JI Weidong is University Professor of Humanity and Social Sciences, Board Member of University Administration, President of China Institute for Socio-Legal Studies, and Director of Center for AI Governance and Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also President of Sociology of Law Branch, Shanghai Law Society; Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal AsianJournal of Law and Society; Chairman of the Association for Computational Law, China Computer Federation (CCF); Consultant of the Expert Consulting Committee of Shanghai National New-Generation AI Innovation & Development Pilot Zone; Member of China Digital Economy 50 Forum; Executivemember of Chinese Judicial Research Society; Vice Chairman of Technology for Sustainable Development Goal Alliance for Asia; Co-Chair of UNU Global AI Network Board.
He was once selectedas Board Member Co-opted of Research Committee on Sociology of Law, TheInternational Sociological Association; Member of Council of the JapaneseAssociation of Sociology of Law; Member of the Research Committee of the Asia Pacific Forum (Awaji Conference); Fellow of the Virtual Center for AdvancedStudies in Institution, the Tokyo Foundation; Researcher and Member of PlanningCommittee, International Institute of Advanced Studies; Member of Global Agenda Council on Justice, World Economic Forum; Vice Chairman of the Guiding Committee of Legal Education,the Ministry of Education, China; President of Shanghai Rule of Law Association.
He was Dean and Ko GuanChair Professor of Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2008-2018;Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, Japan, 1996-2008; VisitingScholar, Stanford Law School, U.S.A., 1991-1992.
Educational Background: LL.B., Peking University, China, 1983; LL.M., Kyoto University, Japan, 1987; Dr.Jur., Kyoto University, Japan, 1993.
Major Research Interests: sociology of law, comparative law and digital law.
Major Chinese Publications:
( 1 ) Constructing Rule of Law (Beijing: China University of Law and Political Sciences Press, 1999);
( 2 ) New Views on Constitutionalism (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2002, enlargededition, 2005);
( 3) The Significance of Legal Procedures (Beijing:China Legal Publishing House, 2004);
( 4) Great Transformation and Rule of Law in China (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2013);
( 5) The Road to The Rule of Law: Social Diversity and Authority System (Beijing: Law Press, 2014);
( 6) Judicial Reform in China: The Path Dependenceof Institutional Change and the Grand Design (ed., Beijing, Law Press,2016);
( 7) Legal Changes in the AI Era (ed., Shanghai: Sanlian Press, 2020);
( 8) Transboundary Studies in Law: Norms, Facts and Interdiscipline (Beijing: LawPress, 2022);
( 9) The Order ofthe Metaverse: Virtual People, Crypto Assets,and Legal Innovations (Shanghai:People's Press, 2023)；
( 10) Sociology of Law (ed., Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2023)；
(11) Computatinal Law and Data Ethics (ed., Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2024);
(12) Information and Legal Reasoning in AIoT (ed., Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2024);
(13) Procedure and Argumentation: The Essenceof Modern Rule of Law (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2025),etc.