This report provides an overview of the Eighth Shanghai International Air Law Forum, which was held at Jin Jiang Tower, Shanghai, China, on 26 November 2023. The Forum focused on the inauguration of the ‘Air Silk Road Investment and Trade Dispute Resolution Centre’ (ASR ITDRC), the seminar on ‘the risk prevention and dispute resolution of aviation investment and trade in the context of constructing the Air Silk Road’, and the announcement and introduction of the world’s first aviation-specific arbitration rules for institutional arbitration – the SHIAC Aviation Arbitration Rules (2024). This report consolidates the activities, presentations and keynote addresses from the Forum, highlighting the risk prevention for aviation investment and trade, the update of aviation arbitration rules in China, and the significance of the establishment of ASR ITDRC in improving the construction of a ‘One-Stop’ platform for aviation dispute resolution in Shanghai.