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Chao XI serves as the Dean and Professor at the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.\u00a0<\/span>He joined CUHK in 2007 after earning his PhD from the University of London. He has held several leadership positions within the Faculty of Law at CUHK, including Interim Dean, Associate Dean (Research), and Head of the Graduate Division of Law. Professor Xi is internationally recognised for his research and scholarship in Chinese law, corporate law and governance, securities regulation, financial regulation, and empirical legal studies. He has secured numerous competitive research grants, including several prestigious fundings from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. In recognition of his deep commitment to teaching excellence, Professor Xi has received the esteemed CUHK Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Exemplary Teaching Award in 2010, 2017, and 2022.<\/span><\/p>

Professor Xi is dedicated to public service and has contributed to significant legal reform initiatives. He has served in various roles, including as a member of the Department of Justice\u2019s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Task Force. His expertise has been valued by law firms, multinational enterprises, and government agencies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    • CUHK Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Exemplary Teaching Award 2022<\/li>
    • CUHK Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Exemplary Teaching Award 2017<\/li>
    • CUHK Young Researcher Award 2011<\/li>
    • CUHK Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Exemplary Teaching Award 2010<\/li>
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      • Corporate Law and Governance<\/li>
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      • Financial Regulation<\/li>
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        • Principal Investigator, \u2018\u2018Harmonization of Business and Commercial Laws in the Greater Bay Area: Concepts, Approaches, and Policy Options\u2019, Research Impact Fund (RIF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2024-2029, HK$6,857,143 (including matching funds)<\/li>
        • Principal Investigator, \u2018Regulating Outbound Data Flows in China\u2019, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2024-2026, HK$ 996,300<\/li>
        • Principal Investigator, \u2018Corporate Charters in China\u2019, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2023-2025, HK$930,625<\/li>
        • Principal Investigator, \u2018Corporate Boards in China\u2019, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2019-2021, HK$767,494<\/li>
        • Principal Investigator, \u2018Shareholder Voting in China\u2019, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2017-2019, HK$983,500<\/li>
        • Principal Investigator, \u2018Public Enforcement of Securities Laws in China\u2019, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2014-2016, HK$734,750<\/li>
        • Principal Investigator, \u2018The Political Economy of Corporate Law Reform in China: The Rise and Decline of the UK-Style Mandatory Bid Rule as a Case Study\u2019, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2012-2014, HK$467,059<\/li>
        • International Principal Investigator, \u2018Re-examining Shareholder Voting and Engagement in Emerging Economies of PR China and India\u2019, Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, the Government of India, 2019-2020, INR \u20b9 2,284,070<\/li>
        • Co-Principal Investigator, \u2018Foreign M&A and National Industrial Security in China\u2019, PRC Ministry of Education Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research, PRC Central Government, 2012-2014, RMB\u00a5800,000<\/li>
        • Principal Investigator, \u2018A Study on the Law and Practice of the Mandatory Bid Rule in Japan: Policy Implications for China\u2019, The Sumitomo Foundation Grant for Japan-Related Research Projects, 2011-2012, US$9,000<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          Select Books, Edited Volumes and Special Issues<\/p>

          • Legal and Regulatory Harmonization in the Greater Bay Area<\/em>, special issue with The China Review<\/em> (2024:2) pp.1\u2013126<\/li>
          • Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2022) (co-edited with Harpreet Kaur, Christoph Van der Elst, and Anne Lafarre)<\/li>
          • How the Chinese Judiciary Works: New Insights from Data-Driven Research<\/em>, special issue with The China Review<\/em> (2022: 3) pp. 1\u2013209<\/li>
          • Legal Dimensions of the Belt and Road Initiative <\/em>(Wolter Kluwers, 2016) (co-edited with Lutz-Christian Wolff)
            (Reviewed in International Trade Law & Regulation<\/em>)<\/li>
          • Data-Driven Approaches to Studying Chinese Judicial Practice<\/em>, special issue with The China Review <\/em>(2019: 3) pp. 1\u2013175 (co-edited with Bj\u00f6rn Ahl and Lidong Cai)<\/li>
          • Corporate Governance and Legal Reform in China <\/em>(London: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2009)
            (reviewed in\u00a0Compliance & Regulatory Journal<\/em>, Journal of Business Law<\/em>, and Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Chinesisches Recht<\/em>)<\/li>
          • Doing Business in China<\/em> (Third Edition) <\/em>& (Fourth Edition) <\/em>(London: Routledge, 2009 & 2016) (hardback and paperback) (with Tim Ambler & Morgen Witzel)
            (reviewed in China Review International<\/em>: \u2018[This text] has become acknowledged as the bible for la\u02c7o w\u00e0i [foreigners] seeking to crack the China market.\u2019)<\/li>
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            Select Journal Articles and Book Chapters<\/p>

            • \u2018Majority-of-the-Minority Shareholder Votes and Investment Efficiency\u2019 (2024) 89 Journal of Corporate Finance<\/em> 102656 (with Ning Cao and Paul B. McGuinness)<\/li>
            • \u2018China\u2019, in Jean Jacques du Plessis, Anil Hargovan and Beth Nosworthy, Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance (Firth Ed.)<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2024) 394<\/li>
            • \u2018Legal and Regulatory Harmonization in the Greater Bay Area\u2019 (2024) 24:2 The China Review <\/em>1<\/li>
            • \u2018Related Party Transactions and the Majority-of-the-Minority Rule: Data-Driven Evidence from China and Implications for Europe\u2019 (2023) 66 Journal of Business Law<\/em> 309<\/li>
            • \u2018China\u2019s Regulation of Cross-Border Data Flows: Approaches, Mechanisms and Instruments\u2019 (2023) 9 Journal of National Law University Delhi<\/em> 21 (with Yingcheng Qi)<\/li>
            • \u2018The Right to Refuse Registration of Share Transfer: Hong Kong\u2019s Experience and its Implication for Mainland China\u201d (2023: 4) Law and Economy<\/em> [Caijing Faxue]<\/em> 23 (with Haochuan Gong)<\/li>
            • \u2018Corporate Criminal Compliance in the Greater Bay Area\u2019 (2023: 12) Social Scientist <\/em>[Shehui Kexue Jia<\/em>] 111 (with Yongjie Xing and Xiaoyan Hou)<\/li>
            • \u2018Contract Law and Financial Regulation in China: An Illegality Perspective\u2019 (2022) 38 Journal of Contract Law<\/em> 79<\/li>
            • \u2018The End of the War or the Commencement of Battle? Cryptocurrency Regulation in China\u2019 (2022) 37 Banking & Finance Law Review<\/em> 339<\/li>
            • \u00a0\u2018Shareholder Voting and Engagement: An Introduction\u2019 in Harpreet Kaur, Chao Xi, Christoph Van der Elst and Anne Lafarre (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2022) 3 (with Anne Lafarre)<\/li>
            • \u2018Shareholder Voting and Engagement in China\u2019 in Harpreet Kaur, Chao Xi, Christoph Van der Elst and Anne Lafarre (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2022) 21<\/li>
            • \u2018Shareholder Engagement and Voting: Where Does the Future Lie?\u2019 in Harpreet Kaur, Chao Xi, Christoph Van der Elst and Anne Lafarre (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2022) 537<\/li>
            • \u2018How the Chinese Judiciary Works: New Insights from Data-Driven Research\u2019 (2022) 22:3 The China Review<\/em> 1<\/li>
            • \u2018When a Judicial Mistake Went Viral: The Diffusion of Law in China\u2019 (2022) 22:3 The China Review<\/em> 73 (with Yingcheng Qi, Ruobing Wang and Ning Cao)<\/li>
