Sheng Zhang is an Associate Professor at Xi' an Jiaotong University School of Law. He is Deputy Secretary-General of the China International Investment Arbitration Forum and an editor of the Chinese Journal of Comparative Law. He mainly focuses on international investment law and comparative law. He was a visiting scholar at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. He has published articles in the European Journal of International Law, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law and Columbia FDI Perspectives.