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

Draft Programme

1 July 2025

14:00 to14:20 Opening ceremony

14:20 to 14:40 Book launch

14:40 to 15:10 Keynote Speech

Ingeborg Schwenzer：The CISG and Services

15:10 to 16:40

Panel 1 The Interpretation of the CISG

Moderator Simone Benvenuti

Hongzhi Hu：Interpretation of the CISG with reference to foreign judgments: SPC’s perspective

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

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

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

16:40 to 16:55 Break

16:55 to 18:35

Panel 2 Fundamental Breach and Damages in the CISG

Moderator Ying Liu

Haicong Zuo：The Issue of Fundamental Breach in the CISG

Xujun Gao：Fundamental Breach under Article 25 of the CISG

Wenjing An：Judicial Determination of the CISG

Siying Wu：Damages under the CISG

Jie Luo： Compensation of Attorneys’ Fees under the CISG

2 July 2025

09:00 to 10:40

Panel 3 The Application of the CISG: Uniformity and Sustainability

Moderator Shiyuan Han

Edgardo Munoz：Sustainability in International Trade: Rethinking Boilerplate Clauses in Commercial Contracts.

Alejandro Garro：the unification efforts and the contribution of the Chinese Guiding Cases

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

Mengsha Yang：Legal Models of the Preemptive Application of the CISG

Peng Guo：An empirical analysis of the application of the CISG in China

10:40 to 10:55 Break

10:55 to 12:35

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

Moderator Lisa Spagnolo

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

Ying Liu：The Application of the CISG in Chinese Courts

Wonjae Hwang：The application of the CISG in Korea

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

14:15 to 15:55

Panel 5 Extended Application of the CISG in the Digital Age

Moderator: Ingeborg Schwenzer

Sieg Eiselen：Digital assets and the scope of the application of the CISG

Pilar Viscasillas：The extended application of article 3 of the CISG

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

Xiaoying Fan：Research on the Applicability of CISG to Digital Products

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

15:55 to 16:10  Break

16:10 to 17:40

Panel 6 Salient Practical Issues in the Application of the CISG

Moderator Xujun Gao

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

Hui He：Passing of Risk in the CISG

Tong Liu：The application of the CISG in arbitration

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

17:40 to 18:00 Closing ceremony