Mr. Sheng Zhang is Professor and Assistant Dean at Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Law. He is Secretary General of Silk Road Law School Alliance and Deputy Secretary General of China International Investment Arbitration Forum and a member of SCOPUS China Academic Board. He is a director of Chinese Society of International Law. He is also an editor of the Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (OUP). He mainly focuses on international investment law and comparative law.

IEducation & Research

2017.9-2017.10 Visiting Scholar at Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Law and International Private Law

2012.1-2012.12Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge

2010.9-2011.8Visiting PhD student at Max-Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

2009.3-2013.7Doctoral Candidateat Xi’an Jiaotong University

2006.9-2009.3 LLM in Economic Law, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2002.9-2006.7 LLB in Law, Xi’an Jiaotong University

II Working Experience

2021.1- Professor, School of Law, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2016.12- Assistant Dean (International Affairs), School of Law, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2016.5-2020.12 Associate Professor, School of Law, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2013.7-2016.5 Lecturer, School of Law, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2015.4- Assistant Director, Silk Road Institute for International and Comparative Law, Xi’an

III Teaching Courses

International Law

International Investment Law

International Economic Law

China and International Law

IV List of Publications

1. Books and Chapters (in English)

(1) Freya Baetens and Sheng Zhang, International Investment Law and China – An Emerging Rule-Maker ?, in Ignacio de la Rasilla & Congyan Cai (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of China and International Law, CUP, 2024.

(2) Wenhua Shan, Sheng Zhang and Jinyuan Su, China and International Dispute Resolution in the Context of “Belt and Road Initiative”, Cambridge University Press, 2021.

(3) Sheng Zhang, China and the Investment Treaty Regime: Rule Taker or Rule Maker?, in Mahdev Mohan and Chester Brown (eds.), The Asian Turn in Foreign Investment, Cambridge University Press, 2021.

(4) Sheng Zhang, Protection of Cross Border Data Flows under International Investment Law, in Julien Chaisse, Leïla Choukroune and Sufian Jusoh (eds.), Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy, Springer, 2021.

(5) Sheng Zhang, The Status of State-Owned Enterprises in ISDS from a Chinese Perspective, in Yuwen Li, Tong Qi and Cheng Bian (eds.), China, the EU and International Investment Law: Reforming Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Routledge, 2019.

(6) Wenhua Shan and Sheng Zhang, the Potential EU-China BIT: Issues and Implications, in EU and Investment Agreements: Open Questions and Remaining Challenges, Marc Bungenberg, August Reinisch and Christian Tietje(ed), NOMOS and Hart Publishing, March 2013.

2. Peer Review Articles and Commentaries (in English)

(1) Sheng Zhang and Jie Li, RCEP Investment Rules and Paradigm Shift in International Investment Regime, Hong Kong Law Journal, 2023, 53(2):733-756.

(2) Sheng Zhang, Protection of Foreign Investment in China: The New Foreign Investment Law and the Changing Landscape, European Business Organization Law Review, 2022,23(4):1049-1076.

(3) Sheng Zhang, “China’s International Commercial Court: Background, Obstacles and the Road Ahead”, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2020, 11(1): 150-174.

(4) Sheng Zhang, “Human Rights and International Investment Treaty Regime: How to Bridge the Gap?”, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2019, 7(3):457-483.

(5) Sheng Zhang, “Legislative Develpment in China in 2015”, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2016, 4(2): 347-370.

(6) Sheng Zhang and Peng Wang, “Legislative Develpment in China in 2014”, Chinese Journal of Coparative Law, 2015, 3(2):408-429.

(7) Sheng Zhang, “Legislative Development in China in 2013”, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2014, 2(2):401-418.

(8) Wenhua Shan and Sheng Zhang, “Market Access Provisions in the Potential EU Model BIT: Toward a ‘Global Model BIT 2.0’?”, Journal of World Investment and Trade, 2014, 15(3): 422-453.

(9) Sheng Zhang, “The China-United States BIT Negotiations: A Chinese Perspective”, Columbia FDI Perspective, No.112, January 2014.

(10) Sheng Zhang, “Legislative Development in China in 2012”, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2013, 1(2): 381-408.

(11) Wenhua Shan, Norah Gallagher and Sheng Zhang, “National Treatment for Foreign Investment in China: A Changing Landscape”, ICSID Review, 2012, 27(1):91-115.

(12) Sheng Zhang, “The Energy Charter Treaty and China: Member or Bystander?”, Journal of World Investment and Trade, 2012, 13(4): 597-617.

(13) Wenhua Shan and Sheng Zhang, “FDI in China and the Role of Law: An Empirical Approach”, Journal of World Investment and Trade, 2011, 12(4): 457-486.

(14) Wenhua Shan and Sheng Zhang, “The Treaty of Lisbon: Half Way towards a Common Investment Policy”, European Journal of International Law, 2010, 21(4): 1049-1073.

(15) Wenhua Shan, Norah Gallagher and Sheng Zhang, “Bilateral Investment Treaty Overview—China and Commentaries on 120 BITs”, Oxford University Press Online Publication (investmentclaims.com), OUP reference: IC-TOV6 (2008).