Spring 2006
FANG, Jingang
Judge Fang Jingang is a judge at the Institute of Applied Legal
Studies of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) in China, and
a member of the Judicial Reform Group within the SPC. He obtained
a doctoral degree in Procedure Law from the China University of
Politics and Law. While at the Yale Law School from late February
to late May in 2006, he will conduct research on sentencing in
criminal cases.
WANG, Qinghua
Mr. Wang Qinghua is a lecturer at the China University of Politics
and Law. He received a LLM degree from Harvard Law School. While
at the Yale Law School from February 2 to May 22, 2006, he will
conduct research on the first amendment doctrine and administrative
litigation in rural China.
YANG, Lei
Ms. Yang Lei is a researcher at the Guangzhou Municipal Government
Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA). Ms. Yang received her LLM
degree in International, Commercial and European Law from the
University of Sheffield in the UK. While at the Yale Law School
from January 9 toMarch 1, 2006, she will conduct research on U.S.
and international practices of public participation in administrative
rulemaking, and coordinate the cooperative project on rulemaking
between The China Law Center at Yale Law School and the Guangzhou
OLA.
ZHANG, Lijuan
Dr. Zhang Lijuan is a Lecturer in Law in the Political and Law
Department of the Central Party School. She earned her Ph.D. in
Law from China Renmin University. While at the Yale Law School
from January 31 to May 19 in 2006, she will conduct research on
the role of representatives and their political parties in the
legislature.
Wang, Wei
Ms. Wang Wei is a government official in the Department of Agricultural,
Natural Resources, and Environmental Protection of the State Council's
Legislative Affairs Office (OLA). She received a Master's degree in Civil and Business Law from Tsinghua University. During
her stay at the Yale Law School from February 20 to April 13,
2006, she will conduct research on water conservation.
Li, Sheng
Mr. Li Sheng is a senior staff in the Department of Industry,
Communications, and Commerce of the State Council's Legislative
Affairs Office (OLA). He received a LLM degree in Legal Education
from the Capital Normal University. During His stay at the Yale
Law School between April 1 and May 20, 2006, he will conduct research
on government information disclosure regulations.
Fu, Yulin
Dr. Fu Yulin is an Associate Professor of civil procedure and
legal practice at the Peking University School of Law. She received
a Ph.D in civil procedure law from the Renmin University School
of Law and a Master’s Degree in civil law from Peking University
School of Law. She served as a judge in the Wuhan Maritime Court
from 1987-94. During her stay at the Yale Law School from April
3 to May 17, 2006, she will research the civil appeals system
in the United States.
Fall 2005
LIU, Qiang
Liu Qiang is Deputy Director of the Justice Research Institute
of Shanghai, and a Professor at the Shanghai Institute of Politics
and Law, teaching and writing primarily in the criminal law field.
He received a Masters degree studying criminology from Iowa State
University. While at the Yale Law School he will conduct comparative
research related to introducing community corrections systems
in China.
LUO, Changqing
Ms. Luo is the Deputy Director of the General Division of the
Office of Legislative Affairs, Shanghai Municipal People's Government.
She received a Masters of Law degree from East China University
of Politics and Law, specializing in administrative law. While
at the Yale Law School, she will conduct research on alternative
methods of administrative dispute resolution and public participation
in administrative rulemaking.
JIN, Jinping
Dr. Jin is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute of
Law, Chinese Academy of Social Science, as well as Vice Director
of the Center for Real Estate Law and Assistant Director of the
Center for Nonprofit Organizations Law at Peking University Law
School. She earned her Ph.D. in civil and commercial law from
Peking University Law School. While at the Yale Law School, she
will research issues relating to non-profit organizations, the
emergence of homeowners associations in China, and charitable
trusts.
ZHOU, Wei
Professor Zhou Wei is a Vice Dean of Shanghai Jiaotong University
Law School and the Director of Jiaotong’s Human Rights Law
Study Center and Institute of Procedural Law and Judicial Reform.
