Director of the Centre for China-European/EU Legal Studies of the CUPL
Main Research Areas: EU law, European Digital and Trade Law, Contract Law, Consumer Protection Law, Comparative Law
E-mail: tongzh@cupl.edu.cn
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
•Sep. 2004-June. 2007: Ph.D. of Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing.
•Sep. 2001-Oct. 2002: Master of Law (LL.M.), University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
•Sep. 1994-June. 1997: Master of Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing.
•Sep. 1987-June 1991: Bachelor of Law, University of Lanzhou, China.
WORK EXPERIENCE
•2014-present: Director, Centre for China-European/EU Legal Studies at CUPL.
•2009-2023: Director, Institute of European Law of the College of Comparative Law at CUPL.
•2006-2009: Deputy Director, Research Centre of European Law at CUPL.
•2004-present: Director, Editorial Staff of Repräsentative Deutsche Rechtsliteratur der Gegenwart, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing.
•Sep. 2012- present: Professor in the European Law and Comparative Law at CUPL.
•Sep. 2005-Sep. 2012: Associate Professor in the European Law and Comparative Law at CUPL.
•July, 2013, Teacher of the Tort Law of P.R.C. of the program ”Summer Course on the EU law and Chinese Law ” in University of Brescia in Italy.
•Aug.- Sep. 2013, Senior visiting scholar at University of Speyer, University of Augsburg, and University of Muenster, financed by DAAD.
•June 2007 –Aug. 2007: Visiting Scholar, EU-China European Studies Centres Programme, Centre of European Private Law, University of Münster, Germany.
•Jan. 2000 – June 2001: Training Lawyer, CMS Hasche Sigle Law Firm, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Research Projects
•2020-2023: Jean Monnet Chair, Legal Challenges and Legislative Responses in the European Digitalization process: Inspiration from China, Sponsored by the EU.
•2017-2021: Project Leader, The Renewal and The System Supply of Contract Law in the Age of Digital Economy, Sponsored by China National Social Science Fund.
•2017-2018: Project Leader of Chinese Team, Project Based Personnel Exchange Program (PPP): The Protection of Consumer Rights in Digital Economy, Sponsored by China Scholarship Council and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
•2015-2018: Jean Monnet Chair, Legal Innovation in European Integration, Sponsored by the EU.
•2011-2014: Jean Monnet Module Leader, Legal Harmonization in European Integration and Its Influence in East Asia, Sponsored by the EU.
•2006-2007: Team Leader, EU-China European Studies Centers Programme (ESCP) of CUPL, Sponsored by the EU.
•2010-2015: Project Leader, Harmonization of East Asian Contract Law in the Process of the East Asian Integration: Comparison with European Contract Law, Sponsored by the Ministry of Education, China.
•2009-2014: Project Leader, Study on the Theory and the Practice of Chinese Service Contract Law: Comparison with European Service Contract Law, Sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, China.
•2010-2013：Project Member, Interdisciplinary Research Project of Comparative Law and Regional Integration, Sponsored by the CUPL.
•2011-2012: Project Leader, Reform of the Content and the Method of the Course EU Economic and Trade Law in the Background of the Legal Education Internationalization, Sponsored by CUPL.
•2014-2015: Project Leader, “Study of the Compiling Textbook of EU Economic and Trade Law”, Sponsored by CUPL.
•2014-2016: Project Leader, Construction of Excellent Course “Introduction to EU Law”, Sponsored by CUPL.
•2011-2015：Team Leader, Autonomy and Development: Study of the Macao Legal Reform in the Regional Integration, Sponsored by Macao Foundation
PUBLICATIONS (Publications related to European studies)
Books (since 2006)
1.Research on the Regulation of Digital Content and Servoce Contracts: From the Perspective of the EU,China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2023, Beijing.
2. Study of the Harmonization of East Asian Contract Law: A Comparative with EU Contract Law, China Renmin University Press, 2015, Beijing.
3. Theories and Cases of European Economic and Trade Law(first author), China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2014, Beijing.
