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Global & Senior Global Research Fellows
2007-2008 Academic Year
Professor Yixin Liao
Senior Global Research Fellow
Professor Yixin Liao received his degree of Master of Law in International Law from Xiamen University, P.R.C., in December of 1984. Because of his excellent performance during his post-graduate studies, in early 1985 he became one of the faculty members at the Law School of Xiamen University. Currently, Professor Liao is a Professor of International Law as well as the Dean of the Law School of Xiamen University, a member of the Advisory Committee of National Legal Education of the Ministry of Education of China, vice-president of the Society of International Economic Law of China and vice-president of the Educational Society of Finance and Tax Law of China. In addition to being a legal scholar, Professor Liao also has rich legal practice experience. Since 1985 he has been a part-time attorney at the United Xingshi Law Firm in Xiamen City and an arbitrator of both the China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), and since 1997 an arbitrator at the Xiamen Arbitration Commission. Prof. Liao's academic area focuses on international economic law and tax law. Within the field of international tax law he has published some influential textbooks, monographs, articles, and completed six research projects entrusted respectively by the National Social Science Fund, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Justice of China. Between September 1993 and August 1994, Professor Liao was invited to conduct research as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, and in February 2002 he was a senior visiting scholar at the Faculty of Law of Cambridge University, U.K. In recent years Professor Liao interests have turned to international tax issues such as taxation on electronic commerce and harmful tax competition, in addition to the comparative study on income tax laws of China and foreign countries. As a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar and a Senior Global Research Fellow at NYU Law School, Professor Liao will conduct his research project on "Comparative Study on Corporate Income Tax Laws between China and the United States."