IGeneral Information
Mr. Sheng Zhang is a Professor at the School of Law, Shandong University. He serves as a member of the SCOPUS China Academic Board, and a member of the Academic Committee of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration. He is also a Council Member of the Chinese Society of International Law and the Chinese Society of International Economic Law, and an editor of The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (Oxford University Press). He used to serve as the Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the China International Investment Arbitration Forum and the Secretary-General of the Silk Road Law Schools Alliance.
His research primarily focuses on international investment law and comparative law.
Email: zhangsheng@sdu.edu.cn
IIEducation & 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
2010.9-2011.8VisitingPhD studentat Max-Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
2009.3-2013.7 Doctoral 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
IIIWorking Experience
2026.6- Professor, School of Law, Shandong University
2021.1-2026.5 Professor, 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
IVMain Publications (in English)
1. Book
Wenhua Shan,Sheng Zhangand Jinyuan Su,China and International Dispute Resolution in the Context of “Belt and Road Initiative”, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
2. Chapters
(1)Manjiao Chi, Bin Gu, Sheng Zhang, and Weihuan Zhou, National Implementation of International Economic Law: China, in Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer and Thomas Cottier (eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, Edward Elgar, 2nd edition, 2026.
(2) 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.
(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.
3. Peer Review Articlesand Commentaries
(1)Sheng Zhang and Henry Gao, Bridging the Great Wall: China’s Evolving Cross-Border Data Flow Policies and Implications for Global Data Governance, Computer Law and Security Review, 2025, 59: 106208.
(2) Sheng Zhang, Yanfei Ma and Chaoen Wang, Promoting the Modernisation of China’s Commercial Mediation Regime in the Context of the Singapore Convention on Mediation, Asia Pacific Law Review, 2025，33(2):342-376.
(3) Sheng Zhang and Ni Li, The Application of International Climate Change Law in International Investment Arbitration: Addressing the Deficiencies, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, March 2025
(4) Sheng Zhang and Ni Li, Addressing Climate Change through International Investment Agreements: Obstacles and Reform Options, Sustainability, 2024, 16(4):1-27.
(5) Sheng Zhang and Jie Li, RCEP Investment Rules and Paradigm Shift in International Investment Regime, Hong Kong Law Journal, 2023, 53(2):733-756.
(6) 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.
(7) Sheng Zhang, “China’s International Commercial Court: Background, Obstacles and the Road Ahead”, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2020, 11(1): 150-174.
(8)Sheng Zhang, “Human Rights and International Investment Treaty Regime: How to Bridge the Gap?”, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2019, 7(3):457-483.
(9)Sheng Zhang,“Legislative Develpment in China in 2015”, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2016, 4(2): 347-370.
(10) Sheng Zhang and Peng Wang,“Legislative Develpment in China in 2014”, Chinese Journal of Coparative Law, 2015, 3(2):408-429.
(11) Sheng Zhang, “Legislative Development in China in 2013”, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2014, 2(2):401-418.
(12) 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.
(13) Sheng Zhang,“The China-United States BIT Negotiations: A Chinese Perspective”, Columbia FDI Perspective, No.112, January 2014.
(14) Sheng Zhang,“Legislative Development in China in 2012”, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 2013, 1(2): 381-408.
(15) Wenhua Shan, Norah Gallagher andShengZhang, “National Treatment for Foreign Investment in China: A Changing Landscape”, ICSID Review, 2012, 27(1):91-115.
(16)ShengZhang, “The Energy Charter Treaty and China: Member or Bystander?”, Journal of World Investment and Trade, 2012, 13(4): 597-617.
(17) Wenhua Shan andShengZhang, “FDI in China and the Role of Law: An Empirical Approach”, Journal of World Investment and Trade, 2011, 12(4): 457-486.
(18) Wenhua Shan andShengZhang, “The Treaty of Lisbon: Half Way towards a Common Investment Policy”, European Journal of International Law, 2010, 21(4): 1049-1073.
(19)Wenhua Shan, Norah Gallagher and ShengZhang, “Bilateral Investment Treaty Overview—China and Commentaries on 120 BITs”, Oxford University Press Online Publication (investmentclaims.com), OUP reference: IC-TOV6 (2008).
