作者简介

XIAO Yongping, PhD in law, Cheung Kong Scholars Distinguished Professor, now acts as director of International Law Institute (a national Think Tank) at Wuhan University, also holds as standing vicechairman of China's Society of Private International Law, standing director of China Law Society, member of International Law Committee of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC, member of Advisory Committee of Supreme People's Procuratorate of PRC, part-time research fellow on the “Belt and Road” Initiative of the Supreme People's Court of PRC, member of review group of National Social Science Fund, and editor-in-chief of WHU International Law Review. He has published over 170 academic articles and more than 20 academic monographs and textbooks on private international law, arbitration law, and international civil litigation. Some research achievements have got the first class award for legal textbooks and been listed as academic achievements by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education in China. He was honored as the “Top-Ten Outstanding Young Jurists of China”by Chinese Society of Law in 2010, the “Outstanding Teacher of China” by BAOGANG Education Foundation in 2015, and the “cultural master” or the leader in the fields of philosophy and social science by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the CPC.