【正文】 62 states took part: 22 European and other developed Western states, 11 socialist, 11 SouthAmerican, 7 African and 11 Asian countries。 Lisa Kloppenberg, supra n. 6 at 421422 (―The role of law … has … expanded significantly since the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. … Many legal norms have been codified and publicized … The establishment of arbitration law and development of a more robust legal system supporting domestic and international arbitration in China is an important aspect of these changes in the legal and economic systems.‖) 17 Support for such progress es from many quarters. See for example, the statement by Alan Greenspan that ―short of a few ambiguous incidents, I can think of no circumstances where the expanded rule of law and enhanced property rights failed to increase material prosperity‖, in his newest text, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, Penguin Press, New York (2021) 16. 1980 年《聯(lián)合國國際貨物銷售合同公約》（ CISG）在成員國的適用與解釋 國際研討會論文集 8 absorbed the concept of uniform international sales law under the United Nations Uniform International Sales China is already a world leader in this respect. My expanded vision can bee a reality thanks to: The presence in China of persons of the caliber of Professor Tang, the support provided by anizations such as CIETAC and the Wuhan University School of Law, and the fact that: We are at the dawning of The Information Age: every attorney and arbitrator and jurist of China has access to a puter。 Policy Journal (2021) 522523 (citations omitted). 4 Id. D‘Souza, supra n. 3 at 13201321. 5 Zhao Xiuwen amp。 To use the CISG as uniform law free from any one legal system, to enable it to be applied more uniformly. These cases are the key to the practical application of the CISG. By influencing each other, the cases are also the key to autonomous development of the interpretation of the CISG. China is influential in this development. Case law from China and other countries China is a hugely important contributor to the collective body of international CISG case law and thus plays a very important role in interpreting key provisions of the uniform law. I submit as an example a case annotation of the most important remedy under the CISG, Damages. Article 74 contains the CISG‘s general rules on damages. The CISG database reports 634 Article 74 cases worldwide. China is the largest contributor to this case law: we report 173 arbitral and court awards from China that deal with CISG Article 74. With China accounting for such a high proportion of the world total, Chinese jurisprudence can exert an important influence. To illustrate: In a recent New York American Arbitration Association proceeding, I cited thirtysix damages cases as precedents that support the buyer‘s position. The cases I cited are from: United States, Australia, Austria, France and Switzerland (one case each)。TRADERS, LAWYERS AND THE RULE OF LAW 1 TRADERS, LAWYERS AND THE RULE OF LAW Mark R. Shulman* International Seminar on Application and Interpretation of CISG in Member States Oct. 13, 2021 Wuhan University, China. Courtesy of my fouryear old niece Camilla, I can tell you that Dora the Explorer is an adorable cartoon character whose likeness has been pasted on children‘s lunchboxes, pajamas, and birthday party decorations. More menacingly, an action figure produced in China is also adorned with her face – unfortunately applied with lead paint. This story is terrifying. Toddlers put everything in their mouths – let alone cute dolls. Like those cats and dogs that consumed the tainted pet food and the Panamanians who brushed their teeth with toothpaste laced with diethylene glycol, American children are at real risk of being poisoned. Fortunately the toy pany in question and retailers have worked effectively to recall the dolls in question, along with millions of other toys that may pose serious health threats. But there is also good news. Effective legal systems are containing the damage that Dora inflicted on global trade and the economies that rely on it (which is to say, almost everyone). Since 1988, the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods (the ―CISG‖) has provided a global sales law that governs disputes between buyers and sellers. Because the China and the US are parties to the CISG, American toy panies are assured that their claims for damages against Chinese manufacturers can be governed by a fair body of law. The CISG provides traders with much of what they are looking for in a legal system: Traders naturally have high expectations for the rule of law insofar as it regulates their merce. They expect to enjoy: right to contract。 Germany and the ICC (four cases each)。 Lisa A. Kloppenberg, ―Reforming Chinese Arbitration Law and Practices in the Global Economy‖, 31 University of Dayton Law Review (2021) 423. 6 D‘Souza, supra n. 3 at 13211322 (citations omitted). 1980 年《聯(lián)合國國際貨物銷售合同公約》（ CISG）在成員國的適用與解釋 國際研討會論文集 6 Professor Tang, I award you the book, The Man Who Planted This is a book that tells the story of an extraordinary individual whose tireless efforts revitalize his munity. It teaches us about hope, humanity, and our ability to better the world we live in. Case law reporting The typical arbitral institute does not report or rarely reports its awards. CIETAC takes a different approach and, in so doing, has bee a world leader in transparency of awards – particularly in uniform international sales law, the subject of our seminar. CIETAC has shared with the world trade munity the full texts of more uniform international sales law awards than any other arbitral institute of any The Institute of International Commercial Law of the Pace University School of Law has set in place an arbitration case translation project. In honor of a preeminent planter of