ZHOU Hanmin
Standing Committee Member, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Vice Chairman, Shanghai Committee of CPPCC
2015Leader RoundTable honored guest
ZHOU Hanmin, Professor of Law, tutor of doctorate students, honorary doctor of law conferred by University of Liverpool of United Kingdom, currently serves as the Standing Committee Member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC), Vice Chairman of China National Democratic Construction Association (CNDCA), Vice Chairman of Shanghai Committee of CPPCC, Chairman of Shanghai Committee of CNDCA, President of Shanghai Institute of Socialism. He is also the Chairman of the National Association of Vocational Education of China, Shanghai Branch, Vice Chairman of Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association, Vice President of Shanghai Outstanding Youth Federation, Vice President of Brand China Industry Union, and President of the World Economic Forum’s Regional Agenda Council on China. Mr. Zhou was a teacher in Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT) from 1983 to 2000. He has ever served as the Vice President of SIFT and dean of its Law School. From 2000 to 2003, he served as the Deputy Chief Commissioner of Shanghai Pudong New Area People’s Government. In the year 2002, as the Chinese Delegate to BIE residing in Paris, France, he was fully engaged in the whole process of bidding for World Expo. 2010, Shanghai. From October 2003 to February 2009, he served as the Deputy Director General of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination. He served as the Deputy Director General of the Executive Committee of Expo 2010 Shanghai China from February 2009. For the past three decades, Professor Zhou has been devoting himself to the teaching and research of International Economic Law, International Trade Law, GATT/WTO, Sino-US Relations, the development and opening-up of Pudong New Area, and World Expositions. He also holds current positions, including Senior Consultant of China Society for WTO Studies, Vice-chairman of Law of WTO, China Law Society, Executive Director of China International Law Society, Executive Director of China Private International Law Society, Executive Director of Society of China International Economic Law, Vice President of Shanghai Society for Study of America, Honorary Chairman of International Law Association of Shanghai Law Society, Honorary Dean of Law School of SIFT. He is the Visiting Professor or Honored Professor in many famous universities, including Venice University of Italy, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xiamen University, Tongji University, Dongbei University of Finance & Economics, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai University, Donghua University and also Shanghai University of Economics & Trade. Professor Zhou has chaired or participated in the editing of the following publications: Introduction to International Economic Law(1993), International Trade Law(1995), Survey of GATT(1993), Survey of WTO(1995), China’s Accession to WTO(2000) and its latest edition(2001)，Steps of Minds: Essays on China’s Regaining GATT and Entry into WTO(2002), In Tandem with WTO Rules: New Rules & Regulations on China’s Foreign Trade & Economy(2003), Foreign Trade Remedies and Investigation of China(2005), A ChineseEnglish-French Dictionary of Expo 2010(2008), Expo Participation of Regions in World Expositions(2009), Ten Years: Expo 2010 & Me(2011). Meanwhile, he has published more than 200 essays in the above-mentioned fields.