His teaching and writing focuses especially on criminal law and
criminal procedure. He received his Ph.D. in Law from the University
of Hong Kong. While at the Yale Law School, he will conduct comparative
research on bail and other systems of pre-trial release
Spring 2005
Cai Wei:
Ms. Cai, who earned a Masters of Law degree from Jilin University,
is an Editor and Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute
of the Procuratorial Theory. While at Yale, she will conduct
research on how to prevent and deter coerced confessions as
well as the role of American prosecutors in the U.S. legal system.
Chen Changxiong:
Chen Changxiong is a lawyer in the State Council’s Office
of Legislative Affairs, working in the Department of Education,
Science, Culture and Health. He earned a master’s degree
in law at Northwest Institute of Politics and Law. While at
the Yale Law School, he will be researching food safety issues
in connection with a major revision of China’s Food Safety
Law.
Chen Duanhong:
Chen Duanhong is an associate professor at the Peking University
Law School and director of its Center for Constitutional Studies.
He earned his PhD in 1993 from the China Academy of Social Sciences.
He is one of China's leading young scholars in the fields of
administrative law and constitutional law. His research at Yale
will focus on issues of constitutional law and constitutionalism.
Dong Wenyuan:
Ms. Dong is currently a Ph.D Candidate in Administrative Law
at Peking University Law School. She also has a Masters in Legal
History from Peking University Law School. Her latest publication
is called “Comparative Analysis of the Pursuit of Constitutionalism
between George Washington and Sun Zhongshan”, which was
co-authored with Professor Yuan Shuhong of China’s National
School of Administration (CNSA). While at Yale, she will be
conducting research on public participation in lawmaking, as
well as assisting on other projects between The China Law Center
and the CNSA.
Pu Zhiqiang:
Mr. Pu is currently a partner of Beijing
Huayi Law Firm. He is a pioneering free speech lawyer in
China. His other areas of practice include finance, real estate,
reputation protection, bankruptcy, unjust competition law, antitrust
law, and private housing loans. His recent victory in a case
representing "China Reform" magazine is seen by many
as an important advance in protecting more independent media
in China. While at the Yale Law School, he will be conducting
comparative research on media and the law. An article about
Mr. Pu recently appeared in the Washington Post: In
China, Turning the Law Into the People's Protector By Philip
P. Pan, December 28, 2004.
Xia Xueping:
Mr. Xia is an official at the Central Propaganda Department
Laws and Regulations Bureau in Beijing. He earned his PhD at
North-East Normal University and an M.A. in Economics from Tsinghua
University. During his time at Yale, Mr. Xia will conduct comparative
research on the relationship between the government and the
media within the United States as part of a cooperation program
between our Center and Tsinghua University Law School.
Zhang Dajun:
Mr. Zhang, an M.B.A. graduate of the Wharton School at the
University of Pennsylvania, has been working on business strategy
issues at IBM Business Consulting Services in Beijing for the
past two years. He is also a nationally recognized public interest
advocate in China. Among his activities, he is the organizer
of the biweekly Salon in Beijing, the leader of the media forum
at the Open Constitution Initiative, and an active member of
a leading independent rural development organization. While
at Yale, Mr. Zhang will be conducting comparative research on
privatization and corporate governance.
Zhang Zhihui:
Since 1996 Mr. Zhang has been Director-General at the Institute
of Procuratorial Theory at the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
He has published thirty books and more than fifty articles on
criminal law and justice. He earned his Ph.D. in criminal law
from Renmin University Law School. While at Yale, his research
will focus on how to prevent and deter coerced confessions as
well as the role of American prosecutors in the U.S. legal system.
Fall 2004
Xu Zhiyong:
Professor Xu teaches law in the Law and Humanities School of
the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. He received
his Ph.D. in law from Beijing University. Professor Xu was a
key figure in the campaign to abolish the Chinese system of
“custody and repatriation”. He also is the founder
of The Open Constitution Initiative, an independent center working
to advance constitutional government in China. He recently won
the only openly contested election for a seat in the Beijing
People’s Congress. While at The China Law Center, Prof.
Xu will conduct research on comparative constitutional law.
