Career Summary
Biography
Dr Yucong Wang is a researcher in international economic law, with expertise in foreign investment law. She examines opportunities to reduce the risk of investor-State disputes centred on the inherent tension between public and private rights. All States – especially Developing States – are increasingly reliant on foreign investment while also expanding their expectations of being able to legislate freely in ever more fields to advance public interests. Dr Wang examines challenging topic areas within international investment law, including the extent to which States may regulate in the fields of protection of human rights, public health and safety, cultural heritage, and terrestrial and marine environments, without being exposed to liability for indirect expropriation of foreign investments.
Yucong completed her LLB at China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing in 2011. She has completed three postgraduate law degrees: LLM(Advanced) (European and International Business Law) at Leiden University (2012); LLM (International Economic and Business Law) at Kyushu University (2015); and an LLD at Kyushu University (2018). From 2013 to 2014 she was an administrator and research assistant at Zhejiang University School of Law in Hangzhou. Yucong moved to Australia in 2019 and taught for three years at the School of Law, University of Wollongong before joining University of Newcastle in 2023.
Yucong’s recent publications include ‘The Protection of Public Morals as an Exception to Indirect Expropriation: Opening the Floodgates to New, Eclectic Moral Crusades?’ in Melbourne Journal of International Law (2022); ‘Free Trade Agreements and Marine Species Sustainability: United States Files Environmental Complaint against Mexico to Protect Vanishing Vaquita’ in Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (2022); and ‘Arbitral Procedure in Annex 3 of the London Protocol’ in Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (2022).
Qualifications
- Doctor of Law, Kyushu University
- Master of Adv Studies in Eurpean & Internation Business & La, University of Leiden - Netherlands
Keywords
- Commercial law
- Foreign investment law
- International economic law
- Private international law
Languages
- Mandarin (Mother)
- English (Fluent)
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
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| 480308 | International trade and investment law | 60 |
| 480302 | Comparative law | 20 |
| 480310 | Public international law | 20 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
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| Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Law and Justice Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (3 outputs)
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| 2022 | Wang Y, Gullett W, 'Arbitral Procedure in Annex 3 of the London Protocol', Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law, Oxford University Press, UK (2022) | ||
| 2020 | Wang Y, 'Rotterdam Free Trade Port', Review of Legislative Arrangements for Free Trade Ports, Zhejiang University Press, China (2020) | ||
| 2018 | Gullett W, Wang Y, 'Modernizing Indirect Expropriation Regulation Along the One Belt One Road: The Applicability of Australia s Foreign Investment Agreements as a Model for Investment Security', Development and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region, Social Sciences Academic Press, China (2018) |
Journal article (4 outputs)
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Wang Y, Guo J, Gao S, Wang Y, Liu Q, Liu J, Zhou X, 'The prospects of judicial social work for incapacitated older adults: Evidence on how Chinese social workers may contribute', International Journal of Social Welfare, 33 123-136 (2024) [C1] With the increasing aging of the Chinese population, the issue of safeguarding the welfare of older adults has emerged in social governance. Currently, the primary strategy to add... [more] With the increasing aging of the Chinese population, the issue of safeguarding the welfare of older adults has emerged in social governance. Currently, the primary strategy to address this issue is the guardianship system, which is plagued with various challenges in judicial practice. Through two consecutive and contingent studies, for the first time, this research investigated the status quo of China's guardianship disputes involving older adult wards, analysed the missing role of social workers during the civil litigation process of these disputes, and identified the subtypes of disputes to which judicial social work could contribute. In the first study, 12 members of a district court of Shanghai who have dealt with such disputes were interviewed to explore the potential roles of social workers. Findings highlight the prospects of social workers serving as assessors and conveners during court hearings, supervisors and moderators after the court hearing, and facilitators and carers throughout the litigation process. In the second study, 16 cases of guardianship disputes involving incapacitated older adult wards were extracted from this court through systematic sampling and processed with crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis. Findings reveal the types of cases in which social workers should intervene. This article advocates for involving professionally trained social workers in China's civil court setting to safeguard incapacitated older adults' welfare further.
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Wang Y, 'Free Trade Agreements and Marine Species Sustainability: United States Files Environmental Complaint against Mexico to Protect Vanishing Vaquita', Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy, 7 156-164 (2022) [C1]
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| 2022 | Wang Y, 'The Protection Of Public Morals As an Exception to Indirect Expropriation: Opening the Floodgates to New, Eclectic Moral Crusades?', Melbourne Journal of International Law, 23 114-148 (2022) [C1] | |||||||
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Wang Y, 'Indirect expropriation and one belt one road initiative: A pivotal issue for the implementation of china s refreshed strategy for foreign investment', China and WTO Review, 3 121-144 (2017) [C1] China¿s OBOR Initiative charts a path for trade and investment cooperation between China and States along the OBOR. Indirect expropriation stands as a crucial issue for the succes... [more] China¿s OBOR Initiative charts a path for trade and investment cooperation between China and States along the OBOR. Indirect expropriation stands as a crucial issue for the successful implementation of the OBOR initiative. This mainly owes to the large size of investment projects and investment funds, scant regulation of indirect expropriation in the IIAs signed between China and OBOR States, and the diverse political and economic environments of these many States. This article examines the definition and identification standards of indirect expropriation under OBOR IIAs. It will also reveal that indirect expropriation is poorly defined and insufficiently identified in most agreements. It is argued that OBOR IIAs should be revised to regulate indirect expropriation in such three aspects as preambular declaration of host State regulatory freedom, definitional clarity of indirect expropriation, and guidance for its identification. This approach would facilitate a more stable investment environment and contribute to the success of the OBOR initiative.
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Review (2 outputs)
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| 2016 | Wang Y, 'Resistance and Change in the International Law on Foreign Investment (M Sornarajah, Cambridge University Press, 2015) (2016) | ||
| 2015 | Wang Y, 'Ying Bi & S. van. Uytsel, Could Predatory Pricing Rules Substitute for Antidumping Laws in the Proposed China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Agreement? (2015) |