PROF. YUEMING YAN 顏月明教授
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Dr. Yueming Yan is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean (External Engagement) at the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK Law). Currently, she serves as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL), a Co-Chair of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Asia-Pacific Interest Group and a Senior Fellow at The University of Melbourne, Law School. Her research and teaching areas cover international trade law, international investment arbitration and policy, dispute resolution, sustainable development, China’s laws, comparative law, and empirical legal studies.
Yueming has published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of International Economic Law, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal, Melbourne Journal of International Law, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, and the Asia Pacific Law Review. Her works also appear or will appear in the Michigan Journal of International Law, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting, and the Kluwer Arbitration Blog. Her PhD dissertation – Improving international investment law’s treatment of (anti-) corruption: Towards a more balanced approach – was granted the Award on International Investment Arbitration Law in memory of Piero Bernardini (2022). She received the JIEL Excellence in Reviewing Award in 2023.
Before joining CUHK LAW in December 2022, Yueming served as a Visiting Assistant Professor (January–December 2022) and a Global PhD Fellow (June–December 2021) at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, and the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy. She has engaged in many training programs for government officials globally, focusing on managing international investment treaty commitments and exploring innovative mechanisms for multi-party dispute resolution.
Yueming obtained her PhD in Law from McGill University in 2021, a Master of Law from Xiamen University in 2016, and a Bachelor of Law from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 2014. She is a native Mandarin speaker, fluent in English, and conversational in French.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS & ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL) (since March 2025)
- Co-Chair, Asia-Pacific Interest Group, ASIL (since March 2023)
- Cluster Head, Transnational Economic Law and Dispute Settlement Group, Centre for Comparative and Transnational Law (CCTL), CUHK LAW (since January 2024) (since January 2024)
- Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Law School (since August 2023)
- Member, Academic Forum on ISDS
- Member, American Society of International Law
COURSES TAUGHT
- International Trade Law
- International Commercial Arbitration
- Principles of Environmental Law
- International Investment Law & Dispute Resolution
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
- Institutionalizing the Trade-Labor Nexus, Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 47, 1-61 (forthcoming 2026).
- ‘Revolving Doors’ and the CICC’s One-Stop Platform: Reflections on Institutional Design, Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 25, Issue 2, 1-39 (2025) (with Xinhui Hong).
- Measuring and Advancing Commercial Courts’ Internationality, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Vol. 46, Issue 2, 477-544 (2025) (with Tianyu Liu).
- Corruption and the (Un)Clean Hands Doctrine in Investor-State Arbitration: Definitional and Reciprocity Challenges, ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal, Vol. 39, 61-73 (2024).
- Returning the Home State to the Global Anti-Corruption Campaign, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol.14, Issue 4, 469-487 (2023).
- Labour and trade in Asia Pacific: origin, development, and prospects, Asia Pacific Law Review, Vol.31, Issue 2, 556-575 (2023).
- A New Chapter in China’s Stance on Labour Protection? An Assessment of the China-EU CAI, Journal of International Economic Law, Vol.25, Issue 3, 464-483 (2022).
- The Inclusion of Anti-Corruption Clauses in International Investment Agreements and Its Possible Systemic Implications, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol.17, Issue 1, 141-173 (2022).
- Anti-Corruption Provisions in International Investment Agreements: Investor Obligations, Sustainable Considerations, and Symmetric Balance, Journal of International Economic Law, Vol.23, Issue 4, 989-1013 (2020).
Book Chapters
- “Implementation of the Belt and Road Investments and Sustainable Development across Asia”, in Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Sean Stephenson & Ted Gleason eds., Research Handbook on Investment Law & Sustainable Development (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025) 473-491 (with Manjiao Chi).
- “Greening Economic Agreements: New Approaches to Environmental Policy and Law”, in R. C. Brears & J. Lindley eds., Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Futures: The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Policy and Law (Springer, 2025) 187-194 (with Pasha Hsieh).
