Xiaonan Liu

I. Personal Information

Name: Liu Xiaonan

Title: Professor

Affiliation: China University of Political Science and Law, the Institute for Human Rights

Contact: liuxiaonan@gmail.com

II. Professional Profile

Professor at the Human Rights Institute of China University of Political Science and Law, holding a Ph.D. in Law and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Education. Visiting scholar at Yale University, Columbia University, New York University, and the University of Hong Kong. Standing Director of the Chinese Women’s Studies Association, Director of the Chinese Society for Social Law Studies, and Director of the Beijing Law Society’s Comparative Law Research Association. Serves as a national expert for gender equality assessments in legal policy, a think tank expert for the All-China Women’s Federation, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and the China Enterprise Confederation. Specializes in human rights law, anti-discrimination law, and gender studies, teaching courses such as "Gender and Human Rights," "Human Rights Law Clinic," and "Anti-Discrimination Law" for undergraduate and graduate students. Leads multiple national, provincial, and international research projects, and serves as a project expert for international organizations including UN Women and the International Labour Organization. Editorial board member of Women’s Studies Review and editor-in-chief of Anti-Discrimination Review. Authored or edited numerous scholarly works, including Lectures on Anti-Discrimination Law: Texts and Cases, Gender and Human Rights: A Tutorial, Gender and Law: A Tutorial, Gender Equality Legislation and Case Studies in Hong Kong and Taiwan, How Far Have We Come? A Study on the Development of Women’s Rights in China Post-1995 World Conference on Women, Expert Draft of Anti-Employment Discrimination Law with Comparative Insights, and A Guide to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Published nearly 100 academic papers.

III. Educational Background

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Education, Beijing Normal University

Ph.D. in Law, Jilin University

LL.M., Yale Law School, USA

LL.M., Jilin University

LL.B., Jilin University

IV. Professional Experience

Professor, China University of Political Science and Law

Professor, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law

V. Academic Affiliations

Standing Director, Chinese Women’s Studies Association

Director, Chinese Society for Social Law Studies

Standing Director, Beijing Law Society’s Women’s Studies Association

Director, Beijing Law Society’s Comparative Law Research Association

Director, Beijing Labor and Social Security Law Association

Adjunct Professor, NYU School of Law (U.S.-Asia Law Institute)

VI. Major Academic Publications

(1) Monographs and Edited Volumes

1．How Far Have We Come? A Study on the Development of Women’s Rights in China Post-1995 World Conference on Women, Law Press China, August 2015.

2．Gender Equality Legislation and Case Studies in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Law Press China, August 2013.

3．Co-authored, Anti-Employment Discrimination Cases and Analyses: Insights from Asia, Social Sciences Academic Press, December 2013.

4．Editor, Equality and Anti-Discrimination: The Road to Equal Rights in China, Brill, January 2022.

5．Editor, A Guide to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), China University of Political Science and Law Press, 2022.

6．Editor, Lectures on Anti-Discrimination Law: Texts and Cases, China University of Political Science and Law Press, October 2021.

7．Editor, Women’s Responses: Accelerating Gender Equality and Empowerment, Contemporary China Publishing House, December 2020.

8．Editor, Gender and Human Rights: A Tutorial, China University of Political Science and Law Press, December 2019.

9．Editor, Lectures on Anti-Discrimination Law: Texts and Cases, Law Press China, August 2016.

10．Editor, Theory and Practice of Chinese Public Budget Reform, Springer, 2015.

11．Editor, Strategies and Methods for Combating Employment Discrimination, Law Press China, November 2011.

12．Editor, The Theory and Practice of Anti-Employment Discrimination, Law Press China, November 2012.

13．Editor, Mechanisms and Principles of Anti-Employment Discrimination, Law Press China, August 2013.

14．Editor, Expert Draft of Anti-Employment Discrimination Law with Comparative Insights, Social Sciences Academic Press, September 2010.

15．Editor, Questioning the Government’s Purse: Theory and Practice of Public Budget Reform in China, Social Sciences Academic Press, September 2011.

16．Editor, Everyone is a Maker of Reform: Cai Dingjian on Democracy, Rule of Law, and Human Rights, Law Press China, November 2011.

17．Editor, Questioning the Government’s Purse: Theory and Practice of Public Budget Reform in China, Social Sciences Academic Press, September 2011.

18．Deputy Editor, Gender and Law, Higher Education Press, August 2012.

