Prof. Yongming Jin was born in Sept. 1966 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China. He is a doctor of Law and Postdoctoral in Theoretical Economics. Currently, he is a professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of International Affairs and Public Administration in Ocean University of China, and senior research fellow of Institute of Marine Development,director of Sino-Australian Research Consortium for Coastal Management (Chinese side) and director of China Institute of Maritime Security. He is also a member of Academic Committee of Ocean University of China.
Prof. Jin’s research interests are International Law, Law of the Sea, Sino-Japanese Relations. So far, Prof. Jin has published more than 100 papers, over 200 theoretical and current commentary articles in magazines, newspapers, new media websites and 12 books on issues related to the law of the sea.