GC REAIM Expert
Dr. Fan YANG is Assistant Professor of international law at Xiamen University (China), currently also Visiting Associate Fellow at the Hague Program of International Cyber Security, Leiden University. He is the initiator and Deputy Director of Cyberspace International Law Center, Xiamen University School of Law; Deputy Director of International Economic Law Institute of Xiamen University; Executive Editor of Chinese Journal of International Economic Law. He is actively involved in a series of Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues on international governance concerning emerging and disruptive technologies, including especially serving as the liaison and expert for Sino-EU Expert Working Group on the Application of International Law in Cyberspace.
With a combined educational background in Communication Engineering (B.E.) and Law (J.M., LL.M., LL.D.), Fan is mainly interested in interdisciplinary research of international law in the digital era. His recent research projects mainly focus on the making and interpretation of public international law in cyberspace, data governance under international law and comparative national laws, as well as legal and ethical issues concerning the governance of AI both in the military domain and for commercial and civil use. He is the leading expert for multiple research projects, with sponsorship from Chinese National Social Science Foundation, central agencies of Chinese government, provincial and municipal government organs, and industries. He has published multiple articles and think-tank reports, both in Chinese and in English.
