Maritime dispute resolution is one of the core businesses of the Dalian office of Jincheng Tongda & Neal. In 2021, the office represented Sino Energy International Holdings Group in a RMB140 million arbitration involving multiple contracts, some governed by Hong Kong law. It also represented Singapore-based Step Industrial in its RMB6.5 million arbitration complicated by the import of distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS) from the US amid import control under the Sino-US trade war and a contract governed by UK law.