Associate Professor of Law 

Bachelor of Arts - Brigham Young University 

Juris Doctor - Brigham Young University 

Master of Business Administration - Brigham Young University 

Master of Organizational Behaviour - Brigham Young University 

Master of Laws - University of Washington 

Doctor of Philosophy - University of Washington 

Vai Io Lo joined the Faculty of Law in 2005. 

Prior to joining Bond, she had taken teaching or research appointments with the
University of Washington, International University of Japan, Waseda University, National
University of Singapore, and University of Tokyo. She has also been a Visiting Scholar to
Harvard Law School and a Visiting Associate Professor to the University of Windsor in
Canada. She is an attorney-at-law and speaks and writes Chinese fluently. 

Her teaching and research interests are quite broad. With respect to teaching, she has
taught Cyber Law, Internet-Related Intellectual Property, Law and Investment in China,
Law and Investment in Japan, Law in East Asia: China, Labour in East Asia, Business Law,
International Trade and Business Law, Property, Law and Society in China, and Contracts. 

On the research side, she has concentrated on comparative and interdisciplinary research,
especially on Chinese, Japanese, and U.S. laws, and in the areas of labour and
employment, foreign direct investment, health care, dispute resolution, and intellectual
property. 

Her publications include books, articles in international and comparative law journals,
and book chapters. 

Research interests & research expertise: Comparative and Interdisciplinary research
especially Chinese, Japanese and U.S. Laws, and in the areas of labour and employment,
foreign direct investment, health care, dispute resolution and intellectual property.

Articles

Conviction and punishment: Free press and competitive election as deterrents to corruption (with Xiaowen Tian), Public management review (2009)

Democratic institutions are not equally effective in curbing corruption. Using a criminal behavior model, this...

Unaffordable health care amid phenomenal growth: The case of health care protection in reform China (with Chack-Kie Wong and Kwong-Leung Tang), Law papers (2007)

This article provides an up-to-date assessment of China's reformed urban healthcare system. It illustrates that,...

Foreign direct investment and economic performance in transition economies: Evidence from Chinese provinces (with Xiaowen Tian and Shuanglin Lin), Post-Communist Economies (2004)

Based upon a production junction with FDI representing updated technology from more developed, market-based economies,...

Employee inventions and works for hire in Japan: A comparative study against the U.S., Chinese, and German systems, Temple International and Comparative Law Journal (2002)

Although legislative provisions on employee inventions and works for hire have existed for years, their...

Property rights, productivity gains, and economic growth: The Chinese experience (with Xiaowen Tian), Post-Communist Economies (2002)

This study finds that the Chinese experience cannot, as some have claimed, pose a challenge...

Books

Commercial law in Australia, Commercial law in Australia (2009)

A concise resource of fundamental concepts of Australian commercial law written in Chinese.

Commercial Law...

Law for foreign business and investment in China (with Xiaowen Tian), Law for foreign business and investment in China (2009)

In trying to establish a presence in China, foreign investors have found it imperative to...

Challenges to multilateral trade: The impact of bilateral, preferential and regional agreements (with Ross Buckley and Laurence Boulle), Law papers (2008)

Progress in multilateral negotiations to liberalise trade under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has become...

China's Urban Health Care Reform: From State Protection to Individual Responsibility (with Chack-Kie Wong and Kwong-leung Tang), Law papers (2006)

Based on a study of a mid-level city in China, these three scholars provide analysis...

Law and investment in China: the legal and business environment after WTO accession, Law papers (2005)

The Chinese market is appealing, but the Chinese legal system is very complicated. A basic...

Book Chapters

Property rights developments and productivity gains in China: A law and economics perspective (with Xiaowen Tian), The revival of private enterprise in China (2007)

A number of empirical studies have found that private firms did not achieve as much...

The developments of intellectual property protection in China after Deng’s southern tour, The Nanxun legacy and China’s developments in the post-Deng era (2001)

In the spring of 1992, Deng Xiaoping made a historic tour of South China, popularly...

China’s dialogue with the West on rights: Is there any common ground?, Reform, legitimacy, and dilemmas: China’s politics and society (2000)

This paper by Vai Io Lo forms a chapter in the book 'Reform, legitimacy, and...

Labor law for foreign investment enterprises in China, Reform, legitimacy, and dilemmas: China’s politics and society (2000)