Wang Liming (; born 1960) is the Vice President of

Renmin University of China The Renmin University of China (RUC; ) is a national key public research university in Beijing, China. The university is affiliated to the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. RUC ...

and one of the foremost scholars of civil law in China.

Biography

Wang was born in

Xiantao Xiantao () is a sub-prefecture-level city in the east of Hubei province, China. Located at the Jianghan Plain in the middle of Hubei province and spanning 112°55' – 113°49' east longitude and 30°04' – 30°32' north latitude, Xiantao City c ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

Province, China. He received his LL.B. degree from Hubei Institute of Finance and Economics (now known as

Zhongnan University of Economics and Law The Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL; ) is a public university in Wuhan, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. ZUEL was established in 2000 with the merge of Central South University of Finance and Economics ...

) in 1981, and LL.M from

Renmin University of China Department of Law Renmin University of China Law School, formerly Renmin University of China Department of Law, is the school of law under Renmin University of China. It was founded as the Department of Law in 1950 and renamed to Law School in 1988. According ...

in 1984. After graduation, Wang joined the faculty of Renmin University Law School. He received his LL.D degree from the same university in 1990. In 1995, Wang Liming was selected as one of the "Ten Outstanding Young Jurists" by the

China Law Society The China Law Society () is the official people's organization of Chinese legal academic professionals. It was established in 1982 and has sub-institutions of different fields of law, such as jurisprudence, constitutional law, civil law, crimina ...

. Wang was a

visiting scholar In academia, a visiting scholar, visiting researcher, visiting fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic for which the visitor ...

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

from 1999 to 2000 and

Yale Law School Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the United States by ''U ...

in 2004. Wang was the Dean of Renmin University Law School from 2005 to 2009.

References

External links

Wang Liming's Profile at Renmin University

Professor Han Dayuan Appointed as Dean of Renda Law School
(in Chinese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Liming 1960 births Chinese legal scholars Harvard Law School alumni Renmin University of China alumni Academic staff of Renmin University of China Living people People from Xiantao