Ping Xiong

Dr Ping Xiong

Senior Lecturer

School of Law

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Dr Ping Xiong is Senior Lecturer in law at the UniSA: Justice & Society. Dr Xiong’s research interests are in the field of International Economic Law. Prior to joining the UniSA: Justice & Society, Dr Xiong held an academic position at the Victoria University of Wellington before she joined UniSA.
Dr Xiong research includes a particular focus on intellectual property policy in international trade and the corresponding implications of such policies on free trade agreements and international human rights. Dr Xiong also maintains a research interest in comparative law analysis concerning the Chinese legal system and the application of laws in China in relation to the requirements of international law. This includes Chinese trade secrets law and the legal, trade and investment challenges of Chinese companies overseas.
Dr Xiong has published extensively including a book, book chapters and numerous journal articles.
Dr Xiong holds a PhD in law and a LLM.  Dr Xiong is an associate member of the Centre for Asian Business.

International economic law with a focus on international protection of intellectual property.

Chinese trade secrets laws and legal issues in investment by Chinese State-owned Enterprises.

Year Citation
2026 Xiong, P., & Tomasic, R. (2026). Towards a new corporate governance in the digital age – an expanded stakeholder approach?. Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 1-24.
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2023 Xiong, P. (2023). A comparative study on fiduciary duties in Chinese Company Law. Australian Journal of Corporate Law, 38(3), 362-377.
2019 Xiong, P., & Tomasic, R. (2019). Soft law, state-owned enterprises and dispute resolution on PRC's belt and road - towards an emerging legal order?. Hong Kong Law Journal, 49(3), 1025-1056.
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2017 Tomasic, R., & Xiong, P. (2017). Mapping the legal landscape: Chinese state-owned companies in Australia. Victoria University of Wellington law review, 48(2), 323-352.
2016 Tomasic, R., & Xiong, P. (2016). Globalization, legal culture, and the handling of Sino-Australian commercial disputes. The Chinese journal of comparative law, 4(1), 149-171.
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2016 Xiong, P. (2016). Religion and law in China [book review]. Journal of law and religion, 31(3), 420-426.
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2015 Xiong, P., & Tomasic, R. (2015). Chinese legal culture and legal pluralism in foreign commercial dispute handling: an exploratory analysis. Soochow law journal, XII(2), 51-78.
2015 Tomasic, R., & Xiong, P. (2015). Chinese state-owned enterprises in Australia - legal and investment challenges. Australian journal of corporate law, 30(2), 151-176.
2014 Xiong, P., & Griffith, P. (2014). Protecting trade secrets in China: history and context. Queen Mary journal of intellectual property, 4(1), 30-56.
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2013 Xiong, P. (2013). Freedom of religion in China under the current legal framework and foreign religious bodies. Brigham Young University Law Review, (3, article no. 9), 605-617.
2012 Xiong, P. (2012). Pharmaceutical Patents in the TRIPS Agreement and the Right to Health - Can These Rights Be Reconciled?. UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA LAW REVIEW, 36(1-2), 28 pages.
2012 Griffith, P., & Xiong, P. (2012). New regulations in China for the registration of patent licensing contracts. Intellectual property forum, (89), 35-38.
2012 Xiong, P. (2012). Pharmaceutical patents in the TRIPS agreement and the right to health : can these rights be reconciled?. University of Western Australia law review, 36(1), 115-142.
2012 Xiong, P. (2012). Patents in TRIPS-plus provisions and the approaches to the interpretation of free trade agreements and TRIPS: do they affect public health?. Journal of world trade, 46(1), 155-186.
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2011 Xiong, P. (2011). Management of Intellectual Property in an Enterprise. Science Technology and Law, 90(2), 37-43.
2011 Xiong, P. (2011). Compulsory licensing and public health - an interpretation of the article 31 of the TRIPS agreement. Conference proceedings journal the business and management review, 1(2), 1-32.
2011 Waye, V., & Xiong, P. (2011). The relationship between mediation and judicial proceedings in China. Asian journal of comparative law, 6(1, article no. 2), 1-33.
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2009 Xiong, P. (2009). Sanlu and the Free Trade Agreement. New Zealand law journal, 173-176.
2008 Xiong, P., & Angelo, T. (2008). Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of New Zealand. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, 5, 65-90.
2008 Xiong, P., & Angelo, T. (2008). New Zealand - China free trade agreement implementation. New Zealand law journal, November, 403-404.
2007 Xiong, P. (2007). Traditional knowledge and intellectual property protection - the endeavour of Niue. New Zealand association for comparative law yearbook 13 2007.
- Xiong, P., & Tomasic, R. A. (2026). Towards A New Corporate Governance In The Digital Age -An Expanded Stakeholder Approach?. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Year Citation
2020 Xiong, P. (2020). The development trend concerning administration of religion and religious affairs in China. In P. T. Babie, N. G. Rochow, & B. G. Scharffs (Eds.), Source details - Title: Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating the Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms (pp. 339-362). UK: Edward Elgar.
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2018 Tomasic, R., & Xiong, P. (2018). Resource security and corporate social responsibility norms in the governance of globally active Chinese state-owned enterprises. In X. Jia, & R. Tomasic (Eds.), Source details - Title: Resource security and governance: globalisation and China's natural resources companies (pp. 27-56). US: Routledge.
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2017 Tomasic, R., & Xiong, P. (2017). Resource security and corporate social responsibility norms in the governance of globally active Chinese state-owned enterprises. In Resource Security and Governance Globalisation and China S Natural Resources Companies (pp. 27-56).
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2017 Xiong, P. (2017). China's responses to minority religions. In D. M. Kirkham (Ed.), State Responses to Minority Religions (pp. 199-214). Routledge.
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2016 Xiong, P. (2016). China's approach to trade secrets protection: Is a uniform trade secrets law in China needed?. In S. Frankel, & D. Gervais (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Internet and the emerging importance of new forms of intellectual property (pp. 251-276). Netherlands: Kluwer Law International.
2016 Xiong, P., & Griffith, P. (2016). Legal reforms. In C. Tubilewicz (Ed.), Source details - Title: Critical issues in contemporary China: unity, stability and development (2 ed., pp. 48-65). UK: Routledge.
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2013 Xiong, P. (2013). China's responses to minority religions. In D. M. Kirkham (Ed.), Source details - Title: State responses to minority religions (pp. 199-214). UK: Ashgate.
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Courses I teach

  • COML 2005 Companies and Partnership Law (2025)
  • LAWS 3071 Principles of Intellectual Property Law (2025)
  • LAWS 3073 World Trade Law (2025)
  • COML 2005 Companies and Partnership Law (2024)
  • LAWS 5016 The Law for Managers (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Principal Supervisor Human Rights Due Diligence Implementation in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises; Challenges and Prospects for Labour Rights Protection Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Chongxu Shan
2019 Co-Supervisor Multi-national corporations and business Human rights: Australian perspectives, procedures and conduct Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Thomas Horatio John Cadd
2018 Co-Supervisor Towards the 'collective management' of TRIPS:  deploying insights from domestic governance of the knowledge economy to guide effective treaty implementation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Antony Taubman
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Email: ping.xiong@adelaide.edu.au
  • Alternative Contact: Location: LB2-15F Email: Ping.xiong@unisa.edu.au Tel: +61-8-83020149

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