Dr. Xueji SU is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. She specialized in international economic law, multilateral institutions, Chinese law, European Union law and interdisciplinary studies of law and global governance. Dr. Xueji SU researches and writes on the complex regulation of state-owned enterprises, EU-China economic relations, and international dispute settlement (including WTO litigation and international arbitration). Her academic writings have appeared in leading peer-reviewed international legal journals, including Journal of World Trade (JWT), Journal of World Investment & Trade (JWIT), Legal Issues of Economic Integration (LIEI), Asia Pacific Law Review (APLR). She was a recipient of the CUHK Outreach Award 2022, Max Plank Luxembourg Scholarship 2022, and was honoured by the IEEM Academic Prize for Outstanding Graduates in European Union Law in 2017.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) from the University of Macau (UMAC), and a doctorate in law (PhD) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Dr. Xueji SU also is licensed lawyer in mainland China. Dr. Xueji SU has served as visiting fellow/researcher at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, European University Institute (EUI), and the Macao Economic & Trade Office to the European Union (EU).

Awards and Research Grants

• The Chinese University of Hong Kong Outreach Award 2022, issued by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2022
• Max Plank Luxembourg Scholarship 2022, issued by Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European Union and Regulatory Procedural Law, 2022
• AECSRP- IEEM Academic Research Grants 2021, funded by European Academic Programme in Macao and Institute of European Studies of Macau, 2021
• Best Paper Prize at UCASS Graduate Forum on EU Foreign Relations Law, issued by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2020
• IEEM Academic Prize for Outstanding Graduates in European Union Law, funded by Institute of European Studies of Macau, 2017
• Scholarship for Outstanding Scholars in European Union Law, issued by European Academic Programme in Macao, 2015
• 2014 Comprehensive Development Scholarship, issued by the Central University of Finance and Economics, 2014
• Academic Excellence Scholarship for the academic year 2012/2013, issued by the School of Law, Central University of Finance and Economics, 2013
• Outstanding Person Award in Summer Social Practice Program, issued by the Central University of Finance and Economics, 2011

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• “From Effect to Behaviour – Regulating State-Owned Enterprises as Competitors in Trade Agreements” (2023) 57(3) Journal of World Trade (Forthcoming).
• “A Critical Analysis of the EU’s Eclectic Foreign Subsidies Regulation: Can the Level Playing Field be Achieved?” (2023)50(1) Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Forthcoming).
• “Asian Regionalism and the Shaping of State-owned Enterprises Rules” (2023) 31(2) Asia Pacific Law Review(Forthcoming)
• “Liberalising the Chinese Market: State-Owned Enterprise Disciplines in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment” (2022) 23(4) Journal of World Investment & Trade 545-571.
• “Regulating Transboundary Harm of Global Pandemic: Substantive Obligations and Procedural Rules” (with Yuxi FENG) (2022) XXV(2) CURRENTS: Journal of International Economic Law (Forthcoming)
•  “From Norms to Expectations: Balancing Trade and Security Interests in the Post-COVID-19 World” (with Alexandr SVETLICINII) (2021) 8(2) Manchester Journal of International Economic Law 162-191.

Book Chapters

• “Pre-Entry National Treatment in EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment - An Open Sesame to the Chinese Market?” in Alexandr Svetlicinii and I-Ju Chen (eds.) EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: A Step forward for Investment Liberalization (forthcoming)
•  “Normative Power Europe in the Belt and Road Initiative: Challenge for Constructing the Self or an Opportunity for Changing Others?” in Jan Wouters, Michelle Egan, Kolja Raube and Julien Chaisse (eds.) At the Crossroads of World Order: Contestation, Global governance and Europe (Edward Elgar, 2023)
•  “EU-China Cooperation on Promoting Sustainable Development under the Belt and Road Initiative: Consensus Built on Divergence” in Stephen Minas and Vassilis Ntousas (eds.) The European Union and China’s Belt and Road: Impact, Engagement and Competition (Routledge, 2021)