The first edition of the Arbitration Rules for International Investment Disputes of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), simplified as Investment Disputes Arbitration Rules drafted by XJTU Prof. Shan Wenhua and his team members, was officially issued by CIETAC on September19th, 2017. It is China's first and the world's third document on the arbitration rules for international investment disputes. The issuance fills in a domestic legal gap in this field.

Prof. Shan Wenhua and his team members have devoted much of their time to the research on international law, especially to the study of international economic law, and have especially been focusing on China's major strategies as their research area.