Biography
Dr. Cheng Bian is an Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and an Associate at Staunch B.V. law firm in Amsterdam. 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.
Erasmus School of Law
- bian@law.eur.nl
- Room
- L7-009
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
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Work
- Yuwen Li, Feng Lin & Cheng Bian (2023) - National Security in International and Domestic Investment Law: Dynamics in China and Europe - [link]
- Cheng Bian (2023) - The essential security interest exception clause in international investment agreements and arbitration: from an exception to a norm?
- Cheng Bian & Charles Ho Wang Mak (2023) - CELIS Country Note on China, 2023 - [link]
- Cheng Bian (2023) - Investment Screening Put to the Test of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Typology, Legality and Externality - Asia Pacific Law Review, 31 (2), 380-401 - 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), 278-289 - 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, 13 (2), 342-364 - doi: 10.1017/S2044251322000595 - [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 (2024) - Doing Business Environment and the Rule of Law: A Sino-Dutch Perspective
- Cheng Bian (2023) - FDI regulation and screening in China
- Cheng Bian (2023) - 4th APELIA Annual Conference: The Global Dimension of the Digital Revolution
- Cheng Bian (2022) - Lauterpacht Center for International Law
- 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)
Staunch B.V.
- Start date approval
- juli 2024
- End date approval
- december 2024
- Place
- UN STUDIO, PARNASSUSWEG
- Description
- law firm
Research and writing skills
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- RT05
Research & Writing Skills
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- RB30
Research & Writing Skills
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- RB39
Research & Writing Skills (IBL)
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- RB73
Research and Writing Skills (IA)
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- RR84
Law and data
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- RT07