The School of Law has Successfully Held the "Symposium on Reforming the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System – EU and Chinese Perspectives"

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Jointly organized by the National High-end Think Tank Wuhan University Institute of International Law, Wuhan University Center of Oversea Investment Law Research, China Law Center of the Netherlands Rotterdam Erasmus University School of Law, “Symposium on Reforming the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System – EU and Chinese Perspectives” was successfully held in Wuhan University School of Law from October 17 to 18, 2017. More than 20 experts from European and Chinese universities, foreign ministries and the Academy of Social Sciences attended the forum.

[Professor Qi Tong, Executive Director of Center for Overseas Investment Law Research, Wuhan University]

[Prof. Feng Guo, Dean of the School of Law, Wuhan University]

Prof. Feng Guo, Dean of the School of Law of Wuhan University, emphasized the strong position of international law in the law science of Wuhan University School of Law and said that with the development of international investment, international investment disputes are on the rise, and investor-state dispute settlement is closely linked to the interests of investor, investor's home country and the investment host country, which can influence the development of world economy, thus he fully affirmed the significance and influence of this forum.

[Professor Xiao Yongping, Director of the Institute of International Law, Wuhan University]

In his speech, Professor Xiao Yongping, Director of the Institute of International Law of Wuhan University, talked about the theme of this forum by combining with the "Belt and Road" initiative. Professor Xiao believed that the current reform of dispute settlement mechanism in the "Belt and Road" region should meet the needs of international cooperation and provide more options for the parties to the dispute, especially more affordable and efficient dispute settlement platform. Director Xiao suggested that this forum should follow the principles proposal by "Belt and Road" initiative which features joint discussion, joint development and benefit shared.

In the discussion session, Professor Yuwen Li from the University of Rotterdam, Netherlands, researcher Vid Prislan from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, as well as domestic and foreign scholars shared their opinions on specific issues in the process of international investment dispute settlement mechanism reform, including interpretation of economic analysis of investment law arbitration, lessons from WTO dispute settlement mechanism for ISDS reform and so on, all of which have provided the international investment dispute settlement mechanism reform and China-EU bilateral investment agreement negotiation with theoretical support and professional advice.

[Professor Michael Faure, Director of the Institute of Law and Economics, University of Rotterdam, Erasmus, Netherlands]

[Professor Yang Guohua, School of Law, Tsinghua University]

[Researcher Vid Prislan, University of Leiden, Netherlands]

[Associate Professor Xiao Jun, Institute of International Law of Wuhan University]

[Nie Jianqiang, Vice Director of the Institute of International Law of Wuhan University]

[Ning Hongling, doctoral candidate of Institute of International Law of Wuhan University]

[Participants are having a heated discussion]

[Conference photo]