Speaker Bio
He Jiahong was born in Beijing in 1953 and is a prominent scholar, renowned jurist and leading author.
Over the last two and a half decades, he has occupied a number of positions at the School of Law at the Renmin University of China, one of Beijing’s most prestigious universities. These include professor of law, director of the Center for Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law, director of the Center for Common Law, and director of the Institute of Evidence.
Prof. He has also served in a range of advisory capacities at the state agencies of legal supervision of the People’s Republic of China, including specially invited adviser of the Supreme People’s Court, and expert adviser of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. In addition, he was seconded to the Department of Dereliction of Duty and Infringement of Human Rights of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in 2006, where he served as deputy director general.
He has published dozens of law books and five crime novels in Chinese. His law book, “Back from the Dead: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice in China,” has also been published in English, French, and German. His crime novels have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, and English.
Prof. He received his doctor of laws degree (S.J.D.) from Northwestern University near Chicago in the United States in 1993.
Over the last two and a half decades, he has occupied a number of positions at the School of Law at the Renmin University of China, one of Beijing’s most prestigious universities. These include professor of law, director of the Center for Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law, director of the Center for Common Law, and director of the Institute of Evidence.
Prof. He has also served in a range of advisory capacities at the state agencies of legal supervision of the People’s Republic of China, including specially invited adviser of the Supreme People’s Court, and expert adviser of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. In addition, he was seconded to the Department of Dereliction of Duty and Infringement of Human Rights of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in 2006, where he served as deputy director general.
He has published dozens of law books and five crime novels in Chinese. His law book, “Back from the Dead: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice in China,” has also been published in English, French, and German. His crime novels have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, and English.
Prof. He received his doctor of laws degree (S.J.D.) from Northwestern University near Chicago in the United States in 1993.
Full Name
Prof. He Jiahong
