Prof. Dr. Gao Zhiguo is President of Chinese Society of Law of the Sea (CSLOS), and Member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ( 2008-2020).
Dr. Gao received B.A. from Jilin University, China(1980), LLM from China University of Political Science & Law(CUPL), Beijing, China (1983); LLM, University of Washington, Seattle, USA (1986); J.S.D. (Doctorate in the Science of Law), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (1993); Post-Doctorate in Law, East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (1994).
Dr. Gao‘s professional experiences in recent years also include: Professor and Honorary Dean, Hainan University Law School （2014-present）；Professor and Honorary Director, Centre for the Law of the Sea, Tsinghua University (December 2009 to present); Professor and Adjunct Professor of Shanghai University of Communications(2020-), University of Nanjing (since June 2013), China University of Political Science and Law (2012-present), Hainan University (2008 to present); Xiamen University (2004 to present), China Ocean University (2000 to present); Senior Lecturer (1994-1997) and Honorary Lecturer(1998-present), University of Dundee, United Kingdom; President, China Society for the Law of the Sea (1998-present); Member of the Advisory Board, Chinese Society of International Law (since 2013), Member of Editorial Board, Ocean Development and International Law (Canada); Member of Editorial Board, Ocean Yearbook (United States of America); Chairman of the Editorial Board, Ocean & Boundary Affairs, Wuhan University, China.
Dr. Gao is widely published in books and journals，including International Petroleum Contracts，London,Martinus Nijhoff, 2013; Environmental Regulations of Oil and Gas, Lundon: Kluwer Law, 1998; “The Nine-Dash Line in the South China Sea: History, Status, and Implications”, AJIL 107(95), 2013; The Nine-Dash Line in the South China Sea, Beijing, Ocean Press, 2014; and Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Yearbook of the Law of the Sea, Beijing: Democracy and Law Publishing Co., 2015-2020
