From Oct. 12th to 13th, 2009, the 3rd CESL General Assembly Meeting was held in the Wenhua Room of Beijing Novotel Peace Hotel. It was agreed that three European and three Chinese members should sit on the Advisory Board. All apart from one candidate is resident in China.
The following candidates were agreed upon:
Ambassador Serge Abou (EC Delegation)
Dr. Rolf Cremer (CEIBS)
Prof. Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias (former President of the European Court of Justice)
Mr. XIAO Yang (former President of the Supreme Peoples Court of P.R. China)
Mr. JIA Chunwang (former President of the Supreme Peoples Procurator of P.R. China)
Prof. WANG Jiafu (senior law professor of the China Academy of Social Science)

On the morning of Nov. 18, 2009, an appointment ceremony for the Chinese members of CESL's Advisory Board was held in the VIP room of the Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. Mr. XIAO Yang, Mr. JIA Chunwang, and Prof. WANG Jiafu, were appointed as Chinese members of CESL's Advisory Board.