Zhao Yun

Zhao Yun (, born 23 October 1974) is a Hong Kong lawyer specialising in space law and international economic law. He is Professor and Head of the Department of Law of the University of Hong Kong since 2016.

Biography From 1991 to 1998 he studied at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1995 and a master's degree in 1998. Then from 1998 to 1999, Zhao studied at the Leiden University in the Netherlands, where he obtained a master's degree in public international law.

From 2000 to 2003 Zhao studied at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). From 2000 to 2002 he worked as Researcher at the Faculty of Law. In 2003, he graduated from Erasmus University with a PhD in international law.

He is also Professor in International Law at the Xiamen University and Professor at the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (before 2013 called Shanghai University of Foreign Trade). He is listed as arbitrator in several international arbitration commissions.

Selected publications Zhao Yun. National Space Legislation in China: An Overview of the Current Situation and Outlook for the Future. The Netherlands, Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, 2015. Zhao Yun. Cyber Law in Hong Kong. The Netherlands, Kluwer, 2011. Zhao Yun. Mediation Practice and Skills. Beijing, Tsinghua University Press, 2011. Zhao Yun. The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Civil Aviation Ordinance (Cap 448). Hong Kong, LexisNexis, 2008. Zhao Yun. Space Commercialization and the Development of Space Law. Beijing, Intellectual Property Rights Press, 2008. Zhao Yun. National Space Legislation in Mainland China. — Journal of Space Law, 2008. Zhao Yun. On the Liability Convention for Outer Space and Its Consummation. — Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Social Science Edition), 2008. Zhao Yun. Research on Space Commercialization and Patent Protection in Outer Space. — Journal of International Economic Law, 2008. Zhao Yun. Dispute Resolution in Electronic Commerce. The Netherlands, Martinus Nijhoff, 2005 Zhao Yun. Liberalization of Electronic Commerce and Law. Beijing, Peking University Press, 2005.