Professor, School of Law, Tsinghua University
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
L.L.B, Northwest University of Political Science and Law, 1995
L.L.M, China University of Political Science and Law, 1998
Ph.D, China University of Political Science and Law, 2001
Promotion (Ph.D), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 2004 (funded by DAAD Scholarship)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, Institut für deutsches und ausländisches Zivilprozessrecht, Freiburg Universität, 2003-2004
Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University, 2004-2006
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, 2006-2013
Visiting Scholar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 2007-2008 (funded by German Chancellor Scholarship (Bundeskanzlerstipendium der Homboldt-Stiftung))
Visiting Scholar, Oxford University, 2008
Professor, Tsinghua University, 2013-
Visiting Scholar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 2015-2016
SOCIAL WORK
Committee of Legal Experts for Legislative Work of Government of Beijing, Committee Member
Society of Civil Law of China Law Society, Vice Secret-General
Beijing Society of E-Commerce Law, Vice President
Archiv für Chinesisch-deutsches Privatrecht, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Tsinghua Law Journal, Vice-Editor-in-Chief
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Contract Law, Real Estate Law, Security Law
REPRESENTING PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Contract for Work and Construction Projects, China Legal Publishing House, 2000;
2. Grundpfandrecht in China und Deutschland, Peter Lang, 2004；
3. The Function and Theoretical Basis of Property Rights, Peking University Press, 2011;
4. General Theory of Obligation Law, Peking University Press, 2016 1st edition, 2025 2nd Edition;
5. Constitution and Types of Culpa in Contrahendo, Legal Publishing House, 2023.
Articles
1. On System and Application of Rules of Restitution of Invalid Contract, The Jurist, 2025, Vol. 1;
2. Creditor’s Right to Revocation: Its Legal Effect and Procedural Realization, Journal of Comparative Law, 2024, Vol. 3;
3. The Civil Code of China and the Information Society---Taking Personal lnformation as an Example, Journal of Political Science and Law, 2020, Vol. 4;
4. Sittenwidrigkeit und vertragsstrafe, in ZChinR, Heft 1/2019, S. 50-58；
5. Die Einschraenkung der Verfuegungsmoeglichkeit ueber mit einem Pfandrecht belastete Immobi-lien, in Juristische Methodenlehre und Immobiliarsachenrecht, Mohr Siebeck, 2015, S. 207-216；
6. On the Rules for Reducing Penalties for Breach of Contract, The Jurist, 2015, Vol. 3;
7. Nature and Exercise of the Right to Request for Compulsory Performance, Law Science, 2012, Vol. 1;
8. Die prozessuale Realisierung von Hypothek nach chinesischem Recht, in Recht und Rechtswirklichung in Deutschland und China, 2011, S. 35-48；
9. The Legitimate Basis of Consumers' Right of Withdrawal, Law Science, 2010, Vol. 12;
10. Nullification Exclusion and Damage Compensation, Chinese Journal of Law, 2009, Vol. 2;
11. Kreditsicherheiten nach dem neuen chinesischen Sachenrechtsgesetz— Veränderungen und Tendenz Chinesisches Zivil- und Wirtschaftsrecht aus deutscher Sicht, 2008；
12. Booming Market of Immovables and New Property Law: FreiLaw, 2008 Vol. 1；
13. Civil pre-trail procedure in China, in Cappi/Ramos ed. Oral and written proceedings: efficiency in civil procedure, Universitat de Valencia, 2008.
14. On the Risk Allocation Rules of Obstacles to Performance - A Review of the Objective Liability System in China’s Contract Law, China Legal Science, 2007, Vol. 5;
15. Research on the Legislation of Real Estate Property Registration, Science of Law, 2000, Vol. 2.
