THE PEARL RIVER DELTA ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT LAW (PRAIA) 2025
Greater Bay Area, Regional Integration and Global Governance
8th November 2025
Venue: Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau
Time: 9:00 – 19:30
Morning Session: 9:00 – 12:30
09:00 – 09:10: Opening Introduction: Prof. Paulo Canelas de Castro, President of IEEM
09:10 – 10:10 US-China trade war – Prof. Henry Gao, Singapore Management University, Singapore
10:10 – 11:10 Special Zones in the Greater Bay Area: Competing for Capital in an Uncertain Global Economy – Prof. Julien Chaisse, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Centrality in a Two-Ocean Region: The ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific – Prof. Mark Feldman, School of Transnational Law, Peking University Shenzhen Campus, P.R.China
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Afternoon Session: 14:00 – 19:30
14:00 – 15:00 Family Corporations in China: Family Succession or Sale of a Corporation – Prof. Sang Yop Kang, School of Transnational Law, Peking University Shenzhen Campus, P.R.China
15:00 – 16:00 Investment Facilitation Rule-making and Asia – Prof. Manjiao Chi, Center for International Economic Law and Policy (CIELP), UIBE Law School, Beijing. P.R.China
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee Break
16:20 – 17:20 Globalisation by Non-State Actors: Global Value Chains of the Food Industry in ASEAN – Prof. Francis Snyder, School of Transnational Law, Peking University Shenzhen Campus, P.R. China
17:20 – 18:20 Re-shaping International Investment Law for the Green Transition – Prof. Paulo Canelas de Castro, University of Macau, Macau SAR
18:20 – 19:20 Models and Challenges of Global Governance – Prof. Miguel Maduro, Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal
19:20 – 19:30 Closure
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