The CIETAC has one honorary Chairman and several advisers.

The CIETAC consists of one Chairman, several Vice--Chairmen, and a number of members. The Chairman performs the functions and duties vested in him/her by the CIETAC Arbitration Rules. The Vice-Chairmen may perform the Chairman's functions and duties with the Chairman's authorization.

The CIETAC's headquarters and each of its sub--commissions have their own Secretariats to handle the daily affairs under the leadership of their respective Secretaries-General. The CIETAC's headquarters and its South China and Shanghai Sub-Commissions together form one institution.

There are three specialized committees within the CIETAC. One committee serves as an advisory body responsible for research on comp1ex matters of both arbitration procedures and substantive 1egal issues and providing advisory opinions thereon, as wel1 as revision of arbitration rules and the training of the CIETAC's arbitrators.

The second committee compiles and edits the CIETAC's arbitra1 awards of comp1eted cases and publishes yearbooks.' 

The third committee is responsible for the CIETAC's pane1 of arbitrators. It examines and reviews the qua1ifications and performance of the CIETAC's arbitrators, and makes suggestion regarding the renewal of the assignment of each arbitrator as per the re1evant provisions of the arbitration law and the CIETAC arbitration rules.