- “Multi-tiered International Anti-Corruption Cooperation in Asia: A Review of Treaties and Prospects”, in Nobumichi Teramura, Bruno Jetin & Luke Nottage eds., Corruption and Illegality in Asian Investment Arbitration (Springer, 2024) 119-148 (with Tianyu Liu).
- “China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Opportunities and Challenges in the Dimension of International Investment Law” in Frank Emmert ed., Textbook on International Investment Law (Council on International Law and Politics, 2023) 21-37.
- “References to International Anti-Corruption Conventions in International Investment Arbitration and International Investment Agreements”, in Régis Bismuth, Jan Dunin-Wasowicz & Philip M. Nichols, eds., The Transnationalization of Anti-Corruption Law (Routledge, 2021) 447-466.
- “A Comprehensive Chapter on Anti-Corruption in the China-EU CAI: A Progressive or an Unnecessary Step?”, in Yuwen Li, Tong Qi & Cheng Bian, eds., China, the EU and International Investment Law: Reforming Investor-State Dispute Settlement (Routledge, 2019) 227-242.
Other Contributions
- Whose Dispute Is It Anyway? Multilateral Litigation before International Courts, Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting, Vol.117, 377-387 (2023) (with co-authors).
- Is the CETA Joint Committee about to Issue Its first Joint Interpretation of the Investment Chapter? Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 7 December 2022.
- A Book Review on Petros C. Mavroidis “The WTO Dispute Settlement System: How, Why and Where?”, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol.17, Issue 2, 555-563 (2022).
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
Research Grants
- Principal Investigator, CUHK Direct Grant for Research 2023/2024, The Integrative Approach of International Commercial Courts in Dispute Settlement, CUHK Research Committee, 01/05/2024-31/07/2025.
- Principal Investigator, CUHK Direct Grant for Research 2022/2023, Investment/Trade-Plus Values in International Economic Law, CUHK Research Committee, 01/04/2023-31/03/2024.
Awards
- Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL) Excellence in Reviewing Award (2023)
- Award on International Investment Arbitration Law in memory of Piero Bernardini (2022)
- Fortier International Arbitration Award (2020, 2019)
- Jean Monnet Award (2018)
- Norton Rose Grad Award (2018, 2019)
- McGill Mcdonald Chair GR Award (2018)
- McGill Grad Excellent Award (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- McGill Law Dean’s Graduate Award (2016)
SELECTED CONFERENCES
2025
- International Trade Law and Labour Rights Protection, presented at the 2025 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum (Sustainable International Law), Taipei, July 2025
- Host, The ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion Proceedings: Preliminary Reflections from the Asia-Pacific, co-sponsored by the ASIL Asia-Pacific Interest Group and the Task Force on ISDS & Climate Change, online, May 2025
- Corruption and Jurisdiction in Investor-State Arbitration: Evolving Challenges from Past to Present, presented at The University of Hong Kong Centre for Chinese Law, Hong Kong, March 2025
- Alleged ‘Unclean-Hands’ Doctrine in ISDS, presented at the Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) Young-OGEMID Symposium No. 19 (Illegality and Corruption in Investor-State Dispute Settlement), online, February 2025
2024
- Discussant, SMU-Leiden Workshop on Green Regionalism, Singapore, November 2024
- Updated Labor Standards and Their Impact on Economic Agreements, presented at the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law Faculty Research Seminar, Singapore, November 2024
- Discussant, 2024 Chinese Society of International Economic Law Annual Conference, Xiamen, November 2024
- Evaluating Dispute Resolution Mechanisms for Labor Commitments in Trade Agreements: A Comparative Study, presented at the 2024 Taipei International Conference on Arbitration and Mediation (The International Dispute Resolution in Evolution: The Technological and Legal Perspectives), Taipei, October 2024
- Evolving Labor Standards in International Economic Agreements, presented at the CUHK LAW Faculty Research Seminar, Hong Kong, October 2024
- Beyond Traditional Dispute Resolution: The Integrative Approach of the China International Commercial Court, at the European China Law Studies Association (ECLS) Annual Conference 2024, organized by the ECLS and CUHK LAW, Hong Kong, September 2024
- American Society of International Law (ASIL) Annual Meeting 2024 (International Law in an Interdependent World), Washington DC, the United States, April 2024
