Biography
Dr. Cheng Bian is an Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He studied law in China, obtained his master's degree in international law, and passed the Chinese bar. He obtained his doctorate in 2018 from Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he completed his thesis and published it as a monograph titled 'National Security Review of Foreign Investment: A Comparative Legal Analysis of China, the United States and the European Union' (Routledge, 2020). His research and teaching focus on international investment law and arbitration, Chinese business law, comparative investment law, EU-China investment law and policy, and data governance. He is a country reporter for China for the CELIS Institute since 2021. He is also a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Germany), Columbia University (the US), and Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge (the UK). He has published widely monographs, edited volumes, journal articles, policy reports, and law blogs. His latest monograph titled 'China's Foreign Investment Legal Regime: Progress and Limitations' is published by Routledge in 2022 (co-authored with Yuwen Li).
Erasmus School of Law
- bian@law.eur.nl
- Room
- L7-009
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
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Work
- Cheng Bian (2023) - Investment Screening Put to the Test of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Typology, Legality and Externality - Asia Pacific Law Review, 31 (2) - doi: 10.1080/10192557.2023.2181784
- Cheng Bian (2023) - National Security Review of Foreign Investment in China: Rule of Law in Ambiguity - Erasmus Law Review, 2022 (4) - doi: 10.5553/ELR.000244
- Cheng Bian (2022) - Data as Assets in Foreign Direct Investment: Is China’s National Data Governance Compatible with its International Investment Agreements? - Asian Journal of International Law - [link]
- Yuwen Li & Cheng Bian (2022) - China’s Foreign Investment Legal Regime: Progress and Limitations - doi: 10.4324/9781003168805 - [link]
- Cheng Bian, Yuwen Li & Matthieu Burnay (2022) - CAI and EU-China Legal and Judicial Cooperation: EUPLANT Final Report - [link]
- Cheng Bian (2021) - National Security Review of Foreign Investment in China: One Decade Later - [link]
- Cheng Bian (2021) - Foreign Direct Investment Screening and National Security: Reducing Regulatory Hurdles to Investors Through Induced Reciprocity - Journal of World Investment and Trade, 22 (4), 561-595 - [link]
- Cheng Bian (2021) - 论指导性案例的法源地位—瑞士嘉吉国际公司诉福建金石制油有限公司等确认合同无效纠纷案
- Yuwen Li & Cheng Bian (2020) - China’s Stance on Investor? State Dispute Settlement: Evolution, Challenges, and Reform Options - Netherlands International Law Review, 67 (3), 503-551 - doi: 10.1007/s40802-020-00182-3 - [link]
- Cheng Bian (2020) - China’s Foreign Investment Law and Its Implementing Regulations: Promises and Pitfalls - [link]
- Cheng Bian (2022) - Lauterpacht Center for International Law, University of Cambridge, UK
- Cheng Bian (2022) - China’s FDI Regulatory Regime: Progress and Limitations
- Cheng Bian (2022) - Essential Security Interest Exception in International Investment Agreements and Arbitration: From an Exception to a Norm?
- C (Cheng) Bian (2022) - EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment and beyond: Challenges and Prospects
- C (Cheng) Bian (2021) - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Data-Based Sectors in China: Are International Investment Agreements a Facilitation or an Encumbrance?
- Cheng Bian (2021) - The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: Key elements and potential implications
- C (Cheng) Bian (2021) - CELIS Institute - Foreign Investment Screening, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Control (External organisation)
- Cheng Bian (2019) - EU Regulation Screening Foreign Direct Investment: Framework, Rationale and Implications for Chinese Investors
- Cheng Bian (2018) - Sovereign Wealth Funds in China: Regulatory Challenges, Corporate Weaknesses, and Future Reform
- Cheng Bian (2017) - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia Law School, Columbia University (External organisation)
Digital Governance
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- RB92
Research & Writing Skills (ITL)
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- RB73
Research & Writing Skills
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- RB39
Research & Writing Skills
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- RB30
Research and Writing Skills (IABL)
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- RR84