dr. C (Cheng) Bian

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

Assistant professor | China Law Centre
Email
bian@law.eur.nl

Work

  • Cheng Bian (14 July 2022) - International Scholars Discuss National Security Issues in Domestic, Transnational, and International Law

  • Cheng Bian (2025) - Permanent Court of Arbitration Hague Willem C. Vis Pre-Moot (Participant)
    Activity: Organising and contributing to an event Academic
  • Cheng Bian (2024) - Doing Business Environment and the Rule of Law: A Sino-Dutch Perspective (Participant)
    Activity: Organising and contributing to an event Academic
  • Cheng Bian (2023) - FDI regulation and screening in China (Speaker)
    Activity: Invited talk Academic
  • Cheng Bian (2023) - 4th APELIA Annual Conference: The Global Dimension of the Digital Revolution (Participant)
    Activity: Organising and contributing to an event Academic
  • Cheng Bian (2022) - Lauterpacht Center for International Law (Visiting researcher)
    Activity: Visiting an external academic institution Academic
  • Cheng Bian (2022) - China’s FDI Regulatory Regime: Progress and Limitations (Speaker)
    Activity: Invited talk Academic
  • Cheng Bian (2022) - Essential Security Interest Exception in International Investment Agreements and Arbitration: From an Exception to a Norm? (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Academic
  • C (Cheng) Bian (2022) - EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment and beyond: Challenges and Prospects (Speaker)
    Activity: Invited talk Academic
  • C (Cheng) Bian (2021) - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Data-Based Sectors in China: Are International Investment Agreements a Facilitation or an Encumbrance? (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Academic
  • Cheng Bian (2021) - The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: Key elements and potential implications (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Academic

Staunch B.V.

Start date approval
January 2025
End date approval
December 2027
Place
UN STUDIO, PARNASSUSWEG
Description
law firm

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