4. Study of the Unification of European Private Law, China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2012, Beijing.
5. Introduction to European Union (Textbook) (editor), China Renmin University Press, 2011, Beijing.
6. European Union Law and European Integration (deputy editor), Law Press, Beijing, 2009.
7. The Role of the European Law in the European Integration(deputy editor), Law Press, Beijing, 2009.
8. Interpretation and Application of Chinese Trot Law, 2010, People Court Press, Beijing.
9. Textbook of Chinese Law of Real Estate, University of International Business and Economics Press, 2010, Beijing.
10. Papers Collection of the International Colloquium of Chinese and German Law(deputy editor), China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2006, Beijing.
11. Comparative Law（Participation），China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2013, Beijing.
12. Principles of Comparative Law（Participation），China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2019, Beijing.
Articles
1. Directive (EU) 2019/771 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Certain Aspects Concerning Contracts for the Sale of Goods, (Translation from German to Chinese,with Li Qihan and Du Yifan), Research of Chinese and German Private Law, No.22, 2023,Beijing.
2. An Analysis of the Obligation to Interact with the Functions of the 'Gatekeeper' Platform, in Ding Daoqin and Xia Jie: Digital Gatekeeper - Analysis of the EU Digital Markets Act (Chapter 5), Law Press, 2023,Beijing.
3. Directive(EU) 2019/770 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Certain Aspects Concerning Contracts for the Supply of Digital Content and Digital Services, (Translation from English to Chinese), Research of Chinese and German Private Law, No.21, 2022,Beijing.
4. Verständnis und Anwendung der Regeln zum Schutz personenbezogener Informationen im chinesischen Zivilgesetzbuch, in Thomas Möllers: Der Besondere Teil des neuen chinesischen Zivilgesetzbuches, Nomos Verlag, 2022, Germany.
5. Schutz personenbezogener Informationen im chinesischen Zivilgesetzbuch: Gesetzgebungshintergrund und Kontroverse, in Antje G. Tölle: Selbstbestimmung-Freiheit und Grenzen, Berliner Wissenschafts- Verlag，2021,Germany.
6. Die Haftung des Brushers beim Online-Shopping in China,in Reinhard Singer and Tong Zhang: Verbraucherschutz in der digitale Wirtschaft，Berliner Wissenschafts- Verlag,2021, Germany.
7. On the Legislation of Personal Information Protection under the Perspective of Codification of the Civil Code, No 1, 2020, Administration Reform, Beijing.
8. Analysis of the Common European Sales Law, Research of Chinese and German Private Law, No.17, 2018, Beijing.
9. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Certain Aspects Concerning Contracts for the Supply of Digital Content, (Translation from English to Chinese), Research of Chinese and German Private Law, No.16, 2017,Beijing.
10. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Certain Aspects Concerning Contracts for the Online and Other Distance Sales of Goods, (Translation from English to Chinese), Research of Chinese and German Private Law, No.15, 2017,Beijing.
11. Newest developments in the European contract law and its impacts in East Asia, EURASIA STATUM ET LEGEM, Dec.2015, Russia.
12. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Common European Sales Law, (Translation from English to Chinese), Vol.58, Civil and Commercial, Law Press 2015.
13. On the Perfection of Macao Consumer's Right to Know System, in The Change and Development of Macao Law in the Age of Regional Integration, Angle publishing Co., Ltd., 2015, Taiwan.
14. New Legislative Model of the European Service Contract and its Reference for China, Documentation of China Legal Science, No. 11, 2014, Taiwan.
15. Study of the Prescription in European Contract Law, in Study of the Legal Issues in the Sino-EU Investment and Trade Relationships, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2014, Guilin.
16. Unification of European Contract Law and Its Impact on East Asian Contract Law, Research of Chinese and German Private Law, No.9, 2013.
17. Analyses of the Nature of EU and EU Law after the Lisbon Treaty Take Effect, Documentation of China Legal Science, No. 9, 2012, Taiwan.
