Profile
Wenwei Guan is Associate Professor at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. He obtained his LLB from Zhongshan University, his LLM from Peking University and his MA and PhD from the University of British Columbia. Wenwei Guan’s research interests cover international trade, intellectual property, trade and investment in the PRC, and legal theory.
Publications
Wenwei Guan has published in numerous peer-reviewed articles, including the World Trade Review, the Leiden Journal of International Law, the Journal of International Economic Law, the Journal of World Trade, the Asian Journal of Comparative Law, the Journal of East Asia and International Law, and the Hong Kong Law Journal.
Wenwei Guan’s recent publications include:
- The monograph Intellectual Property Theory and Practice (Springer 2014);
- Guan, W. “Diversified FRAND Enforcement and TRIPS Integrity.” 17.1 World Trade Review (2018);
- Guan, W. “Beijing Consensus and Development Legitimacy: The Evolution of China’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Regime from a Law & Development Perspective.” 12.1 Asian Journal of Comparative Law (2017), 115-139;
- Guan, W. “Copyright v Freedom of Contract: The ‘Contract Override’ Issue in Hong Kong’s Copyright Amendment.” 47.1 Hong Kong Law Journal (2017), 115-142;
- Guan, W. “IPRs, Public Health, & International Trade: An International Law Perspective on TRIPS Amendment.” 29.2 Leiden Journal of International Law (2016), 411-440;
- Guan, W. “Consensus Yet Not Consented: A Critique of the WTO Decision-Making by Consensus.” 17.1 Journal of International Economic Law (2014), 77-104; and
- Guan, W. “How General Should the GATT General Exceptions Be?: A Critique of the ‘Common Intention’ Approach of Treaty Interpretation.” 48.2 Journal of World Trade (2014), 219-258.
