翁小川

教授

Charlie Xiao-chuan WENG is currently a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Macau. He joined the University after a decade at the UNSW Faculty of Law, where he was a senior academic member and convened the Business Associations course, contributing extensively to teaching and research in corporate law, securities law, and financial regulations.

Professor Weng received his legal education at the East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), completed an LLM at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and later obtained an LLM and SJD in corporate law from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He subsequently held a Robert S. McNamara Fellowship at the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Earlier in his career, he taught at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Law as a Designated Associate Professor, and he has held visiting or fellow positions at institutions such as Stanford Law School and the University of Cambridge.

Since 2024, Professor Weng has also held a concurrent full-professor-level appointment at HEC Paris, where he teaches company law and advanced electives in corporate governance and financial regulation.

Professor Weng’s research lies at the intersection of law and business. He has published over seventy journal articles and book chapters across corporate law, securities regulation, and bankruptcy. His work has received substantial support from major institutions, including the World Bank and the Shanghai Municipal Government, and he has recently been selected for competitive talent programs such as the Shanghai Overseas High-Level Innovation Talent Program and the Shenzhen Overseas Legal Talent Program, Category A. His scholarship has contributed to legislative and policy discussions in several jurisdictions.

His current research explores capital markets regulation, foundational theories of corporate law, and cross-disciplinary methodologies examining how developments in corporate and financial regulation affect real-economy outcomes.

Academic Qualification

S.J.D. (Juridical Science Doctor), Penn Law, Philadelphia.

M.Phil. (Finance), UNSW, Sydney.

LL.M. Penn Law (WBLC Wharton), Philadelphia.

LL.M. NUS, Singapore.

LL.M. ECUPL, Shanghai.

LL.B. ECUPL, Shanghai.

Teaching Areas

Comparative Corporate Law, Corporate Law, Asian Business Law, Securities Law, Corporate Law and Technology, Startup Law, Chinese Corporate and Securities Law

Research Areas

Corporate Law, Securities Law, Comparative Law, Financial Law, Law and Finance, Law and Technology, Corporate Governance

Recent Publications

1. Weng X; Hu J; Xun X, 2025, ‘Beyond Time Constraints: Unveiling the Impact of Non-Time-Based Sunset Provisions on Dual-Class Companies’, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735970.2025.2541969
2. Wu P; Weng X, 2025, ‘Gleaning Pearls of DMA for Anti-monopoly Enforcement on Digital Platforms: A Chinese Perspective’, Hong Kong Law Journal
3. Guo Z ; Weng X, 2024, ‘Tying up Your Camel: Rethinking “Self-determination” for Digital Financial Consumer Data Protection’, Hong Kong Law Journal, https://web.law.hku.hk/hklj/2024-Vol-54.php
4. Xun X; Weng X, 2024, ‘Reining in the Behemoths for the Common Good? An Analysis of State Control of State-owned Enterprises and the Pathway to Better Governance in China’, European Business Organization Law Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40804-024-00322-9
5. Weng X, 2022, ‘Every Sunset is an Opportunity to Reset: An Analysis of Dual-Class Share Regulations and Sunset Clauses’, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735970.2022.2067023
6. Weng X, 2022, ‘A Promising Path or a Dead End? Director’s Duty of Care in China’, University of New South Wales Law Journal, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/RALC2360
7. Weng X; Godwin A, 2022, ‘The Duty of Loyalty of Company Directors in China: Tracing its Origins and Plugging the Gaps’, University of Western Australia Law Review, 49, https://www.able.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/3678470/The-Duty-of-Loyalty-of-Company-Directors-in-China.pdf
8. Yang L; Pang H; Weng X, 2022, ‘Dancing in Chains: Reassessing China’s Foreign Investment Legislations (Part I)’, Hong Kong Law Journal, 52,  pp. 709 – 730, https://web.law.hku.hk/hklj/2022-Vol-52.php#part1
9. Yang L; Hui P; Weng X, 2022, ‘Dancing in Chains: Reassessing China’s Foreign Investment Legislations (Part II)’, Hong Kong Law Journal, 52, https://web.law.hku.hk/hklj/2022-Vol-52.php
10. Jiang H; Watters C; Weng X, 2022, ‘Regulating Weighted Voting Rights in Asia: Pragmatism or a Race to the Bottom?’, Hong Kong Law Journal, 52, https://web.law.hku.hk/hklj/2022-Vol-52.php#part1
11. Weng X, 2021, ‘The Standard of Duty of Care in China’, Law and Economy, 6,  pp. 48 – 66, http://cjfx.cufe.edu.cn/info/1208/2294.htm
12. Weng X; Hu J, 2021, ‘Analysis on Time-based Dual Class Sunset rule in China’, Nanjing University Law Review,  pp. 1 – 18, http://www.pkulaw.cn/fulltext_form.aspx?Db=qikan&Gid=f46dab0c59a316684839a14bcb72f66abdfb&keyword=&EncodingName=&Search_Mode=&Search_IsTitle=0
13. Weng X, 2021, ‘Panacea or Wisdom Tooth? Assessing the Misconstrued Mandatory Bid Rule’, European Business Organization Law Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40804-021-00216-0
14. Wu P; Weng X; Joseph S, 2021, ‘Crossing the Rubicon? The Implications of RCEP on Anti-monopoly Enforcement on Dominant E-commerce Platforms in China’, Computer Law and Security Review: the International Journal of Technology Law and Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2021.105608
15. Wu P; Weng X, 2021, ‘Old Wine in a New Bottle? Assessing the injunction Remedies for Intellectual Property Disputes in China’, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, 3,  pp. 295 – 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/qmjip.2021.03.02
16. Weng X, 2021, ‘Analysis of the Path Choices of Judicial Self-constraint Mechanism on Business Judgement’, Journal of Political Science and Law, 4,  pp. 57 – 68, http://xbbjb.sdupsl.edu.cn/info/1012/1481.htm
17. Weng X, 2021, ‘Remedies for Shareholder under Oppression: Shareholder’s Fiduciary Duties or Oppression Remedies’, Journal of Comparative Law, 4,  pp. 187 – 200, https://bjfy.cbpt.cnki.net/WKC/WebPublication/paperDigest.aspx?paperID=3f1a49a3-b1e8-4b45-995c-35b1b79b4319
18. Wu P; Weng X, 2021, ‘The Implications of the US-China Trade Agreement on the Civil Protection of Trade Secrets in China: Is it a Game-Changer?’, Asia Pacific Law Review, 28,  pp. 316 – 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2021.1899886
19. Su E; Weng X, 2020, ‘Lifting the Veil of Time: Piercing the Corporate Veil Empirical Study and Its Implication to Legislation’, Soochow University Law Review, 32,  pp. 85 – 122, https://www.lawbank.com.tw/treatise/pl_article.aspx?AID=P000247937