- Redefining Dispute Settlement: Norms vs. Realities in International Commercial Courts, organized by the UC Law San Francisco, San Francisco, the United States, March 2024
2023
- Speaker, 2023 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum: Indo-Pacific Strategies and International Law, Taipei, December 2024
- Speaker, 8th Asian International Economic Law Network Conference (AIELN), organized by National Taiwan University, Taipei, December 2023
- Discussant, NTHU-SMU-ASIL Series in International Law and Technology, Hsinchu, November 2023
- Organizer, CUHK LAW-UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Days 2023 Joint Event: Digital Pathways: Innovations in Cross-Border Trade, Hong Kong, November 2023
- Speaker, 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) and the Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC), Miami, Florida, the United States, October 2023
- Speaker, 150th Anniversary International Law Association (ILA) Symposium, Paris, France, June 2023
- Speaker, Universiti Brunei Darussalam Conference 2023 (Academic Perspectives on Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region), Brunei, May 2023 (virtual)
- Speaker, 2023 Bocconi International Investment Arbitration Conference (Assessing the Past, Envisioning the Future: International Investment Arbitration Law and Policy), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, April 2023
- Speaker, American Society of International Law (ASIL) Annual Meeting 2023 (The Reach and Limits of International Law to Solve Today’s Challenges), Washington DC, the United States, March 2023
- Speaker, CCCL Young Scholar Forum, organized by City University of Hong Kong Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law, March 2023 (virtual)
- Commentator, ASEAN-Korea Strategic Partnership Workshop, organized by Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore, March 2023
2022
- Speaker, ASIL Midyear Meeting Research Forum, Miami, Florida, the United States, November 2022
- Speaker, SMU – Asia Pacific Law Review Workshop, October 2022 (virtual)
- Speaker, ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group Biennial Conference 2022 (Energy, Sustainability, and The Future of International Economic Law), Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, September 2022
- Speaker, 16th Annual Conference of the European China Law Studies Association, organized by the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law, September 2022 (virtual)
- Speaker, 29th Annual ANZSIL Conference (International Law and Global Inter-Connectedness) by the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, June 2022 (virtual)
- Speaker, 15th Annual McGill Law Graduate Conference – (Legal) Adaption, organized by McGill University Faculty of Law, May 2022 (virtual)
- Speaker, Symposium on Supranational Responses to Corruption, organized by ASIL Anti-Corruption Interest Group, World Bank Office of Suspension and Debarment, OECD Anti-Corruption Division, World Economic Forum, International Anti-Corruption Academy, Federal Ministry Republic of Austria, and European and International Affairs, April 2022 (virtual)
- Speaker, Fudan University Transnational Corporation Legal Forum, Transnational Corporation and International Commercial Dispute Resolution Series, April 2022 (virtual)
2021
- Speaker, 7th Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) Conference (Building a Sustainable Future: New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law), organized by Singapore Management University, Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), and the Asian IEL Network, Singapore, December 2021 (virtual)
- Speaker, 2021 Young Scholars Workshop Webinar 3 (Challenges and Opportunities in International Dispute Settlement Mechanism), organized by the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business & Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre, UNSW Law & Justice, August 2021 (virtual)
- Speaker, 2021 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum (International Law and Post-Pandemic Asia: New Economic Challenges and Opportunities), organized by Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law – Chinese (Taiwan) Branch of the International Law Association (ILA) and Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore, August 2021 (virtual)
- Speaker, 4th International Investment Law Young Scholars Forum 2021 (Civilization Clash and Sustainable Development in Investment Law), organized by Xi’an Jiao Tong University School of Law and the Silk Road Institute for International and Comparative Law, May 2021 (virtual)