Chinese Legal Family and Chinese Modernization of Rule of Law

Xiaobo Dong is a renowned contemporary Chinese jurist and legal linguist in China. He is a Professor at School of Foreign Languages and Cultures of Nanjing Normal University and a Distinguished Professor of Jilin International Studies University, Deputy Director of the Belt and Road Rule of Law Research Center at Academy of China’s Modernization of Rule of Law and Researcher at Jiangsu Academy of Talent Development Strategy. He is also the Director and Chief Expert of Jiangsu International Rule of Law Research Center, as well as the Chief Expert on major projects of the National Social Science Fund of China. His research interests include history of Sino-west civilization exchanges, legal linguistics, legal translation, language strategy and planning, cross-cultural communication. In recent years, he has published over 250 interdisciplinary academic papers in prominent journals and more than 80 books, including academic monographs, edited volumes, and translations. He has authored multiple English academic monographs published by internationally leading publishing groups and has dozens of research papers published in high-level journals such as Nature. He enjoys a distinguished academic reputation internationally.

Meng Zhang is Ph.D. candidate at the School of Foreign Languages and Cultures at Nanjing Normal University, and a lecturer at the School of English at Jilin International Studies University. Her research interests include legal linguistics, legal translation, and language policy and planning.