Educational Qualifications
2018
PhD (Comparative Takeover Regulation & Path Dependency Theory), University Sussex
2012
EMLE (Law & Economics), University of Hamburg, University of Bologna, and University of Haifa
2008
MPhil (Law & History), Renmin University of China
2006
LLB (Civil & Commercial Law), Southwestern University of Political Science and Law
Academic and Professional Experience
2024 – Present
Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences
2024 – Present
Visiting Researcher, EW Barker Centre for Law & Business, NUS Faculty of Law
2022 – 2024
Associate Research Fellow, Institute for International Affairs, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
2022 – 2024
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, EW Barker Centre for Law & Business, NUS Faculty of Law
2020 – 2022
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
2019 – 2020
Yong Pung How Research Fellow, School of Law, Singapore Management University
2017 – 2019
Post-Doctoral Researcher, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
2017 – 2019
Foreign Legal Consultant, ZAG-S&W Law Firm, Israel
2010 – 2011
Junior Academic Visitor, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Selected Publications
Books- China's Personal Information Protection Law and Its Global Implications, Routledge, forthcoming 2025
Journal Articles- Reconcile National Security Review with Takeover Regulation in the Global M&A Market, Journal of Business Law, Issue 6, 2024, pp. 535 – 557 (& Umakanth Varottil)
- A New Development of Fiduciary Duties for Financial Advisors in Hong Kong, Law Science, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2023, pp. 243 – 262
- Half A Loaf is Better Than None: The New Data Protection Regime for China's Platform Economy, Computer Law & Security Review, Volume 39, Issue 6, 2020, pp. 1 – 21
- Equal Treatment of Shareholders under the Dual Class Share Structure: Recent Updates of the Takeover Code in Singapore, The Company Lawyer, Volume 41, Issue 2, 2020, pp. 59 – 61
- Law and Policy of Platform Economy in China, Computer Law & Security Review, Volume 39, Issue 6, 2020, pp. 1 – 21
- Disruptive Digital Economy, Innovative Regulatory Responses and Transformative Network Effects, European Business Law Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, 2020, pp. 725 – 762 (& Qingxiu Bu)
- Recent Development of FinTech Regulation in China: A Focus on the New Regulatory Regime for the P2P Lending (Loan-based Crowdfunding) Market, Capital Markets Law Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2018, pp.85 – 115
- The Proper Purpose Rule and the Exercise of Directors' Power in the Context of a Takeover Battle, Business Law Review, Volume 38, Issue 1, 2017, pp. 2 – 8
- Regulating Food Safety: A Lesson from EU Law and Practice (食品安全的法律保护机制——欧盟经验借鉴), Global Food Industry Information (中外食品), Volume 2, 2010, pp. 36 – 44 (in Chinese) (& Donal Casey and James Lawless)
- Democracy in European Union: A Study on Lisbon Treaty Referendum in Ireland (欧盟的民主与一个民族国家的主权伤痛), Gansu Theory Research (甘肃理论学刊), Volume 5, 2010, pp. 133 – 141 (in Chinese) (& Gavin Barrett and Hongying Wang)
Short papers- Reconciling the Principle of Equal Treatment of Shareholders with Dual Class Share Structures in Singapore, The Oxford Business Law Blog (OBLB), February 2022 (Blog Post) (& Hans Tijo)
- Reinventing Bankruptcy Law by Virginia Torrie, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, September 2021 (Book Review)
- Electronic Commerce Law of China. Doing Business in Israel, January 2019 (Blog post) (& Tehila Levi-Lati)
Book Chapters- 1840 年至 1900 年间中国教会管理研究——传教条款与教会政策的视角 (Law, Politics and Religion: Christian Mission under the Sino-Foreign Treaties between 1840 – 1900), In: Yujun Feng (ed). 《行动中的中国宗教法治》(Chinese Religious Rule of Law in Action), China Legal Publishing House, 2017
- 传统中国司法与法律思想 (Judicial System and Legal Theories in Ancient China), In: China Law Association (ed). 《中国法律年鉴》 (Law Yearbook of China), China Law Yearbook Press, 2007 (& Xiaohong Ma)
Translations (English to Chinese)- 《我们,机器人?人工智能监管及其法律局限性》, 北京大学出版社 (Peking University Press), 2024 (Simon Chesterman, We, The Robots? Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of the Law (Cambridge University Press 2021)
- 《在翻译中遗失? 简评中国公司法中的移植体》, 中国大百科全书出版社 (China Encyclopedia Publishing House), 2017 (Donald C. Clarke, Lost in Translation? Corporate Legal Transplants in China, 2006)
- 《乱花渐欲迷人眼:总评公司治理当前理论热点与未来研究方向》, 法律出版社 (China Law Press), 2013 (Lucian A. Bebchuk & Michael S. Weisbach, The State of Corporate Governance Research, 2010)
Selective Conference Presentations- Rationalizing China’s (Counter-) Sanction Law and Policy, 12th Society of International Economic Law (PEPA/SIEL) Conference, Asian Academy of International Law, 3 – 4 July 2024
- Law and Policy of China’s AI Governance, NUS Law Faculty Seminar, 8 September 2023
- National Security Screening in Cross-Border M&A: The End of Takeover Regulation? NUS Law Faculty Research Workshops, 09 March 2022 (& Umakanth Varottil)
- Data Protection in China: A sui generis model or a GDPR/PDPA variant? NUS Law Faculty Research Workshops, 20 October 2021
- A New Governance Model for Digital Economy: The Anatomy of E-Commerce Law in China, Emerging Technologies Towards Sustainable Development, Brunswick European Law School (BELS), 28-29 November 2019
- Communism Problems, Capitalism Solutions: Reforming China’s SOEs via Private Equity Scheme, IGLP (Institute for Global Law and Policy) Conference, Harvard Law School, Boston, 2-3 June 2018
- A Comparative Study of Recent Development of FinTech Regulations in China. The 6th Annual Conference of the American Society of Comparative Law, American Society of Comparative Law and Koç University, 28 – 29 April 2017
Media Coverage
- CNA TV Interview, Insight 2023/2024 - China’s AI Evolution, 30 November 2023
- South China Morning Post, China eyes at least 50 sets of AI standards by 2026, from chips to applications and safety, 2 July 2024
- Bloomberg, OpenAI’s China Block to Reshape AI Scene as Big Players Pounce, 26 June 2024
- Bloomberg, Beijing Tries to Regulate China’s AI Sector Without Crushing It, 15 August 2023
- 《参考消息》, 外媒述评:中国人工智能监管“起步很快”, 16 August 2023
- Bloomberg, China Takes Friendlier Approach to AI in Finalized Guidelines, 13 July 2023
- South China Morning Post, Chinese online brokerage tests first AI chatbot for stock trading as it talks to regulators about compliance, 2 May 2023
- South China Morning Post, China’s leadership wants to embrace AI advances but also control risks, as ChatGPT shocks with power and popularity, 29 April 2023
- 《参考消息》, 中国拟订生成式AI管理办法, 13 April 2023
- Wall Street Journal, China Lays Out Strict Rules for ChatGPT-Like AI Tools (China Moves to Censor AI), 11 April 2023