Zeng Lingliang

Bornin Macheng City of Hubei Province in 1956;

Graduated from the English Department of Wuhan University in 1978 and stayed as a teacher;

Obtained Juris Master Degree from University of Michigan in 1986;

Obtained Juris Master Degree from Wuhan University in 1987;

Obtained Juris Doctor Degree from Wuhan University in 1992;

Engaged in the academic training work for Ph.D holders at the European University Institute in Italy from 1989 to 1990;

A Fulbrightsenior research scholar at University of Denver (U.S.) from 1996 to 1997;

An outstanding visiting professor at University of Birmingham(U.K.) from July to August 1998;

A part-time professor at City University of Hong Kong in 2001;

An outstanding visiting professor at Chicago Kent College of Law from January to May2004;

A professor at the University of Macao from September 2007 to August 2010 (and a part-time professor since);

Appointed as the endowed chair professor (the only one in China) on European Union Law by European Commission in 2001;

Approved by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body to be listedamong the Chinese members of the first batch of three-expert group in February 2004;

The Dean of WHU School of Law from April 1999 to September 2007;

The Director of WHU Center for European Studies from 1977 to 2001;

The Dean of School of Law at Macao University from September 1997 to August 2010.

Now a Cheung Kong Scholar Professor at Wuhan University, the Director of Institute of International Law (Director of the Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Center under Ministry of Education), Zeng also concurrently serves as the Vice-chair of the Steering Committee of Law Discipline Teaching under the Ministry of Education, an expert in the Appraisal Team of National Social Science Fund, President of European Law Research Society of Chinese Association for European Studies, the Vice President of Chinese Society of International Economic Law, Vice President of Chinese Association of International Law, the Vice President of WTO Law Research Society of China Law Society, the President of International Law Research Society of Hubei Provincial Law Society and the President of Macao Association for European Studies. In addition, he also assumes such posts as an external auditor forSocial Sciences in China, an editorial member of European Studies and Macao Journal of Law, as well as an honorary editorial member of European Law Journal and Chinese Journal of International Law, etc.

He has long been engaged in the teaching and research work of International Law, and is regarded as a pioneer for study on WTO Law and EU Law in China. His representative works include A Study of the Major Forefront International Legal Issues in China’s Peaceful Development,An Overviewof EU Law --- From the New Perspective of European Constitutional Treaty,International Law and China at the Dawn of the 21st Century,World Trade Organization Law, and European Community and the Modern International Law, etc. He has published dozens of papers in Social Sciences in China,Xinhua Digest,China Social Sciences Digest,Chinese Journal of Law,China Legal Science,World Economics and Politics,European Law Journal,European Law Journal, Frontiers of Law in Chinaand other domestic and foreign journals. Moreover, he has won many honors and awards, such as the 1^stPrize in the National Outstanding Teaching Achievement Award, the 2^ndPrize in the Second National College Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award, the title of National Top Ten Yong and Middle-aged Jurists, the 2^nd Prize (1995) and the 3^rd Prize (2002) in Hubei Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award, the 1^stPrize (2009) in the National College Scientific Research Achievement Award (in Humanities and Social Sciences), the 2^nd Prize in Qian Duansheng Law Research Achievement Award (ministerial-level)