Name：Zhu Weidong
Contact:
P.O Box: 1120, Beijing
Postal Code：100007
Tel：010-64031513
Fax：010-64035718
Email：zhuwd@cass.org.cn 

Resume：
Prof. Dr. ZHU Weidong is currently working at the Section for International Relation Studies of the Institute of West Asia and African Studies. He got his LLM and Ph.D degree from Xiangtan University and Wuhan University in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Since 2002 he worked successively in Xiangtan University and Ocean University of China. His research mainly covers the laws in Africa, especially those legal issues relating to China-Africa business transactions, private international law, international commercial arbitration, cross-border dispute resolution. He has published many articles in these areas in some leading international journals such as Journal of African Law, Penant, Journal of Private International Law, Yearbook of Private International Law, Journal of International Arbitration, Tydskrif Vir Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg, Asian International Arbitration Journal. Etc. He is also arbitrator of many arbitral institutions such as the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA), Qingdao Arbitration Commission.
 

Major Field of Study:
Laws in Africa especially those relating to China-Africa business transactions;

Private International Law, International Commercial Arbitration, Cross-border dispute resolution.
 
Major Publications:
The Plural Settlement Mechanisms of Foreign-Related Civil and Commercial Disputes in Africa (monograph, in Chinese), Xiangtan University Press, 2013.
“China’s Codification of conflict of laws: Publication of Draft text”, Journal of Private International Law , vol.3,2007,October；
“China-African Trade & Investment and the Exchange of Law”，in Harmonization of Business Law in Africa and Its Advantage for Chinese Investment in Africa，Tipografia Macau Hung Heng Limitada, 2008;
“OHADA：As a Base for Chinese Further Investment in Africa”, Penant, vol.129, No.89, 2009;
“Determining the Validity of Arbitration Agreement in China: Towards a New Approach”, Asian International Arbitration Journal, vol.6, No.1, 2010;
“A Plea for Unifying or Harmonizing Private International Law in East Asia: Experiences from  Europe, America and Africa”, 《国际私法研究》（第117号，韩国），2011年12月；
“A Brief Analysis of the Disputes Arising from China-African Civil and Commercial Transactions”, Journal of Cambridge Studies，vol.7, No.3, 2012;
“Arbitration as the Best Option for the Settlement of China-African Trade and Investment Disputes, Journal of African Law”, vol.57, No.1, 2013;
“The New Conflict Rules of Family and Inheritance Matters in China”, Yearbook of Private International Law, vol.14, 2013；
“Creating a Favorable Legal Environment for the Sustainable Development of China-African Business Relations”, Tydskrif Vir Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg (TSAR, the Journal of South African Law) , No.2, 2014;
“China-African Investment Treaties: Old Rules, New Challenges” (Won Kidane, Weidong ZHU), Fordham International Law Journal, vol.37, 2014;
“Comments on the Supreme People’s Court’s Interpretation of the Private International Law in China”, Northeast Asian Law Journal, vol.8, No.l, 2014.
“The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ‘With No Foreign Elements’ in China”, Journal of International Arbitration, vol.32, no.3, 2015