Prof. Shan is a State Specially Recruited Expert, Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor, and State Council Special Allowance Expert; currently Vice President of Northwest University of Political Science and Law; Senior Professor in Humanities and Social Science, Dean of Law School at Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Director of the National Research and Cultivation Base for Foreign-Related Rule of Law; among the first-batch mediators of the International Organization for Mediation; concurrently Honorary Editor-in-Chief of The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (Oxford University Press); Honorary Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL) and Member of the American Law Institute (ALI); Vice President of the Chinese Society of International Economic Law, Executive Council Member of the Chinese Society of International Law, Executive President of the China International Investment Arbitration Standing Forum, Member of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Law Majors under the Ministry of Education, and Expert of the Expert Advisory Group on Cultivation of Foreign-Related Rule of Law Talents of the Ministry of Education, among other positions. He formerly served as Deputy Director of the Judicial Case Research Institute of the Supreme People’s Court (on secondment), Senior Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, and Professor of International Law at the University of New South Wales, etc.

Prof. Shan’s main field is international and comparative law, particularly international investment law, international trade law, and international dispute settlement, etc. He has successively presided over a number of international research projects sponsored by the European Union, the World Economic Forum, the International Academy of Comparative Law, Oxford University Press etc., as well as dozens of major and key national projects, including Major Philosophy and Social Science Research Projects of the Ministry of Education, Key Projects of the National Social Science Fund, Major Projects of the Supreme People’s Court, and Key Projects of the Ministry of Commerce. He has published over 20 Chinese and English books with renowned domestic and international publishers such as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and People's Publishing House, and has edited English monograph series including the “Silk Road Series in International Economic Law”. He has also published dozens of academic papers in Chinese and English law journals such as European Journal of International Law, American Journal of Comparative Law, China Social Sciences, China Legal Science, and Legal Research. His works have been cited multiple times by international tribunals and foreign courts. He has received numerous important domestic and international awards, including the First Prize of the Outstanding Research Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences Award by the Ministry of Education, the First “Pioneer Talent Award for Chinese Think Tank Innovation”, and the Springer Nature “China New Development Award”.

Prof. Shan Wenhua graduated as a Ph.D. from Trinity College, University of Cambridge; and Ph.D. in Law, Xiamen University.

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