UM PhD student receives prize at national legal organisations’ annual meeting

Chen Shi, a PhD student from the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Law (FLL), recently received a third prize for his paper titled ‘Reconstruction on Prohibition of Abuse of Dominant Position in International Shipping’, at the 2016 annual meeting of the Research Society for China’s International Economic and Trade Law, and the Research Society for International Economic Law under the China Law Society. This is the first time that a scholar from Macao has won an award at the event. The paper was supervised by FLL Dean Prof Shijian Mo. 

Titled ‘International Economic Law and Global Economy Governing’, the conference attracted more than 200 experts, scholars, and legal practitioners from the China Law Society, the Supreme People’s Court of China, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and universities in mainland China. This year, a first prize, two second prizes, and three third prizes were awarded to outstanding young scholars.