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Bing Shui

College positions:
Visiting Fellow
Subject:
Law
Department/institution:
University of Macau
Contact details:
bingshui@um.edu.mo

Professor Bing Shui

Professor Shui Bing is a scholar specializing in civil law, with a particular emphasis on the intersectionality of private and public law and the intricate relationship between law and innovation.

His scholarly pursuits also extend to the realm of empirical legal studies. Before assuming his current position at the University of Macau in 2013, Professor Shui held a professorship at the Law School of Nanjing University. He also served as a professor at the Nanjing University-Johns Hopkins University Center. Furthermore, he has lent his expertise to the judicial sector, having served as the Vice President of a district people’s court.

Throughout his career, Professor Shui has garnered numerous recognitions for his scholarly contributions. Notably, he was honored as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Jurists in Jiangsu Province. In 2012, he received the prestigious New Century Excellent Talent in University (NCET) award, a highly competitive accolade bestowed by the Ministry of Education in China. His exceptional teaching abilities were acknowledged in 2018 when the University of Macau conferred upon him the Teaching Excellence Award.

Professor Shui’s influence is also evident in his prolific scholarship, making him a frequently cited scholar in the Greater China region. He has authored two monographs and produced 11 papers with an i10-index on Google Scholar, along with 13 papers with an H-index.

In addition to academic work, Professor Shui co-founded and serves as the Associate Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) and is the Head of the Public Administration Centre (PATC) at the University of Macau. He is also a recognized legal expert and has served as a member of the Legal Reform Advisory Board for the Macau SAR Government.

Select publications

  • Monograph
    The Methodology in Civil Adjudication(《超越民法的民法解釋學》), Peking University Press(北京大學出版社), 2018.
  • Monograph
    Interpretation on Non-Profit Corporation: From the View of Civil Law(《非營利法人解釋:民事主體理論的視角》), Law Press(法律出版社), 2010.
  • Bing SHUI, “Chinese Constitution Performance Unveiled: Text Ming Insights in Civil Litigations”, The Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law (ICL), 2024.
  • Bing SHUI, “Prestige and Productivity: The Impact of the National Outstanding Young Jurists Award on Legal Scholarship”, Macau Journal of Global Legal Studies,2024, forthcoming.
  • Co-author, “COVID-19 prevention and control strategies: learning from the Macau model”. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 2022, Int J Biol Sci 2022(18).
  • Bing SHUI, “The Judicial Decisions in Medical Malpractice: From the comparative law perspective between Macau and Mainland China”, Macau Law Review, Issue 1, 2020.
  • Bing SHUI, “Fragmented Rights and Tragedy of Anticommons: Evidence from China’s Coastal Waters”, Journal of Civil Law Studies, volume 9, 2016.
  • Bing SHUI, “Where Law meets Culture: The Legal Protection of the Dead in China”, University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review, fall edition, 2015.

Select awards

  • Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China New Century Excellent Talents Support Program (中華人民共和國教育部新世紀優秀人才支持計畫), by The Ministry of Education in China, 2012.
  • The Ten Outstanding Young Jurists in Jiangsu Province in China(江蘇省十大青年法學家), by Jiangsu Legal Association, 2013.
  • First Prize in the Civil and Commercial Law Application Essay Contest(民商法律適用徵文大賽一等獎), China Civil Law Society, 2015.
  • Teaching Excellence Award (澳門大學卓越教學獎), by University of Macau, 2018.

Further links

The official webpage of personal information at University of Macau
https://fll.um.edu.mo/bing-shui/