Since the end of 2019, the Pilot Free Trade Zones (PFTZs) established around China have adopted an aggressive approach to make reforms in extraterritorial arbitration as well as other international arbitration rules. An arbitration agreement with designation of an institution outside the Chinese Mainland between foreign-invested corporations, which used to be invalid according to Chinese Arbitration Law, became valid for the first time in the Shanghai PFTZ. As other modifications are emerging ever-evident for Chinese courts, arbitration institutions follow an international track to open the arbitration service market and keep pace with mainstream practices.