Yuwen Li is Professor of Chinese Law and Director of the Erasmus China Law Centre at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam.Feng Lin is Professor of Law and Acting Dean at the School of Law. He is also Director of the Centre for Judicial Education and Research cum Identification of Hong Kong Law (JERI) at City University of Hong Kong.Cheng Bian is Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

• List of contributors viiList of abbreviations xiiiPreface and acknowledgments xvii1 A general constitutional theory for national security review of foreign direct investment 1FENG LINPART INational security in international investment law 252 The essential security interest exception clause in international investment agreements and arbitration: from an exception to a norm? 27CHENG BIAN3 Public health, exception clauses and investment protection in the COVID-19 era 51WEI SHEN4 Europeanization of foreign direct investment screening: a spotlight on the EU Regulation 82YUWEN LIPART IINational security in national investment law 1055 The national security review in China’s new foreign investment legal regime 107MAJA RUHL6 Foreign investment screening mechanism in France 126CHRISTINE MILES7 Foreign direct investment screening in Germany 155JULIA HÖRNIG, STEFAN KIRWITZKE AND FALK SCHÖNING8 National security in national and international investment law: the case of Italy 176CLAUDIO DORDI AND G. MATTEO VACCARO-INCISA9 An inside look at the Netherlands’ new general investment screening mechanism 196PIM JANSEN AND LEONIE VAN DER LAAG10 Protection of entities of strategic importance for the State: fragmentation and interplay between regimes in Poland 214ALICJA ZIELIŃSKA-EISEN AND PIOTR WILIŃSKI11 The National Security and Investment Act 2021: assessing the UK’s new approach to investment screening 240ALESSANDRO SPANOIndex 266

Yuwen Li is Professor of Chinese Law and Director of the Erasmus China Law Centre at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam.Feng Lin is Professor of Law and Acting Dean at the School of Law. He is also Director of the Centre for Judicial Education and Research cum Identification of Hong Kong Law (JERI) at City University of Hong Kong.Cheng Bian is Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

• List of contributors viiList of abbreviations xiiiPreface and acknowledgments xvii1 A general constitutional theory for national security review of foreign direct investment 1FENG LINPART INational security in international investment law 252 The essential security interest exception clause in international investment agreements and arbitration: from an exception to a norm? 27CHENG BIAN3 Public health, exception clauses and investment protection in the COVID-19 era 51WEI SHEN4 Europeanization of foreign direct investment screening: a spotlight on the EU Regulation 82YUWEN LIPART IINational security in national investment law 1055 The national security review in China’s new foreign investment legal regime 107MAJA RUHL6 Foreign investment screening mechanism in France 126CHRISTINE MILES7 Foreign direct investment screening in Germany 155JULIA HÖRNIG, STEFAN KIRWITZKE AND FALK SCHÖNING8 National security in national and international investment law: the case of Italy 176CLAUDIO DORDI AND G. MATTEO VACCARO-INCISA9 An inside look at the Netherlands’ new general investment screening mechanism 196PIM JANSEN AND LEONIE VAN DER LAAG10 Protection of entities of strategic importance for the State: fragmentation and interplay between regimes in Poland 214ALICJA ZIELIŃSKA-EISEN AND PIOTR WILIŃSKI11 The National Security and Investment Act 2021: assessing the UK’s new approach to investment screening 240ALESSANDRO SPANOIndex 266

Yuwen Li is Professor of Chinese Law and Director of the Erasmus China Law Centre at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam.Feng Lin is Professor of Law and Acting Dean at the School of Law. He is also Director of the Centre for Judicial Education and Research cum Identification of Hong Kong Law (JERI) at City University of Hong Kong.Cheng Bian is Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

• List of contributors viiList of abbreviations xiiiPreface and acknowledgments xvii1 A general constitutional theory for national security review of foreign direct investment 1FENG LINPART INational security in international investment law 252 The essential security interest exception clause in international investment agreements and arbitration: from an exception to a norm? 27CHENG BIAN3 Public health, exception clauses and investment protection in the COVID-19 era 51WEI SHEN4 Europeanization of foreign direct investment screening: a spotlight on the EU Regulation 82YUWEN LIPART IINational security in national investment law 1055 The national security review in China’s new foreign investment legal regime 107MAJA RUHL6 Foreign investment screening mechanism in France 126CHRISTINE MILES7 Foreign direct investment screening in Germany 155JULIA HÖRNIG, STEFAN KIRWITZKE AND FALK SCHÖNING8 National security in national and international investment law: the case of Italy 176CLAUDIO DORDI AND G. MATTEO VACCARO-INCISA9 An inside look at the Netherlands’ new general investment screening mechanism 196PIM JANSEN AND LEONIE VAN DER LAAG10 Protection of entities of strategic importance for the State: fragmentation and interplay between regimes in Poland 214ALICJA ZIELIŃSKA-EISEN AND PIOTR WILIŃSKI11 The National Security and Investment Act 2021: assessing the UK’s new approach to investment screening 240ALESSANDRO SPANOIndex 266