            • \u2018Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Do Chinese Minority Shareholders Vote When Controlling Shareholders Change Their Minds \u2013 An Empirical Assessment\u2019 (2022: 5) Journal of Shandong University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) [Shandong Daxue <\/em>Xue<\/em>bao (Zhe<\/em>xu<\/em>e Shehui Kexue Ban)]<\/em> 60 (with Haochuan Gong and Ning Cao)<\/li>
            • \u2018Does Securities Enforcement Improve Disclosure Quality? An Examination of Chinese Listed Companies\u2019 Restatement Activities\u2019 (2021) 67 Journal of Corporate Finance<\/em> 101877 (with Ning Cao and Paul B. McGuinness)<\/li>
            • \u2018Are US-Listed Chinese Firms a Minefield? A Board Perspective\u2019 (2021) 54 The International Lawyer<\/em> 201 (lead article) (with Yurong Huang)<\/li>
            • \u2018Shareholder Voting and COVID-19: The China Experience\u2019 (2021) 9 Chinese Journal of Comparative Law<\/em> 125 (lead article)<\/li>
            • \u2018State-Backed Shareholder Activism\u2019 (2021: 4) Revue internationale des services financiers<\/em> \/International Journal for Financial Services<\/em> 44<\/li>
            • \u2018Dance with Shackles On? An Empirical Assessment of Investor Stewardship in China\u2019 (2021) 15 Tsinghua University Law Journal [Qinghua Faxue]<\/em> 111 (with Haochuan Gong)<\/li>
            • \u2018Private International Law in China\u2019s Greater Bay Area: An Empirical Assessment of the Qianhai Court Judgments\u2019 (2021: 3) Hong Kong and Macau Journal [Gangao Yanjiu]<\/em> 16 (with Tianshu Liu and Runqiao Zou)<\/li>
            • \u2018Financial Regulation as Interagency Competition? The Saga of Venture Capital Rule-making in China\u2019, in Douglas Arner, Wai Yee Wan, Andrew J. Godwin and Wei Shen (eds.) Research Handbook on Asian Financial Law<\/em> (Edward Elgar, 2020) 499 (with Sirui Han)<\/li>
            • \u2018Shareholder Voting and Corporate Sustainability in China\u2019, in Beate Sj\u00e5fjell and Christopher Bruner (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Sustainability<\/em> (Cambridge University Press 2019) 431<\/li>
            • \u2018A Study on the Venture Capital Laws and Regulations in the EU and US: Implications for China\u2019, 100 Peking University<\/em> Financial Law Review<\/em> [Jinrong Fayuan]<\/em> (2019) 188 (with Sirui Han)<\/li>
            • \u2018Greater Transparency, Better Regulation? Evidence from Securities Enforcement Actions\u2019 14 Journal of Comparative Law<\/em> (2019) 350 (with Ning Cao)<\/li>
            • \u2018Data-Driven Approaches to Studying Chinese Judicial Practice: Opportunities, Challenges, and Issues\u2019 (2019) 19 The China Review<\/em>\u00a01 (with Bj\u00f6rn Ahl and Lidong Cai)<\/li>
            • \u2018The Revolving Door: Does it Have an Impact on Public Securities Enforcement?\u2019 12 (2018: Issue 4) Tsinghua University Law Journal <\/em>[Qinghua Faxue]<\/em> 7 (with Ning Cao and Haochuan Gong)<\/li>
            • \u2018CSRC Enforcement of Securities Laws: Preliminary Empirical Findings\u2019, in Sean Griffith, Jessica Erickson, David H. Webber and Verity Winship (eds.) Research Handbook on Representative Shareholder Litigation <\/em>(Edward Elgar, 2018) 513<\/li>
            • \u2018Public Enforcement of Securities Laws: A Case of Convergence?\u2019 in Yun Zhao and Michael Ng (eds.) Chinese Legal Reform and the Global Legal Order: Adoption and Adaptation <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2017) 81 (with Xuanming Pan)<\/li>
            • \u2018Shadow Banking in China: Then and Now\u2019 (2017) 28 Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice <\/em>146-157 (with Le Xia)<\/li>
            • \u2018Legal and Regulatory Risks of \u201cBelt of Road\u201d Countries: An Index-Based Approach\u2019 in Lutz-Christian Wolff and Chao Xi (eds.), Legal Dimensions of China\u2019s One Belt One Road Initiative <\/em>(Wolters Kluwer, 2016) 33<\/li>
            • \u2018Financial Infrastructure of B&R: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank \u2013 Governance Issues\u2019 in Lutz-Christian Wolff and Chao Xi (eds.), Legal Dimensions of China\u2019s One Belt One Road Initiative <\/em>(Wolters Kluwer, 2016) 341<\/li>
