Profssor

Dean of WTO Studies School of Wuhan University
Deputy Director of the Institute of International Law

Basic Information
Male, Han nationality, born in 1961, Macheng, Hubei province. He engaged in teaching and research work of international public law, law of international organizations, and world trade organization law at the Wuhan University Institute of International Law. Several masters, doctors and post-doctors were guided by him; researches on law of international organizations, law of peaceful settlement of disputes, the united national law and international trade law and so on have their originality which has filled the blank of domestic legal research.
1990-1992, as a visiting scholar at Asia Law Research Institute of Melbourne University Law School.
February 1999-August 1999, as a visiting scholar at Max Planck Comparative Law and International Public Law Research Institute, Heidelberg.
June 2001-December 2001, as a Scholar of International Organization Research Project at Advanced Graduate School of International Issues of University of Geneva.

Education Background
Bachelor of Arts, in 1983, Wuhan University;
Master of Law, in 1986, Wuhan University;
Master of Law, in 1994, Melbourne University;
Doctor of Law, in 1995, Wuhan University (Sino-Australian joint training).

Research Areas
International public law, law of international organizations, world trade organization law, China foreign trade law, the implementation of the international law and dispute settlement, border dispute settlement, International energy law, international intellectual property law

Concurrent Academic
Vice chairman of World Trade Organization Law Research Institute of China Law Society, executive director of China International Law Society, executive director of China World Trade Organization Research Institute, director of China United Nations Association, Vice chairman of International Law Research Institute of Hubei Law Society, executive director of Hubei Federation of Economic Organizations, senior consultant of Shenzhen World Trade Organization Affairs Center, arbitrator of Wuhan Arbitration Commission

Representative Papers
1. WTO Disputes Settlement--China’s Performance and Proposals on Its Improvement. Frontiers of Law in China, Volume 4. Number 4 / 2009；
2. Peaceful Rising of China and Global Management. The Jurist. 2004(6).
3. The Legitimacy Problem of the Force against International Terrorism (co-author with Sun Liwen, Li Bojun, Wang Ziyong). Chinese Journal of Law. 2004(6).

Representative Publications
1. Law and Practice of WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism. Wuhan University Press. 1998.
2. An introduction to WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism. Shanghai People’s Press. 2001.
3. China Foreign Trade Law. Wuhan University Press. 2006.

Awards
1. Law and Practice of WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism won the second prize of the Excellent Achievement of Hubei Social Science (2000), the third prize of Outstanding Achievement Award by Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences in 2002;
2. An Introduction to WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism won the third prize of first session National Outstanding Law Teaching Materials and Research Achievement by the Ministry of Justice in 2002;
3. The Legitimacy Problem of the Force against International Terrorism won the second prize of second session National Outstanding Law Teaching Materials and Research Achievement by the Ministry of Justice in 2006;
4. Deepen the International Teaching Reform and Cultivate International Competitiveness Talents won the first prize of the sixth session Higher Education National Level Teaching Achievement in 2009;
5. Be selected into the New Century Excellent Talents Supporting Plan of the Ministry of Education;
6. Public International Law was selected to the National Superior Course in 2010.