Full CV

LL.M., Columbia University

LL.B. Peking University

Legal Counselor (Beijing)

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

Practice Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2008-Present

Previous Appointments:

Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, 2000-2008

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore , 1993-2000

Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore , 1992-1993

Senior Lecturer of Law, Peking University , Law Faculty, 1987-1991

Lecturer of Law, Peking University , Law Faculty, 1986-1987

Other Positions

Visiting Professor of Suzhou University, Dongwu Comparative Law Institute, Since 1997

Visiting Professor, University of Florida Law School in the USA , Feb 1995 - Mar 1995

Distinguished Visitor, at the University of British Columbia , Faculty of Law in Canada , Sept 1991- Dec 1991

Visiting Lecturer, at Hong Kong University Law Department, Jan 1988 - Mar 1988

Visiting Professor, at University of Florida Law School in the USA , Feb 1987 - May 1987

Visiting Scholar at O'Melveny & Myers, Law Firm in Los Angeles , Sept 1985 - Dec 1985

Summer Associate at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Law Firm in San Francisco , (Now the firm is known as Bingham McCutchen LLP), May 1985 - Sept 1985

Foreign Intern at Debevoise & Plimpton, Law Firm in New York , Sept 1983 - May 1984

Involved in drafting legislation on Chinese Company Law and some accompanied regulations on foreign investment law in Beijing, 1986 - 1992

Member, the Executive Committee for Graduate Studies of Law Faculty, NUS, 1998 to 2008

Have been taking charge of the exchange matters of the NUS Faculty of Law with Chinese legal organizations and law schools

Editorial Activities

Member, the Working Committee of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of the Faculty of Law, NUS, 1998-1999

Member, the Editorial Committee of Singapore Journal of International & Comparative Law, NUS, 1997- 2003

Courses Taught in SMU

Chinese Business Law

Chinese Legal System

Selected Consulting Activities

Member, China Expert Group of Network China , International Enterprise Singapore, (IES) since 2001

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

Introduction to Chinese History, Culture, Economy and Law

Chinese Contract Law

Chinese Foreign Investment Law

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

Li Mei Qin (1985), International Commercial Arbitration in China (English), University of Hawaii Law Journal , (Dec)

Li Mei Qin, Brune E. Barnes (1986), Mediation and Conciliation in Four Pacific Countries: ---A Comparative Study: China , Japan , the Philippines and the USA . (English), University of Hawaii Law Journal , (May)

Li Mei Qin (1987), The Evolution of US Corporation Law (Chinese), Chinese and Comparative Law Journal , Peking University Law Faculty, No. 2

Li Mei Qin, He Wei (1988), Trans-cultural Mediation in the Asia - Pacific:--- Mediation in China (English) (A book including this chapter was published by the Asia Pacific Organization for Mediation Secretariat, Metro Manila, Philippines)

Li Mei Qin (1992), The Characteristics of Share-Holding Corporations (Chinese), ( Zhongguo Ruankexue , China Software Science, (Sept )

Li Mei Qin (1992), Legal Aspects of Transitional Corporations (Chinese), Chinese and Foreign Law Studies, Peking University Law Faculty, (Dec)

Li Mei Qin (1994), Reform and legislation: Development of China's Foreign Trade System (English) (This article is published in "Current Development in International Transfers of Goods and Services", pp 552-563, Butterworths)

Li Mei Qin (1994), Reform of Land System in China (English), Singapore Journal of Legal Studies , (Dec), 498-520

Li Mei Qin (1996), Current Legal Issues on Foreign Investment in the People's Republic of China (English), (This article is published in "Current Legal Issues in the Internationalisation of Business Enterprises", pp 409-441, Butterworths)

Li Mei Qin (1997), China 's Regulations on Foreign Investment (English), Singapore Journal of International & Comparative Law , (Jan), 351-354

Li Mei Qin (1997), The Jurisdictional Issues in Relation to Foreign Civil Litigation and the Issues of Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards in the People's Republic of China (English), (This article was published in "Current Legal Issues in International Commercial Litigation", pp 417-437, by the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore)

Li Mei Qin (2000), Attracting Foreign Investment into the PRC: The Enactment of Foreign Investment Law (English), Singapore Journal of International & Comparative Law , No. 4 December, 159-193

Li Mei Qin (2003), China's Post-WTO Goods and Technology Import and Export Legal System,(English) Singapore Journal of International & Comparative Law , 7, 102-126 (The above article was reprinted by CCH Asia -China Law Update, October-December 2004), Volume 6, issue 10, and pp 8-18