            • \u2018Why Has Basel III Become Hard Law for China? The Domestic Political Economy of International Financial Law\u2019 in Ross Buckley, Douglas Arner and Avgouleas Emilios (eds), Rethinking Global Finance and Its Regulation <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2016) 91<\/li>
            • \u2018The Political Economy of Takeover Regulation: What Does the Mandatory Bid Rule in China Tell Us?\u2019(2015) 58 Journal of Business Law <\/em>142<\/li>
            • \u2018Ownership Bias in Takeover Approvals?\u00a0 A Study on the Regulatory Waivers of the Mandatory Takeover Bid\u2019 (2015: Issue 4) China Management Studies <\/em>[Zhongda Guanli Pinglun]<\/em> \u00a0<\/em>1 (with Li Shanmin, Wan Ziqiang, and Shi Xinxiang)<\/li>
            • \u2018From Rule-Taker to Rule-Maker: China and International Banking Regulation\u2019 in Friedl Weiss and Kammel Armin (eds.) The Changing Landscape of Global Financial Governance and the Role of Soft Law <\/em>(Brill, 2015) 312<\/li>
            • \u2018Does Cumulative Voting Matter? The Case of China: An Empirical Assessment\u2019 (2014) 15 European Business Organization Law Review <\/em>585 (with Yugang Chen)<\/li>
            • \u2018Domestic Politics as International Norms: China\u2019s Changing Roles in International Banking Regulation\u2019 (2014) 30 Banking and Finance Law Review <\/em>69<\/li>
            • \u2018Ralls Corporation v Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States<\/em>: National Security Review in the United States and its Implications for China\u2019 (2014) 54 Journal of Sun Yat-Sen University (Social Science Edition)\u00a0<\/em>199 (with Shanmin Li and Ziqiang Wan)<\/li>
            • \u2018Local Courts as Legislators? Judicial Lawmaking by Sub-National Courts in China\u2019 (2012) 33 Statute Law Review <\/em>39<\/li>
            • \u2018The Rise and Decline of the Reversal of the Burden of Proof in China\u2019s Medical Negligence Law: A Political Economy of Lawmaking Perspective\u2019 (2012) 12 The China Review <\/em>33 (with Lixin Yang)<\/li>
            • \u2018Piercing the Corporate Veil in China: How Did We Get There?\u2019 (2011) 55 Journal of Business Law <\/em>413<\/li>
            • \u2018Medical Liability Laws in China: The Tale of Two Regimes\u2019 (2011) 19 Tort Law Review <\/em>65 (with Lixin Yang)<\/li>
            • \u2018Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors\u2019 in Lutz-Christian Wolff (ed), China Outbound Investments <\/em>(Hong Kong: CCH, 2011) 71<\/li>
            • \u2018National Reports: The People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019 in Christopher Hodges, Stefan Vogenauer and Magdalena Tulibacka (eds), The Costs and Funding of Civil Litigation: A Comparative Perspective <\/em>(Oxford: Hart, 2010) 261 (with Michael Palmer)<\/li>
            • \u2018The Globalization of Class Actions: China\u2019 (2009) 622 The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences <\/em>270 (with Michael Palmer)<\/li>
            • \u2018Foreign Solutions for Local Problems? The Use of US-Style Fiduciary Duties to Regulate Agreed Takeovers in China\u2019 (2008) 6 Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies <\/em>407<\/li>
            • \u2018In Search of an Effective Monitoring Board Model: Board Reforms and the Political Economy of Corporate Law in China\u2019 (2006) 22 Connecticut Journal of International Law <\/em>1<\/li>
            • \u2018Institutional Shareholder Activism in China: Law and Practice (Part 1)\u2019 (2006) 17 International Company and Commercial Law Review <\/em>251<\/li>
            • \u2018Institutional Shareholder Activism in China: Law and Practice (Part 2)\u2019 (2006) 17 International Company and Commercial Law Review <\/em>287<\/li>
            • \u2018Private Enforcement of Securities Law in China: Daqing Lianyi Co v ZHONG Weida and Others <\/em>(2004) Heilongjiang High Court\u2019 (2006) 1 Journal of Comparative Law <\/em>492<\/li>
            • \u2018Transforming Chinese Enterprises: Ideology, Efficiency and Instrumentalism in the Process of Reform\u2019 in John Gillespie and Pip Nicholson (eds), Asian<\/em>\u00a0Socialism and Legal Change: The Dynamics of Vietnamese Renewal and Chinese Reform <\/em>(Canberra: ANU Press & Asia Pacific Press, 2005) 91<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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