Zhenmin Wang, Professor and Dean of Tsinghua University School of Law, received his LL.B. in Zhengzhou University (1989) , LL.M. and PhD in Law from Renmin (People's) University of China (1992 and 1995). He also studied in the Law Faculty of Hong Kong University from 1993 to 1995.
After completing his study in HKU, Professor Wang joined Tsinghua Unviersity in July 1995. Since then, he has been the Assistant Chair, Deputy Chair and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law. In July 2008 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law at Tsinghua University.
In 2004 he was appointed member of the Committee for the Macao Basic Law under the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress, and concurrently a member of the paralleling Committee for Hong Kong Basic Law in 2006. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Hong Kong and Macao Institute under the Development Research Center of the State Council (since 2003). In 2007 he was elected Deputy to the 13th Beijing City People’s Congress.
Professor Wang serves an executive director of the China Law Society and an executive director of the National Taiwan Society. He is also Vice President of China Association of Constitutional Law. In his teaching and research areas, focus is on constitutional and administrative law, the Basic Laws of HK and Macao, and Taiwan issues. He is the author of Central-Special Administrative Region Relationship in China——from a Legal Perspective(Beijing, 2002) and Constitutional Review in China (Beijing, 2004). He has published over 50 articles and presented papers at many regional and international conferences on Chinese constitutional law, legal reform and Hong Kong / Macao Basic Law. He is a Member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders of World Economic Forum.
He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School in 2000-2001. He is Sir Y K Pao Chair Professor in Constitutional Law at School of Law of Ningbo University. He was also visiting professor at Universit Paris II, France, William S. Richardson School of Law of University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Dedman School of Law of Southern Methodist University (USA), etc.
Honors and Awards:
Outstanding Teaching & Research Award, Tsinghua University, 1996
First Honor, Outstanding Young Staff Award, Tsinghua University, 1997
First Honor, Outstanding Young Staff Award, Tsinghua University, 1998
Outstanding Young Jurist Prize, Beijing Law Society, 1999
China Top 10 Young Talents (Pioneer) Award, 2005
Tsinghua University Outstanding Scholarship Award, Tsinghua University, 2006
Beijing May Fourth Award, 2007
May 1st Service Award, Beijing City Government, 2009
Top 10 Outstanding Young Jurist Prize, China Law Society, 2010
