Dr. Dong Fang is an associate professor of international law at School of Law, Xiamen Universityand Director of International Economic Law Institute there. He is also performing the duty ofSecretary General of China Society of International Economic Law (CSIEL). He has beenretaining extensive research interests in the areas of international commercial & trade law, generalinternational law, as well as interpretation of international agreements, with abundant publicationsboth in English and Chinese. He is an appointed arbitrator at XMAC and frequently counseled byChinese government agencies and enterprises with international economic legal issues. He hadbeen research fellow/visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis and TrierUniversity