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Professor Gu, Weixia 顧維遐

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Associate Professor

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Professor Gu, Weixia 顧維遐

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Associate Professor

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Also Cited As:
Gu, Wei Xia
Gu, WX

Biography

Associate Professor Gu Weixia serves as Co-Director of the Master of Common Law Programme and Deputy Director of the Center for Chinese Law at the Faculty of Law. Her research interests are in arbitration and commercial dispute resolution, conflict of laws, civil justice, and cross-border legal issues, with a particular focus on legal development in these areas in China and Hong Kong. She is an Articles Editor of the Hong Kong Law Journal.

Bilingual in English and Chinese, she has published widely in her specialized fields in both languages. Her recent works include her monograph Arbitration in China: The Regulation of Arbitration Agreements and Practical Issues (2012) and Legal Development and Interaction in Greater China (2009) (co-ed with Professor Zhang Xianchu).

Prior to joining the Law Faculty, she was the youngest recipient in Hong Kong of the Fulbright Award from the United States Department of State and had been selected as an Honorary Young Fellow of the New York University. She had also held visiting scholar posts at Cornell and Fordham Universities where she researched and taught on commercial arbitration.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2006-02-01Fulbright Award: Fulbright Foundation, Department Of State, United States
Research Achievement
2014-03-01Outstanding Teaching Award: Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Teaching Accomplishment
2012-07-01Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council Early Career Scheme Incentive Award: University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2013-07-01General Research Fund Award: Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council
Research Achievement
2019-04-01Research Output Prize: Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2018-08-01Visiting Professor: National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law
Research Achievement
2018-11-01RGC Research Grant Incentive Award: Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2019-03-01Outstanding Young Researcher Award: University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2016-06-01General Research Fund Award: Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council
Research Achievement
2015-10-01Best Research Output Prize (First Class): China Society of Private International Law
Research Achievement
2019-06-01General Research Fund Award: Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council
Research Achievement
2019-06-01Best Research Output Prize (First Class): China Society of Private International Law
Research Achievement
2021-06-01General Research Fund Award: Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council
Research Achievement
2016-11-01Best Research Output Prize (Second Class): China Society of Private International Law
Research Achievement
2019-12-01Visiting Professor: National Taiwan University (NTU) College of Law
Research Achievement
2018-06-01General Research Fund Award: Hong Kong Government Research Grants Council
Research Achievement
2018-07-01Best Research Output Prize (First Class): China Society of Private International Law
Research Achievement
2017-11-01Research Grant Incentive Award: Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2018-04-01Elected Co-Chair: American Society of International Law (ASIL) Asia-Pacific Interest Group
Research Achievement
2019-07-01Elected Member: International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL)
Research Achievement
2020-12-01Research Output Prize: Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2020-11-01RGC Research Grant Incentive Award: Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
08/2007 - PresentMemberChartered Institute of Arbitrators
05/2007 - PresentAssociateAmerican Arbitration Association, International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)
08/2010 - PresentMemberChina Society of International Law
08/2010 - PresentMemberChina Society of Civil Procedure Law
10/2015 - PresentCouncil MemberChina Society of Private International Law
07/2019 - PresentMemberInternational Academy of Comparative Law (IACL)
12/2018 - PresentArbitratorCAA International Arbitration Center (CAAI)
05/2021 - PresentArbitratorChina International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
05/2018 - PresentArbitratorShanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC)
04/2018 - PresentCo-ChairAmerican Society of International Law (ASIL) Asia-Pacific Interest Group
02/2020 - PresentArbitratorHong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC)
12/2015 - PresentArbitratorShenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA)
11/2019 - PresentCouncil MemberHong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
04/2021 - PresentArbitratorChina-Africa Joint Arbitration Center (CAJAC)
04/2017 - PresentMemberAmerican Society of International Law (ASIL)
04/2019 - PresentArbitratorHainan International Arbitration Court
04/2021 - PresentArbitratorBeijing Arbitration Commission (BAC)
01/2019 - PresentFellowHong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
08/2018 - PresentArbitratorChinese Arbitration Association, Taipei
01/2022 - PresentArbitratorShanghai Arbitration Commission
08/2018 - PresentFellowChina Academy of Arbitration Law
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Private international law
Comparative Chinese law
Commercial law
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English, Cantonese, Putonghua英語、粵語、普通話
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English, Chinese英文、中文
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