Researcher (Professional Level 2) at the Institute of International Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; doctoral supervisor; former Director of the International Economic Law Research Office; and recipient of the State Council Government Special Allowance. From April 2015 to December 2017, he served as Deputy Chief Judge of the Fourth Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court (on secondment). He is Vice President of the WTO Law Research Association of the China Law Society, Vice President of the China Arbitration Law Society, Special Consultant of the Supreme People’s Court (4th and 5th Terms), Expert Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People’s Court, First Batch Member of the Foreign-Related Arbitration Expert Committee of the Ministry of Justice, and Vice Chair of the Commercial Mediation Center of the China Chamber of International Commerce. He also serves as an arbitrator at a number of renowned domestic and international commercial arbitration institutions, including the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Shenzhen International Arbitration Center, Shanghai International Arbitration Center, Beijing Arbitration Commission, and the Singapore International Arbitration Center, and is among the first-batch mediators of the International Organization for Mediation.

Professor Liu has been engaged in research on International law, International economic law and International commercial law for a long time. Professor Liu has published many books, such as “Legal Issues on International Financial Leasing”, “The Interpretation on Articles of The Protocol of China’s Accession to WTO”, “Good Faith in WTO legal System”,”Problems on Trade and Environment In the WTO” , “All-round Opening Up and Rule of Law of International Economy” and so on. He also published a lot of articles in “Chinese Journal of Law”, “China Legal Science”, “Legal Science”, “Tribune of Political Science and Law”, “Chinese Review of International Law”, “Journal of World Trade”. He has served as the principal investigator for a number of important research projects and special studies commissioned by the National Social Science Fund of China, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Supreme People’s Court, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Commerce, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and other institutions.He has obtained Paper’s Reward of China ‘Society of International Law in 2012, and Paper’s Reward of WTO Law Research Society of China Law Society in 2014 and 2015 respectively. “Research on the Necessity of WTO Reform and the Design of Reform Issues”written by Professor Liu has been awarded 2019 Top 10 Paper for “Global Economic Governance”.

1986—1990, Studied at the law faculty, China University of Political Sciences and Law, gained Law Bachelor. 1990—1993, Studied at the Graduate School, Chinese University of Political Sciences and Law, majoring in International law, gained LLM. 1998—2001, Studied at the Graduate School, Chinese University of Political Sciences and Law, majoring in International economic law, gained LL.D. 2003-2005, Worked and studied as Post-Doctor in Law Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Liu was also a visiting scholar of Columbia Law School of U.S. from 2008-2009 and of Zurich University in 2010.

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