assistance non-litigationmediation.中朝投资贸易纠纷解决机制法律援助司法协助非讼调解