By Matthew S. Erie

In 2019, Matthew S. Erie, an associate professor of modern Chinese studies and member of the law faculty at Oxford University, began an ambitious project called China Law and Development in an effort to understand the role that law plays, directly or indirectly, in China’s outbound investment.  As he wraps up the project in 2024, the U.S.-Asia Law Institute invited Professor Erie to share some of what he has learned.