Shaoming Zhu
Dr. Shaoming Zhu is an advocate of inclusive global governance and the founder of the Foundation for Law and International Affairs. She is also a legal scholar and currently a postdoc research fellow at Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management. She works to advocate for empowering individuals in global governance and implementing inclusive decision-making mechanics in transnational infrastructure projects. She is the author of two academic books. Her publications, including books, journal articles, blogs, and funded research projects focus on international law, international negotiations, NGOs and global governance, Chinese legislation on social and economic development, and other related topics. She has been granted more than 40 awards for her academic and social work.
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Education
The Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law, Doctor of Juridical Science, 2013 - 2017
Beijing Normal University, Master of Law (Valedictorian), 2010 - 2013
Chang’an University, Bachelor of Law (Valedictorian), 2006 - 2010
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Slected Publications
Books
The Chinese Conflicts of Law: A Restatement and Legisprudence Proposal (English), Wildy, Simmonds and Hill, February 2018
Enterprise Non-litigation Legal Affairs (Chinese), Tsinghua University Press, 2015
Book Chapter
The Education of Legal Professional in the United States: A Statistical Analysis (Chinese), Intellectual Property Publishing House, 2017
Articles
Conflict of Laws in the People’s Republic of China: Review and Commentary (English), The Journal of Comparative Law, XII 2017
Empirical Studies on Chinese Overseas Young Students’ Patriotic Consciousness (Chinese), China Youth Study (CSSCI), Second Author, September 2014
An Analysis on Legal Value of the Organizational Structure of Commercial Bank Bankruptcy System under Comparative Perspective (Chinese), Jingshi Law Review (Vol 9), December 2013
Legislative Conception of Service Standardization (Chinese), Jianghan Tribune (CSSCI), Second Author, 2013
Constitutional Culture in Chinese Traditional Legal Culture -- By the Perspective of the Ceremony Value (Chinese), Jingshi Law Review, 2012
Jurisprudential Definition of View (Chinese), Journal of Hebei University of Engineering (Social Science Edition), 2012
Dong Biwu’s Legal Thought and Legal Practice in the Revolution of 1911 (Chinese), Collection Studies of Dong Biwu’ Legal Thought, 2011
Research Report on the Situation of Education for AIDS prevention for College Students (Chinese), Value Engineering, 2011
The Analysis of Zhou Enlai’s Constitutional Thought (Chinese), Bridge of Century, 2010
Countermeasures for Extended detention (Chinese), Journal of Shaanxi Politics and Law Institute for Administrators, 2010
Translations
Flora Sapio, (English-Chinese) The New International Trade and Investment Rules between Globalization and Anti-Globalization (Chinese), Intellectual Property Press, February 2018.
Flora Sapio, (English-Chinese) An Overview on Social Credit Systems in Europe (English-Chinese), Internet Finance Law Review, 2017 (3)
Selected E-Journal and Blog Articles
La Legge sulle organizzazioni caritatevoli e la qualità dell’attività legislativa in Cina (Italian), Orizzonte
Cina, Vol. 7, N. 2, April 2016
Commentary on Professor Wang Hui’s “Contradiction, Systemic Crisis and the Direction for Change
(English): An Interview with Wang Hui”, April 2016
Comments on Professor Taisu Zhang’s “China’s Coming Ideological Wars” (English), March 2016
Comments on Professor Jerome Cohen’s “A Looming Crisis for China’s Legal System” (English),
February 2016
Non-Governmental Organizations in China -- Background Brief Coalition for Peace & Ethics, (English)
No.1/6 June 2015
Public Commentary on China’s Draft Foreign NGO Management law, -- Background Brief Coalition for
Peace & Ethics (English), No. 2/6, June 2015
Introduction to China’s (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone -- New Coalition for Peace & Ethics Working
Paper (English), April 2014
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Selected Governmental Research Projects
“Social Organizations and Local Judiciary” (Chinese), Research Center for the Capability of Local Judicial of Sichuan Province, 2017
“A study on the 'go out' policy system for social organization” (Chinese), Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, 2016 (National Third Award)
“Important Technical Standards of the Public Cultural Service Establishments” (Chinese), Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China, 2012
“A Comparative Study about the Legislation of Standardization and Operational Mode of the Service Industry” (Chinese), Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, 2010 - 2011
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Selected Academic Presentations
Legal Education for the Belt and Road Initiative (Chinese), Henan Normal University & East China University of Political Science and Law, April 2018
The Role of NGOs in Environmental Lobbying and Litigation in the US and its Lessons for China (English), Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, November 2017
The Education of Law and International Affairs under the Background of Anti-Globalization (Chinese), Yantai University, March 2017
Judicial Reform and Legislative Reform: Conflicts and Mutual Promotion (English), 11th Annual General Conference of the European China Law Studies Association, University of Roma Tre, September 2016
The Role of Foreign Scholars in the Study of Chinese Law: the Globalization of Legal Education (English), Naples Eastern University, September 2016
Our Generations’ Mission in Legal Profession: International and Historical Perspective (English), Penn State University, March 2016
The Legisprudence of Conflict of Laws within Mainland China (English), The 5th Midatlantic SJD Roundtable, Georgetown University Law Center, November 2015
International Civil Jurisdiction in Chinese Courts: A Comparative Study with the US (English), the 11th Annual Inter-University Graduate Conference, The JSD Association and the Graduate Legal Studies Department at Cornell Law School, April 2015
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Work Experience
Founder & President, Foundation for Law and International Affairs, 2015 –
Research Assistant, Professor Larry Backer, Penn State Law School, 2013 – 2016
Assistant Procurator (Intern), Xi’an Weiyang District People’s Procuratorate, 2009
Clerk (Intern), Urumchi Tianshan Distict People’s Court. 2008
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Extra-Curricular Experience
President, The Penn State Research and Career Development Network for Law and International Affairs,
2015 - 2017
Founder, Model UN of Chang’an University, 2010
President, Students’ Government of Chang’an University, 2008 - 2009
Member, 9th Committee of Shanxi Province Youth Federation, 2008
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Honors and Awards
Penn State University Graduate Student Service Award, 2017
In recognition of the graduate student who has best combined high academic achievement with leadership in Penn State University and other public activities.
Third Prize of Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs Research Projects, 2017
Penn State University Student Leader Scholarship, 2016
National Scholarship for the most Outstanding Students; 2013, 2008, 2007
Second Prize in the International Criminal Court Moot Trial Competition (China), 2012
Academic and Comprehensive Scholarship of Beijing Normal University; 2012, 2011
Outstanding Thesis of Chang’an University, 2010
Outstanding Student Leader of Colleges and Universities in Shaanxi Province, 2010
The Best Agent of the 2nd Beijing Moot Arbitration Competition, 2010
Chang’an University “Most Inspiring Student” Award, 2008
And more than 40 other awards.
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Qualifications and Certificates
Chinese University Cadre Students Training School Diploma, 2010
Legal Profession Qualification Certificate of People’s Republic of China, 2012
Trial Advocacy Using the Federal Rules of Evidence (USA) Summer School Certificate (English), 2012
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Media Interviews
China Profiles, China, 2010
Shanxi Television, China, 2010
Cecilia Attanasio Ghezzi, 2016
Pagina 99, Italy, 2017
People’s Daily (English), 2018