Liu Renwen:
Professor Liu Renwen is Senior Research Fellow of the Law Institute
of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He received his Ph.D.
in law from the China University of Politics and Law. He has
been a visiting scholar at Columbia University Law School and
at the Oxford Criminology Centre. His recent work included groundbreaking
research on the death penalty and the protection of human rights.
He has also written on environmental crimes and reform of re-education
through labor system. While at The China Law Center, Prof. Liu
will undertake research on the regulation and control of police
agencies.
Wang Liming:
Professor Wang Liming is a Deputy Dean of Renmin University
Law School. He is also a Deputy of the National People's Congress.
He received his Ph.D. in Law from Renmin University, was a Fulbright
scholar at Harvard Law School and has taught in France and Japan.
He is widely-regarded as China's leading civil law scholar,
and is an unusually prolific author of books and articles on
a variety of legal subjects. He has played a key personal role
in the drafting of China's contract law and property law as
well as a variety of court reforms. He is currently working
on the drafting of China's first-ever tort law, and tort law
will be the main area of his research while at Yale.
Wang Jiancheng:
Professor Wang Jiancheng teaches law at the Peking University
Law School, and is one of China’s leading criminal procedure
scholars. He is also Deputy President of the China Procedural
Law Association. Before joiing the Peking University faculty,
he was dean of the Yantai University Law School in Shandong.
He received his Ph.D. in law from Renmin University and was
a visiting scholar at the Katholic University of Leuven in Belgium
from 1994 to 1996. He is currently a Fulbright Scholar at Yale
Law School doing research on plea bargaining in the United States
and China.
Wang Li Fen:
Dr. Wang Li Fen is the Director of the Information Program
Workshop at China Central Television (CCTV) where she directs
the networks principle economic news programs The Morning
Show, Newslist, Economic News Affiliated Broadcast,
and Economic Half Hour. Previously, she was the creator
and producer of the popular and very successful and influential
current affairs interview program Dialogue.
Xu Yong'An:
Dr. Xu is a Section Chief in the Department of Criminal Legislation
of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s
Congress. He received his Ph.D. in criminal law from Peking
University in 2003. During his time at Yale, his research will
focus on community corrections and alternatives to incarceration.
Summer 2004
Wang Wansheng:
Wang Wansheng is Director of the Section of National Resources
and Environmental Protection in the Department of Agricultural,
National Resources, and Environmental Protection of the State
Council's Office of Legislative Affairs. Mr. Wang received his
law degree from Jilin University. He participated in the drafting
and revision of numerous laws, including China's basic land
law, the Land Management Law, and other real estate-related
laws. He has also written books and articles on law and legal
reform in general and on land and mortgage law in particular.
While at Yale Law School, Mr. Wang will be researching issues
related to an expected revision of the Land Management Law,
including when a state may expropriate land for the "public
interest," what procedures and compensation standards should
apply to such a taking, how best to implement land use controls,
especially to protect and preserve agricultural lands, etc.
Yang Kui:
Yang Kui works in the Department of Agriculture, National Resources
and Environmental Protection of the Office of Legislative Affairs
of the State Council. Mr. Yang received masters’ degrees
in law from the University of Hong Kong and Renmin University.
He participated in the drafting and revision of several laws
relating to property and housing and has written explanations
of various housing-related regulations. While at The China Law
Center, Mr. Yang will research issues related to an expected
revision of China's Land Management Law, including when a state
may expropriate land for the "public interest," what
procedures and compensation should apply to such a taking, how
best to implement and use controls, especially to protect and
preserve agricultural lands, and how to establish a land title
and registration system.
Spring 2004
Gao Xiang:
Judge Gao is a judge
of the No. 4 Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court
of China. He received his LL.M. and Ph.D. in Law from the University
of New South Wales in Australia in addition to an LL.M. from
the China University of Political Science and Law. He has been
active in Chinese and International forums and has written numerous
books and articles in Chinese and English in many areas including
Civil and Commercial law. As part of a cooperative project between
the Supreme People’s Court, National Judges College and
The China Law Center, Judge Gao conducted research on judicial
reform and court organization and structure.
