Chinese Investment Treaties
Policies and Practice
Wenhua Shan and Norah Gallagher
Author Information
Professor Wenhua Shan is the Dean and Tengfei Professor of International Law at the School of Law of Xi'an Jiaotong University, PR China. He is also Professor of International Law at Oxford Brookes University, UK. As a PhD from the University of Cambridge and and a practising Chinese lawyer (barrister and solicitor), Professor Shan has written extensively on international investment law and arbitration, and has advised Chinese and foreign governments on investment treaty negotiations and arbitration cases. His recent publications include Chinese Investment Treaties: Policies and Practice (co-authored with Ms Norah Gallagher, OUP 2009), The Legal Framework of EU-China Investment Relations: A Critical Appraisal (Hart Publishing 2005) and Redefining Sovereignty in International Economic Law (Hart Publishing 2008). He was recently awarded the title of "Special Government Allowance Expert" by the State Council of PR China.
Norah Gallagher is Consultant, Investment Treaty Forum, BIICL, Visiting Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London and Adjunct Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China