(2) Selected Academic Articles

1．"The Realization of Women’s Human Rights in China: A Five-Year Review Based on the Beijing Platform for Action," Journal of Shandong Women’s University, 2025(2).

2．"Progress and Improvement of Gender and Sexuality Equality Education in Schools," Social Transformation and Women’s Comprehensive Development, Contemporary China Publishing House, March 2024.

3．"A Study on Norway’s Gender Equality Legal Framework," Anti-Discrimination Review (Vol. 10), Social Sciences Academic Press, March 2023.

4．"The Establishment of a Sexual Harassment Prevention Mechanism in the Workplace from the Perspective of Human Rights," Equality and Anti-Discrimination: The Road to Equal Rights in China, Brill, 2022.

5．"Analysis of the Legal Issues Concerning Employment Gender Discrimination Litigation in China," Equality and Anti-Discrimination: The Road to Equal Rights in China, Brill, 2022.

6．"The International Standard, Experience, and Chinese Practice Regarding Equality and Non-Discrimination," Equality and Anti-Discrimination: The Road to Equal Rights in China, Brill, 2022.

7．"Feminist Jurisprudence and Its Role in Promoting Gender Equality in Employment," Journal of Shandong Women’s University, 2022(3), reprinted in full by Renmin University Copying Materials.

8．"Legal Issues in Chinese Equal Employment Rights Disputes," Human Rights Studies, 2021(3).

9．"Women Legal Academics in China," in Gender and Careers in the Legal Academy, Hart Publishing, 2021.

10．"Progress and Prospects in Preventing Campus Sexual Harassment in China," Journal of China Women’s University, 2020(5).

11．"A Study on the U.S. Campus Sexual Harassment Prevention Mechanism," Human Rights Studies, 2020(2).

12．"Women’s Human Rights," Journal of Shandong Women’s University, 2020(3).

13．"Constructing a Workplace Sexual Harassment Prevention Mechanism from a Human Rights Perspective," Human Rights, 2020(3).

14．"New Developments and Measures in Safeguarding Women’s Equal Employment Rights," Annual Report on China’s Human Rights, Social Sciences Academic Press, 2020.

15．"The Realization of Transgender People’s Right to Education in China and Legal Countermeasures," Anti-Discrimination Review (Vol. 6), Social Sciences Academic Press, August 2019.

16．"Multiple Discrimination Against Women in Civil Service Recruitment Conditions," in Gender and Law Studies (Continued), Guangming Daily Press, January 2019.

17．"The Legal Guarantees and Shortcomings of Equal Rights in Education in China," Selected Papers on Education by CUPL (Vol. 21), China University of Political Science and Law Press, January 2017.

18．"Sweden’s Anti-Discrimination Legal System and Its Recent Developments," Anti-Discrimination Review (Vol. 3), Law Press China, December 2016.

19．"Gender, Law and Legal Professions in China," in East Asia’s Renewed Respect for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century, Brill, 2015.

20．"The Public Budget Reform in Minhang District, Shanghai," in Theory and Practice of Chinese Public Budget Reform, Springer, 2015.

21．"Legislation on Sexual Harassment in Hong Kong and Taiwan and Its Implications," in Legal and Judicial Approaches to Combating Violence Against Women in China, Social Sciences Academic Press, August 2015.

22．"Multiple Discrimination Against Women in Civil Service Recruitment Conditions," Journal of China Women’s University, 2015(3).

23．"Approaches to Handling Sexual Harassment and Legal Relief Mechanisms," Proceedings of the Third Wave Chinese Women’s Status Survey, China Women Publishing House, November 2014.

24．"Empirical Study and Policy Recommendations on Recruiting Persons with Disabilities in Public Sector," Multidisciplinary Research on Disability Rights in China, Social Sciences Academic Press, July 2014.

25．"Current Status and Legal Regulation of Sexual Harassment," Women’s Studies Forum, 2014(4).

26．"Chinese Women in Legal Education," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 20(2), 2013.

27．"Gender Equality Education Legislation in Taiwan and Its Enlightenment," China Legal Education Research, 2013(4).

28．"A Study on Public Awareness of China’s Women’s Rights Protection Law," Journal of Yunnan University (Law Edition), 2013(2).

29．"Care or Discrimination? A Study on Gender-Differentiated Retirement Age Policies," Journal of China Women’s University, 2012(4).

30．"Stepping Out of the Private Sphere: Women in Legal Education and the Legal Profession," Tribune of Political Science and Law, 2008(6).