Yuqian Bi:
Professor Bi is
a Professor and Director of the Judicial Center of the National
Judges College. He also serves as chief editor of two legal
journals and is author of many articles on civil evidence and
civil procedure. He received his LL.M and J.D. degrees from
China’s University of Political Science and Law. As part
of a cooperative project between the Supreme People’s
Court, National Judges College and The China Law Center, Professor
Bi conducted research on judicial reform and court organization
and structure.
Yang Haining:
Yang Haining is
a lawyer in the Legal Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal
People’s Government. Ms. Yang received her law degree
from East China Politics and Law University. She is contributing
to the draft of a national emergency law in China and conducted
research on related issues while at Yale Law School in February
2004.
Zhou Dan:
Dan Zhou is a lawyer
with Richard Wang & Co. Law Offices in Shanghai. He received
his Master of Laws from Renmin University. In addition to his
work as a practicing lawyer, he is a founding member and legal
advisor for Shanghai Hotline for Sexual Minorities and an active
contributor to Ai Qing Bai Pi Shu – Zhong Huan Tong Zhi
Wang ("White Paper on Love–
Chinese Gay and Lesbian Web"), one of oldest and most-popular
gay websites in Chinese. While at Yale Law School in January
to April 2004, Mr. Zhou researched anti-discrimination issues,
especially as they relate to sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS.
Fall 2003
Feng Lixia:
Feng Lixia is an Associate Professor in the Political and Law
Department at the Central Party School in Beijing. She has written
the books A Comparative Study on Codification and Outline
of the Science of the Law in addition to many articles
on jurisprudence, comparative law, law and society, and legislative
science. Professor Feng received her Ph.D. in jurisprudence
and comparative law from the Peking University Law School. While
at Yale, Professor Feng conducted research on issues related
to judicial reform.
Zhou Qiren:
Zhou Qiren is a Professor at the China
Center for Economic Research at Beijing University. He has
written numerous articles and books on economic and legal topics,
including regulatory reform, new institutional economics, the
telecommunications sector, and rural development. Professor
Zhou received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of
California, Los Angeles and his B.A. from Renmin University
in Beijing. While at Yale, Professor Zhou conducted research
related to the income and land tenure system in rural China,
with an emphasis on transfer of land rights.
Cheng Jie:
Cheng Jie is Associate Professor at the School
of Law at Tsinghua University. She has written extensively
on many aspects of law and legal reform in China, including
Open Government Under Law--A Constitutionalist Perspective.
She is the Secretary-General and Vice Director of the Center
for Constitutional Law and Civil Rights at Tsinghua University
and one of the founders of Tsinghua's clinical program. Professor
Cheng received her Ph.D. in constitutional law from Beijing
University. As a Fulbright Scholar at Yale, she is reasearching
freedom of information and transparent government.
Summer 2003
Zhang Jianhua:
Zhang Jianhua is Deputy Director of the Department of Education,
Science, Culture and Public Health of the State Council's Office
of Legislative Affairs (OLA), the ministry-level department
that develops and drafts much of the central government's legislation
and administrative law. He has been with OLA for seventeen years,
and has been involved in drafting many important national regulations.
Mr. Zhang has a Masters Of Law from the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences. While at the Yale Law School during June and July
2003, he conducted research on public participation in administrative
rulemaking.
Huang Changjie:
Huang Changjie is a lawyer in the Department of Research of
the State Council's Office of Legislative Affairs and also a
member of the Office of Administrative License Reforms. Mr.
Huang has a Masters of Law from Renmin University, and has written
numerous articles and papers on administrative law. While at
the Yale Law School during June and July 2003, he conducted
research on public participation in administrative rulemaking.
Guan Lijuan:
Guan Lijuan ("Jennie") is a lawyer in the Shanghai
Municipal Government's Office of Legislative Affairs. Ms. Guan
received her law degree from East China University of Politics
and Law. She conducted research on open government information
laws and practice while at the Yale Law School during June and
July 2003.
Spring Term 2003
Guan Yi:
Guan Yi is Executive Director and Research Fellow of
the Exchange and Cooperation Division of the National Judges College
(NJC) of the Supreme People's Court (SPC). He is a graduate of
Beijing University Law School, and worked at the Chinese Training
Center for Senior Judges of the SPC from 1988 through 1997. As
part of a cooperative project between the SPC, NJC and The China
Law Center, Guan Yi conducted research on comparative issues concerning
court organization and structure.
