Conference on the Application of the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG): Chinese and Comparative Perspectives

Conference Programme

1 July 2025

Venue: Room 222, Xingzheng Building, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

14:00 to14:35 Opening ceremony

Speakers

Mei Xiaying, Vice President, Professor, UIBE

Feng Hui, Dean, Professor, School of Law, UIBE

Chen Hongyu, Judge, Supreme People’s Court

Chen Fuyong, Vice Secretary-General，Beijing Arbitration Commission

Moderator

Zuo Haicong，Chief Expert, Institute of the Foreign-related Rule of Law, Professor, School of Law, UIBE

14:35 to 14:50 Book launch

Speaker

Wang Lei: Senior Editor of Springer

Guo Peng: Editor on Behalf of the Editorial Board

Lisa Spagnolo: Author Representative

Moderator

Zuo Haicong, Chief Expert, Institute of the Foreign-related Rule of Law, Professor, School of Law, UIBE

14:50 to 15:20 Keynote Speech

Ingeborg Schwenzer：The CISG and Services

Moderator

Liu Tong, Professor, School of Law, UIBE

15:20 to 16:45

Panel 1 Extended Application of the CISG in the Digital Age

Moderator: Ingeborg Schwenzer

Discussant: Zhang Shu

Speakers

Lisa Spagnolo：Smart Contracts: Interpretation & Regulation of Cross Border Immutable Transactions

Qiao Shasha: The Application of the CISG in CIETAC Arbitral Awards?

Fan Xiaoying：The Application of the CISG to International Trade of Digital Products in the Absence of Consensus, and China's Proposed Path

Pilar Perales Viscasillas：The Extended Application of Article 3 of the CISG (Online participation, 16:10 Beijing time; 10:10 am Madrid time)

Question and Answer

16:45 to 16:55 Break

16:55 to 18:35

Panel 2 Fundamental Breach and Damages in the CISG

Moderator: Fu Jun

Discussant: Liu Ying

Speakers

Zuo Haicong：Fundamental Breach under the CISG

Gao Xujun：Fundamental Breach under Article 25 of the CISG

He Hui：Passing of Risk in the CISG

Wu Siying：Damages under the CISG

Luo Jie：Compensation of Attorneys’ Fees under the CISG

Question and Answer

2 July 2025

Venue: Room 729, Ningyuan Building, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

09:00 to 10:25

Panel 3 The Application of the CISG: Uniformity and Sustainability

Moderator: Gao Xujun

Discussant: Wu Siying

Speakers

Edgardo Munoz：Sustainability in International Trade: Rethinking Boilerplate Clauses in Commercial Contracts (9am 2 July Beijing time, 7pm 1 July Mexico time)

Alejandro Garro：the Unification Efforts and the Contribution of the Chinese Guiding Cases (9.15am 2 July Beijing time, 9.15 pm 1 July New York time)

Simone Benvenuti：Environment and Sustainability Standards and the CISG：European Perspectives

Guo Peng：An Empirical Analysis of the Application of the CISG in China

Question and Answer

10:25 to 10:40 Break

10:40 to 12:05

Panel 4 The Application of the CISG: Domestic and Comparative Perspectives

Moderator: Lisa Spagnolo

Discussant: He Qisheng

Speakers

Han Shiyuan：The Application of the CISG Advisory Council’s Opinions in China

Liu Ying：The Application of CISG by Chinese Courts in the Era of the Civil Code

Won Jae Hwang：The Application of the CISG in Korea

Cui Kaiwei：The Application of the CISG as the Applicable Law

Question and Answer

14:05 to 15:30

Panel 5 The Interpretation of the CISG

Moderator: Ingeborg Schwenzer

Discussant: Guo Peng

Speakers

Hu Hongzhi：Interpretation of the CISG with Reference to Foreign Judgments: SPC’s Perspective

Wang Geng：International Character of the CISG and its Uniform Interpretation

Sun Li：The Judicial Application of the International Commercial Usage: from the Perspective of CISG 9(2)

Zhang Shu：The Use of Extrinsic Materials in the Interpretation of the CISG: Chinese Perspective

Question and Answer

15:30 to 15:45 Break

15:45 to 17:25

Panel 6 Salient Practical Issues in the Application of the CISG

Moderator：Han Shiyuan

Discussant：Simone Benvenuti

Speakers

Chen Jianling：CISG and the Applicable Law of the Arbitration Agreement

Liu Tong：Exemption of Obligation（§79 of CISG）in an Uncertain Market

An Wenjing：Judicial Determination of the CISG

Chen Xiaojun：The Application of the CISG in International Commercial Arbitration in China

Zhang Chaolin：The Applicability of the CISG to International Trade in Digital Products: A Chinese Perspective

Question and Answer Session

17:25 to 17:55 Closing ceremony

Speakers

Lisa Spagnolo

Zuo Haicong

Moderator

Chen Jianling