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Chenxia Shi

Lecturer, Business Law and Taxation

  • LLB (NUPL)
  • LLM (CASS)
  • PhD Candidate, Law School, University of Melbourne

Chenxia joined the department in 2004. She was previously a research officer for a large ARC research project at the Centre for International Corporate Governance Research at Victoria University. She worked in the People’s Procuratorate in China before coming to Australia as a visiting scholar at the Law School, University of Sydney in 2000.

Chenxia has published on a range of subjects in good quality international and Australian refereed journals, and has made presentations at international conferences and seminars.

She was a member of a research team that has been awarded "Victoria University 2005 Vice Chancellor's Citation for Excellence in Research" in the category of Research Team (the DEST-funded research project was conducted by the research team from late 2003 to late 2004).

In 2006 Chenxia was selected by the Columbia Law School in a writing Competition (the World Wide Junior Corporate Scholar Forum) and was invited to present her paper at a conference held by Columbia Law School in New York in March 2007. 

Teaching

Chenxia teaches Commercial Law, Corporations Law and Trusts, Australian Company Law, Comparative Corporate Law in undergraduate and graduate programs.

Grants, Awards and  Scholarships

  • 2007: Faculty Research Excellence Grant ($10,000).
  • 2007: Dean's Commendation for Excellence in Research Publication.
  • 2007: (jointly with Chinese colleagues received) A Research Grant from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (RMB Yuan 100,000).
  • 2006-2007: Department of Business Law and Taxation Research Grant ($6965.80).
  • 2005-2006: Faculty of Business and Economics Research Grant ($5,000).
  • Awarded Victoria University 2005 Vice-Chancellor's Citation for Excellence in Research in the category of Research Team.
  • 2003-2004: Member of research team for a DEST-funded research project titled "Corporate Governance in Post-WTO China" under the China Higher Education Strategic Initiatives ($140,000).
  • Awarded Melbourne International Research Scholarship, Law School, the University of Melbourne.
  • Awarded Research Fellowship, China Scholarships Council, Ministry of Education, P.R.C.

Contact details

Telephone
+61 3 9903 2589
Email
Email Chenxia Shi
Postal address
Department of Business Law and Taxation
PO Box 197
Caulfield East, Vic 3145
AUSTRALIA

Publications to date

B1- Chapters in Books

  • (with Bin Hu), "Directors' Liability for Corporate Fault in China", in Anderson (ed), Directors’  Personal Liability for Corporate Fault, Kluwer Law  International, 2008.
  • (with Zhengtao Yi), "Legal and Regulatory Developments of the Banking industry in 2006”, in Hu and Quan (eds), Financial Law and regulation in China’s Fully Opened-up Markets, Social Science Press, Beijing, 27-39, 2007.
  • (with  Chao Zhang), “The Regulatory Innovation: analyses of China’s Regulation and Implementation Rules on the Administration of Foreign Banks”, in Hu and Quan (eds), Financial Law and regulation in China’s Fully Opened-up Markets, Social Science Press, Beijing, 321-329, 2007.
  • Shi Chenxia, "The Governance of China’ State-owned Enterprises in Post-WTO Era", in Tomasic et al (eds), Corporate Governance: Challenges for China, Law Press, Beijing, 385-421, 2005.

C1 - Refereed Journal Articles

  • Shi Chenxia, "The Recent Rules of the Supreme People's Court of the P.R.C on Handling Cases Concerning Information Disclosure of Listed Companies", Company and Securities Law Journal (accepted, forthcoming 2008).
  • Shi, Chenxia, "Recent Ownership Reform and Control of Central State-Owned Enterprises in China: Taking One Step at A Time", 30 (3) University of New South Wales Law Journal 855-866, 2007.
  • Shi Chenxia, "Protecting Investors in China through Multiple Regulatory Mechanisms and Effective Enforcement",  Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law Vol. 24, No. 2. (U.S.A) 451-497, 2007.
  • "Competition in China's Securities Market: Reform of Current Regulatory System", Loyola University Chicago International Law Review Vol 3, Issue 2. (U.S.A)  213-231, 2006.
  • Shi Chenxia, "Securities Regulation and Competition in China", the Trade Practices Law Journal, 14:2, 120-128, 2006.
  • Shi Chenxia, "The International Corporate Governance Developments: the path for China", Vol. 7(1) Australian Journal of Asian Law 60-94, 2005.
  • Shi Chenxia, "Commercial Development and Regulation in Late Imperial China: An Historical Review", Vol.35 Part 1, Hong Kong Law Journal 481-503, 2005.
  • Shi Chenxia and Dong Kaiju, (Ministry of Justice, PRC), 'The proposed antitrust law and the problem of administrative monopolies in China', Trade Practices Law Journal, 12:2, 106-113, 2004.
  • Shi Chenxia, "What matters in the governance of the board? a comparative perspective", Australian Journal of Corporate Law, 17:1, 144-156, 2004. 
  • Shi Chenxia, “System of Chief Officers of Joint Stock Limited Companies in Periods of Promotion, Operation and Liquidation”, (2001) 4 Commercial Law Thesis Collection, Tsinghua University, pp 514-600, 2001, Beijing.  
  • Shi Chenxia, “Director’s Duties in Joint Stock Limited Companies.” 5 Academic Journal 60-76, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 1999.
  • Shi Chenxia, “Remedies for Minority Shareholders in British Company Law.” 1 Academic Journal 44-52, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 1998.

