Dr. Jingxia Shi is a professor (international business & economic law) at School of Law, Renmin University of China (RUC). She has been retaining extensive research interests in the areas of international investment law, international trade law, as well as cross-border insolvency, with abundant publications both in English and Chinese. She earned PhD degree in International Law from Wuhan University in 1998 and J.S.D degree from Yale Law School in 2011. She is a member of Governing Council of International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), an appointed Conciliator at International Center for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID), member of Expert Committee of China Court of International Commerce (CCIC), the Supreme Court of China (SPC); and an appointed arbitrator at CIETAC, Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA), etc. She is frequently counseled by Chinese government agencies and enterprises with foreign-related legal issues. She had been research fellow/visiting professor at University of Toronto, New York University, the Center for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), University of London, Taiwan National Chengchi University and Soochow University, among others.