18. Comparative Analyses between Macao and European Service Contract Law, in Reform of Macao Legal System in the Background of the Regional Integration, Angle publishing Co., Ltd., 2012,Taiwan.
19. EU Competence after the Lisbon Treaty Take Effect, in The Lisbon Treaty and the development of the EU law, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, 2012, Shanghai.
20. Present and Practice of the Harmonization of European Private Law, in Comparative Law in China, China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2012, Beijing.
21. European Service Contract Law and Its Impact on China Law, in The EU Law and the Sino-EU Relations in the Era of the Lisbon Treaty, Beijing Institute of Technology Press, 2010, Beijing,
22. EU Competence: The Change and its Problems after the Lisbon Treaty Take Effect, Journal of Chinese Academy of Governance, No.5, 2010.
23. The Prescription in European Contract Law and Its Impact on China Law, Cross-Strait Law Review, No.29, 2010.
24. Illustrative draft of possible structure of the European Civil Code/Principles, especially for Books I to III (Translation from English to Chinese), Research of Chinese and German Private Law, No.6, 2010.
25. (In English) Principles of European Contract Law and Its Impact on Chinese Contract Law, Asia Private Law Review, No.3, Dec.2009.
26. Dream or Reality? An Exploration on the Fate of European Civil Code, Cross-Strait Law Review, No.23, 2009.
27. On the Latest Development of the European Contract Law, Journal of Comparative Law, No.2, 2009.
28. The Harmonization and the Codification of European Private Law in the Process of the European Integration, Journal of Comparative Law, No.1, 2008.
29. Feudal Law: the Real Ius Commune of Property in Europe, or: Should We Reintroduce Duplex Dominium? (Translation from English to Chinese) , Research of Chinese and German Private Law, No.4, 2008.
30. On the Unification of Private Law in Europe (Translation from German to Chinese), in Papers Collection of the International Colloquium of Chinese and German Law, China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2006, Beijing.
31. The Law in Change --Comparative Analyses between the German and Chinese Contract Law (Translation from German to Chinese), in Papers Collection of the International Colloquium of Chinese and German Law, China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2006, Beijing.
32. Harmonization of European Law in the Background of the Legal Globalization, in Papers Collection of the International Colloquium of Chinese and German Law, China University of Politic Science and Law Press, 2006, Beijing.
33. Harmonization of European Law in Process of the European Integration, Legal Daily, 13.01.2005, Beijing.
34. Harmonization of European Law and its Influence on the Legal Globalization, Comparative Law in China, Volume 2005, Beijing.
35. European Integration and European Constitution, Legal Daily, 13.5.2004.
36. Das neue chinesische Antidumpingrecht nach den Beitritt zur WTO, Zeitschrift fuer Chinesisches Recht, No. 2, 2004.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Membership of Professional Bodies
• 2016-present: Vice President, Association of European Law of China Association of European Studies, Beijing
•2007-present: Member of the Council, Association of European Law of China Association of European Studies, Beijing.
•2009-present: Member of the Council, Comparative Law of China Law Society, Beijing.
Awards
•2021: Textbook Introduction to EU Law won the Second Prize of Teaching Achievement Award of CUPL
•2020: Textbook Theories and Cases of European Economic and Trade Law won the Third Prize of Teaching Achievement Award of CUPL
•2019-2020: 'Outstanding Teaching Award' of CUPL
•2009-2010: 'Distinguished Teacher' of CUPL
•2010-2011: 'Distinguished Teacher' of CUPL
•2011-2013: 'Distinguished Supervisor of Postgraduate' of CUPL
Honorary positions:
•2020-2023: EU Jean Monnet Chair
•2015-2018: EU Jean Monnet Chair
•2019-present: Guest Professor of Law School of Augsburg University, Germany.
•2014-present: Guest Professor of Gansu Political Science and Law Institute, China.
•2005-present: Expert listed in 'Capital's Human Resource Databank of Highly Qualified Legal Professionals', Beijing.
