China’s Practice in International Investment Law

This book covers China’s practice in the past 20 years in four areas: China’s practice in investment treaty conclusion, China’s practice in the development of investment treaty, China’s practice in the investment dispute settlement, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative and international investment law.

Being a major capital-import and export country, China has rich experience in international investment law including treaty conclusion and ISDS practice. China is also active in participating the currently undergoing ISDS reform. China’s Belt and Road Initiative has implications for the development of international investment law. 

This book is good for graduates, researchers, governmental officials, and practitioners in investment law area.  

China-ASEAN Investment Agreement Practice.- The China-Korea International Investment Agreements Practice.- China-African BITs Practice.- China – US Bilateral Investment Treaty Negotiations.- The Impacts and Implications of China’s “Belt & Road” Initiative on China’s International Investment Law Practice.- The Legitimacy Crisis of International Investment Arbitration: the Expansion of Jurisdiction by Tribunal.- The Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism: New Developments in the Early 21st Century.- A Chinese Perspective of the ISDS Reform.- Chinese Practice in ISDS Cases.- Conclusion.

Huiping Chen is Professor of international law at Xiamen University School of Law. She was the Secretary-General of the Administrative Council of Xiamen Academy of International Law from 2005 to 2024. She is in the Review Board of the Journal of Transnational Corporations. She was invited by UNCTAD to participate in the International Investment Agreement Mapping Project as Expert and University Leader from 2012 to 2016. Her research fields focus on international investment law and international water law.  She has rich publications in both Chinese and English.