Professor Zhao Jinsong is a recipient of
Shanghai Thousand Talents Program, a National Leading Talent of Shenzhen, and
an Outstanding Talent of Hainan Province. He serves as the Chief Expert of the
National Social Science Fund Key ProjectResearch
on Improving China’s Maritime Legal System, Chief Legal Counsel ofHong
Kong LegalPaperOffice, an arbitrator and an independent director for several institutions at home and abroad. With 30
years of work experience in law firms across London, Hong Kong and mainland China, his core
practice areas cover admiralty and maritime law, ship sale and purchase, shipbuilding, shipping financing, international trade and
international finance, ect.
Professor Zhao previously held academic positions
including Professor of International Law at KoGuan Law School, Dean and
Professor of the School of International Shipping Law, East China University of
Political Science and Law, Member of the Belt and Road Research Group, Faculty
of Law, University of Oxford; Member of the China Centre, University College
London; Visiting Professor at the Marine and Maritime Law Unit, University of
Queensland.
In commercial practice, Professor Zhao worked as a
deck-officer on board of an ocean-going
cargo ship, and served as General Manager
of a shipyard. He has held directorial roles including Independent Director of
China Merchants Ro-Ro Transport (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Independent Director of
COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation Co., Ltd., External Director of COSCO
Shipping (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.\
Working Experience:
- 1989 – 1992 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Navigation, Dalian Maritime College
- 1992 – 1993 Associate Professor, Department of Navigation, Dalian Maritime College
- 1995 – 2004 Maritime Manager, London Head Office & Hong Kong Branch, Hill Taylor
Dickinson (UK); Maritime Manager, Hong Kong Branch, Holman Fenwick Willan (UK);
China Manager, Lawrence K.Y. Lo & Co., Hong Kong
- 2007 – 2014 Legal Counsel, China Classification Society
- 2007 – 2008 Independent Director, China Merchants Ro-Ro Transport (Shenzhen) Co.,
Ltd.
- 2008 – 2013 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor & Doctoral Supervisor of
Maritime Law, Kaiyuan Law School; Professor, Department of International
Shipping, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering; Director,
Institute of Marine Shipping, Academy of Underwater Engineering Science
- 2009 – 2011 Director, China Shipping Fund Management Institution
- 2012 – 2015 Visiting Professor, Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich (UK);
Co-Director, China Maritime Centre
- 2013 – 2016 Dean and Professor of Maritime Law & Doctoral Supervisor, School of
International Shipping Law, East China University of Political Science and Law
- 2016 – 2019 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Maritime Science & Engineering,
Solent University (UK); Co-Director, China Maritime Centre
- 2016 – 2018 Director, Qianhai Institute of International Finance
- 2017 – Present Director, Sanya Cruise and Yacht Research Institute
- 2017 – 2024 Independent Non-executive Director, COSCO Shipping (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- 2020 – 2023 Professor of Law, Institute of Intelligent Ocean Engineering, Harbin
Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
- 2020 – Present Independent Non-executive Director, Pangaea Holdings Co., Ltd.
- 2024 – 2025 Professor (Practice), The Education University of Hong Kong; Programme Director, Centre for
National Security and Legal Education Research