E1 - Refereed Conference Papers

  • "Investor protection in China's Securities Market", paper presented at 2007 ALTA conference in Perth, 24-26 Sept, 2007.
  • “Globalization and Corporate Governance”, (2004) Proceedings of the DEST-funded conference on “Corporate Governance in Post WTO China” held in 5-6 December, 2003, Melbourne. ISBN: 1 86272 645 0.
  • "The Governance of China’ State-owned Enterprises in Post-WTO Era”, (2004) Proceedings of the DEST-funded conference on “Corporate Governance in Post WTO China” in Beijing, 15-17 April, 2004.

Conference Presentation

  • Shi Chenxia, "Directors' accountability towards investors, workers and the environment under Chinese laws", to be presented at Asian Studies Association of Australia 17th Biennial Conference: Is this the Asian Century? 1-3 July 2008, Melbourne.
  • Shi Chenxia, "Directors' Liability for False Statements in the Information Disclosure of Listed Companies in China", to be presented at 2008 Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, 6-9 July, 2008, Queensland.
  • Shi Chenxia, "Investor protection in China's Securities Market", paper presented at 2007 Australian Law Teachers Association annual conference in Perth, 24-26 September, 2007.
  • Shi Chenxia, "Protecting Investors In China Through Multiple Regulatory Mechanisms and Effective Enforcement", Invited speaker at the World Wide Junior Corporate Scholar Forum organised by the Columbia Law School in New York, 2-3 March, 2007.
  • Participation in Discussion at the workshop “Politics of corporate Governance” jointly held by Denmark Center for Corporate Governance and Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, 29-30 September, 2006.
  • Shi Chenxia, “Corporate Regulation and Governance: A Comparative Review” presented at Asian Law Institute Annual Conference in Shanghai, 27-28 May, 2006.
  • Shi Chenxia, “The Developments of Commercial Regulation In China: A Historical Analysis” presented at Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference in Darwin, 8-11 July 2004.
  • Shi Chenxia, “The Governance of China’ State-owned Enterprises in Post-WTO Era”, presented at the DEST-funded international conference on “Corporate Governance in Post WTO China” in Beijing, 15-17 April, 2004.
  • Shi Chenxia, “The International Corporate Governance Developments: the path for China”, presented at the Australian Corporate Law Teachers’ Association Annual Conference in Canberra, 8-10 February, 2004.
  • Shi Chenxia, “The development of Commerce and corporate law in China – does history count?” presented at 2nd International law & Commerce Conference – “Law, Commerce, Ethics” in Melbourne, 8-9 December 2003.
  • Shi Chenxia, “Globalization and Corporate Governance”, presented at the DEST-funded international conference on “Corporate Governance in Post WTO China” in Melbourne, 5-6 December, 2003.
  • Participation in the Asian Bankers Association/APEC Business Advisory Council/Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Symposium “Promoting Good Corporate Governance and Transparency in APEC Financial Institutions”, Melbourne, 19th October 2005.

Seminar Presentation

  • Presentation at the Asian Law Centre’s Brown Bag Seminar on “Merchants, Guilds and Early Business Enterprises in China” in the Law School, University of Melbourne, August 11, 2004.
  • Participation in the international seminar on “Judicial administration systems: local innovations and international comparisons” jointly organized by Judicial Administration and Justice Studies Institute at Victoria University and Ministry of Justice of P.R.C, November 2003.

Translated Work

  • Hill, Jennifer, “Disclosure of Australian Directors and Executives’ Remuneration”, 6 Commercial Law Review, Beijing, 2002.
  • Ramsay, Ian, “Remuneration of Directors and Senior Executives: the Role of Law”, 5 Commercial Law Review, Beijing, 2000.