Chinese Society of International Economic Law Annual Conference 2013, hosted by CSIEL and organized by the School of Law of XJTU and SRIICL, was opened at XJTU on October 26, 2013. Dong AN, Secretary of the Standing Party Committee and Political and Legal Affairs Committee of Shaanxi Province, Professor Jianhua WANG, Secretary of XJTU Party Committee, Professor Colin Picker, Executive President of SIEL and Professor of UNSW, and Professor Huaqun ZENG, President of CSIEL and Professor of XMU respectively addressed the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was also attended by Guohua YANG, Deputy Director of Department of Treaty and Law of Ministry of Commerce, Baosheng LEI, Standing Vice-president of Shaanxi Provincial Society of Law, Aini MA, Secretary General of Shaanxi Provincial Society of Law, Shizhong DONG, Consultant of CSIEL and Professor of Fudan University, Huanning WU, Professor of CUPL, Professor Yuqing ZHANG, Vice-president of CSIEL and Previous Director of Department of Treaty and Law of Ministry of Commerce, Jinsong YU, Professor of RUC, Pizhao CHE, Professor of THU, Chuanli WANG, Professor of CUPL, Lanye ZHU, Professor of ECUPL, Yixin LIAO, Professor of XMU, Wenhua SHAN, Professor of XJTU School of Law, and over 200 guests and representatives from home and abroad.

After the ceremony, Deputy Director Guohua YANG, Professor Baihua GONG of Fudan University and Professor Wenhua SHAN respectively delivered keynote speeches on hot issues on international economic law.

The theme of the Conference is "The New Development of International Economic Law in the Post-crisis Era and China's Practice", and the Conference focuses on seven topics, such as WTO Law and Practice, International Investment Law and Practice, International Monetary and Financial Law and Practice, China's Practice under the Rule of International Economic Law and International Commercial Law and Practice. 116 thesis has been received, which covers all of the hotspots in the study of international economic law in China and fully reflects the domestic research status and academic level. Moreover, it is at the Conference that the two academic organizations, CSIEL and SIEL, conduct academic conversations for the first time. During the Conference, there will be a joint session between CSIEL and SIEL on trade, investment, commercial affairs and other special subjects.