XIONG Wenbo (Abel) is currently a Part-time Research Assistant at City University of Hong Kong, doing research mainly in International Economic Law, International Investment Law, International Water Law, Public International Law, and Constitutional Law of the PRC. Besides, he also currently holds a PhD offer (in Public International Law) of Macau University of Science and Technology.
Before his journey at CityUHK, he obtained an LLB in Chinese Economic Law from Hubei University of Economics (HBUE), Wuhan, China, where he also minored in English Translation and Interpretation. He later earned an LLM in Common Law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).With nearly eight years of academic and research experience across both civil law and common law systems, he brings a deep understanding of diverse legal traditions.
His research interests include, but are not limited to, Aviation Law, and Constitutional Law of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong Basic Law). Besides, he is also interested in and participate in interdisciplinary study and research (such as International Relations, Chinese Politics and Central-local Relationship etc.) from time to time.
Selected projects (as participant) at CityUHK:
1) "Can an Indigenous Approach Towards the Exercise of Due Diligence Materialize Apolitical Sustainabiity of the Yarlung-Tsangpo River?- An Interdisciplinary Enquiry”
2) “A Comparative Study of the Harmonization of International Legal Orders”
3) "Incentivizing Private Antitrust Enforcement to Promote Leniency Application: Experimental Evidence"
Previous Experience
- Sep 2023 - Nov 2023, Part-time Technical Assistant, CityU School of Law. Mainly in charge of organizing an economic experiment, recruiting participants, collecting and analyzing information.
- Mar 2023 - Jun 2023, Part-time Research Assistant, CityU School of Law. At the Research Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law.
Mainly conduct research (especially data collection, coding, and analysis) in the fields of Chinese Company Law, Competition Law, Law & Economics.
- May 2020 - Apr 2021, Paralegal, Shanghai Daji Law Firm. Lawyer’s assistant. Mainly doing contract reviews, meeting with clients, and some E-C translations for legal documents.
- Feb 2020 - Aug 2020, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Hubei University of Economics. Teaching assistant for LLB students, in the Company Law and Public International Law courses.
The main task is to collect online resources, prepare course materials, and mark students’ papers.
- Apr 2019 - Sep 2020, Student Research Assistant, Hubei University of Economics. Part-time research assistant in the field of company law as well as environmental law.
Mainly on corporate compliance and governance; Environmental policy of the US government.
- Oct 2018 - Jun 2021, Student Advisor, Hubei University of Economics. Helping fresh LLB students with their study plans and career developments.
- Oct 2018 - Jun 2019, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Hubei University of Economics. Unpaid research assistant for professors at the School of Foreign Languages. Mainly in translating materials, proofreading, and doing some basic legal translation.
Journal
- XIONG, Wenbo. (Dec 2020). 中美贸易争端背景下我国跨国公司发展问题及其对策分析. 现代商贸工业. 2020(12). 19 - 20. doi:10.19311/j.cnki.1672-3198.2020.12.009
- XIONG, Wenbo. (Nov 2019). 行政执法中的伦理失范及其对策. 区域治理. 2019(45). 156 - 158. doi:D922.1
- XIONG, Wenbo. (Sep 2019). 伦理学视角下《一小时的故事》分析. 现代商贸工业. 2019(30). 179 - 180. doi:10.19311/j.cnki.1672-3198.2019.30.086
- XIONG, Wenbo. (Jun 2019). 浅析“占座”中的法理与情理. 法制博览. 2019(16). 196 - 198. doi:D920.4
Last update date :
21 Mar 2025
