Kuei-Jung Ni is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transnational Trade Laws at the School of Law, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan. He specializes in public international law, international economic law, environmental law, and bio-technology law, especially covering the cross-cutting issues of trade, the environment, and public health. His present study focuses on exploring the implications and impacts of transnational regulations on food safety and risk analysis, including normative works of competent international regimes, such as the WTO, Free Trade Agreements, Codex, and the Biodiversity Convention, etc., and examining national implementations and autonomy spaces as well. He has written dozens of articles appearing in trade, environmental, and health law journals.

Other Professional Activities

— Independent contributor for the on-line course—“Food Laws and Regulations”, the Institute for Food Laws and Regulations at Michigan State University, USA since 2019.

— Organizing & Hosting “NCTU & Lee and Li Foundation Academic Forum,” Taipei, Taiwan since 2018.

— Organizing & Hosting “Annual Conference on Food Law and Policy,” Taipei, Taiwan since 2016.

— Lecturing on “Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between China and Taiwan and its Current Developments,” April 23, 2014, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, USA.

— Organizing & Hosting “International Symposium on Trade, Technology, and Business Law,” June 14, 2013, Taipei, Taiwan.

— Organizing & Hosting “Symposium on International Economic Law: New Issues and Challenges,” at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Hsin Chu, Dec. 3, 2012.

— Speaking on “Legal aspects (barriers) of applying compulsory licensing on green technologies” at a Joint-workshop on ‘Technology, Energy and International Economic Law,’ at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, Sep. 28, 2012.

— Organizing & Hosting “International Conference on Trade, Science, Technology, and Justice,” at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Hsin Chu, Nov. 1-2, 2011.

— Attending a Workshop on Non-Commercial Access and Benefit Sharing in Non-Commercial Biodiversity Research, in Bonn, Germany, Nov. 16-20 2008; Co-authored for a paper (UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/8/INF/6, 9 November 2009) submitted to the Convention on Biological Diversity.