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Prof Dr Yaodong Yu


Key Sectors
  • Ports & Terminals
  • Trade & Commodities 
  • Shipping
  • Insurance & Reinsurance
  • Logistics & Multimodal Transport
Practice Areas
  • Arbitration 
  • Banking & Finance
  • Commercial 
  • Corporate 
  • Consultancy
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Piracy 
Professor Yaodong Yu is an Associate Professor and Supervisor of LL.M Students, Law School, Shanghai Maritime University. He has extensive involvement in Aviation and Airspace, Shipping, Port & Terminals, protection of National Oceanic Interests. 

Professor Yaodong’s current research includes studies on International Law, Law of the Sea as well as Maritime Law. He has recently attended China’s Oceanic Governing Regime Reform project. He is also an arbitrator of Qingdao Arbitration Commission.

His experience also covers resolution of domestic and international arbitration in all aspects of aviation and maritime matters. Professor Yaodong has focused on Foreign Military Activities in the EEZ of P. R. China and he has submitted a report on Combating Somali Piracy.   
  • Arbitrator of Qingdao Arbitration Commission
  • Research Fellow at South China Sea Institute of Xiamen University
  • Research Fellow at Center for Ocean’s Law and Policy of Shanghai Jiaotong University
  • Outside Director for Suzhou Huayuan Packing Corporation Limited
  • Visiting Scholar to University of British Columbia, Canada 
  • Korea Maritime University, PhD
  • China Foreign Affairs University, LL.B
  • Peking University, LL.B
  • Chinese (Native)
  • English (Fluent) 
Research Projects

  • A Study on Governing Regime Aiming at Protection of National Oceanic Interests, Research Project administered by National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science, 2013.
  • A Study on Reforming China’s Oceanic Governing Regime, Research Project administered by Shanghai Municipal Government, 2012.

Articles

  • Legal Status of Airspace over EEZ: Problems and Solutions, The Aviation & Space Journal, December 2012.
  • Maritime Emergencies Require Armed and Ready Coast Guard, Global Times, 26 December 2012.
  • Legal Study on Military Activities in the EEZ---With a Focus on Foreign Military Activities in the EEZ of P. R. China, KMI International Journal of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Vol. 3,Issue 2, December 2011.
  • Report on Combating Somali Piracy, KMI International Journal of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Vol. 2,Issue 1, June 2010.