Prof. Donald J. Lewis University of San Francisco, USA

Donald Lewis is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics, Law and International Business, University of San Francisco (USF) School of Management and is associated with the USF China Business Studies Initiative (CBSI). He is also an Expert and Member of the Public International Law Advisory Group (PILAG)... read morebased in Paris, France, and a Research Fellow of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) in Beijing. He has previously been on the faculty at Stanford Law School and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). While at HKU, he acted as Director of the East Asian International Economic Law and Policy (EAIEL) Program and was the first Academic Coordinator of the WTO Asia Pacific Regional Trade Course (RTPC) for the governments of the Asia Pacific region, including the Chinese Government. He specializes in Chinese Law, International Economic Law, and their intersections. Professor Lewis obtained his A.B. cum laude in international relations from the University of Southern California; his J.D. from Emory University School of Law; and his LL.M. from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). In addition to his native English, he reads and speaks Mandarin Chinese.

Don has been deeply involved with China for most of his career. He first came to China in 1984 as a Fulbright Law Professor, lecturing at the law schools of Nankai University (Tianjin) and Zhongshan University (Guangzhou). Most recently, he has been a Visiting Professor at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) School of Law (2017) and at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) for their 2018 International Summer Semester program.