Jiang Huiling:
Jiang Huiling is a Senior Judge at the Supreme People's
Court (SPC) and a member of the Judicial Reform Group within the
SPC. He is also in charge of the Civil Division in the Research
Department of the SPC, which drafts judicial interpretations at
the request of the High People's Courts, and has published various
articles on the Chinese judicial system and judicial reform. As
part of a cooperative project between the SPC, NJC and Yale Law
School, Judge Jiang conducted research on comparative issues concerning
court organization and structure.
Ke Rongzhu:
Ke Rongzhu, an economist, is a researcher at the Institute
of Business Research (IBR), the research arm of Guanghua School
of Management, which is Peking University's business school. His
recent research has addressed topics related to law and economics,
including enforcement of contracts, social trust and social norms,
and corporate governance, and he has also published papers on
bargaining, institutional change, and informal finance. Mr. Ke
researched issues of social trust during his time at Yale Law
School.
Zhang Qi:
Zhang Qi is an Associate Professor and Executive Director
of the Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Sociology at Beijing
University Law School. His major areas of interest are philosophy
of law, comparative law, sociology of law and tort law. He was
a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School from 1995-1997 and a
Visiting Scholar at Heidelberg Germany in 1999-2000. Dr. Zhang
mainly researched the precedent system while at Yale Law School.
Zhou Wei:
Professor Zhou Wei is the Director of Constitutional
and Administrative Law at Sichuan University Law School. He has
been the Vice Director of the Legal Affairs Commission of the
Standing Committee of Sichuan People's Congress for nine years.
His major areas of scholarly interest are constitutional law and
administrative law, and as a lawyer he has brought a number of
innovative constitutional law cases in China. At Yale, Professor
Zhou researched the right of equal protection under American law
and its relevance to Chinese constitutional rights.
Fall Term 2002
Chen Sixi:
Mr. Chen is Deputy Director of the State and Administrative
Law Department of the Legislative Affairs Commission (LAC) of
the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of
China. He has worked in the LAC for eighteen years. His major
areas of interest are constitutional law and administrative
law. Mr. Chen researched American administrative procedure law
while at the Yale Law School during the Fall Term.
Li Ao:
Ms. Li is Director of the Administrative Litigation Department
of the Center for Protection of the Rights of Disadvantaged
Citizens at Wuhan University in Hubei province. A former public
procurator in Heilongjiang province, she earned her LL.M. degree
from Wuhan University Law School in 1998 and is working on her
Ph.D, in the field of constitutional law, at the same school.
She teaches administrative and administrative procedure law
as well as a class on clinical legal education. Ms. Li was be
a Visiting Scholar at the Yale Law School, researching gender
discrimination, during November and December 2002.
Li Zhong:
Li Zhong is an associate professor at the Institute of Law
in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. His major teaching
and research interest is constitutional law, and he is also
interested in the fields of media law, administrative law and
human rights. His first monograph, Constitutional Supervision,
was published in 1999 (2d edition in 2002). To date he has published
more than 20 academic papers. Born in August 1968, Professor
Li has a J.S.D.
Wang Xixin:
Wang Xixin LL.B (1990), LL.M (1996), J.S.D.(1999), is Associate
Professor of Law, Peking University Law School. From 1998-99,
Professor Wang was a Visiting Scholar and Senior Research Fellow
at the Center for Chinese Legal Studies at Columbia Law School.
He has also served as a Member of the China Legislation Research
Group since 1998. Professor Wang has been involved in drafting
legislation and consulting on legislative issues as a Research
Consultant for the General Office of the Standing Committee
of China's National People's Congress in the past few years.
His major research interest fields cover administrative law,
constitutional law, and comparative legal studies. He was a
Visiting Scholar at the Yale Law School during the month of
September 2002.
Zuo Weimin:
Professor Zuo is Vice Dean of and professor of law at
the Sichuan University Law School. He was a Visiting Scholar at
the Yale Law School from October through December 2002 researching
judicial reform issues.
