GE Weijun

Professor Weijun Ge is from Ninghai, Zhejiang Province. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Law, Fudan University. He also holds a series of positions, including executive director of the China Law Society's Commercial Law Research Association, vice president of the Commercial Law Research Branch of the Shanghai Judicial Think Tank Society, vice president of the Shanghai Law Society's Commercial Law Research Association, vice president of the Shanghai Law Society's Cultural Law Research Association, special professor of Shanghai courts, invited consulting expert of the First Intermediate People's Court of Shanghai, consulting expert of the Second Branch of the Shanghai People's Procuratorate, and arbitrator of arbitration institutions such as China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Beijing Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA), Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (SHIAC), and Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SAC).

From 1993 to 1997, Professor Ge studied at the Law Faculty of Peking University and obtained a Bachelor of Law degree (double major in Economic Law and International Economic Law). From 2000 to 2001, he studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, taking courses such as company law and company finance, international sale of goods, and international commercial litigation, and obtained a Master of Law degree. From 2002 to 2005, he studied at the Graduate School of Law of Kyushu University in Japan, with the research topic on the company capital system and creditor protection, and obtained a Doctor of Law degree.

From 1998 to 2006, Professor Ge was a full-time lawyer and had many years of practical experience in corporate law and foreign-related law. From February 2006 to December 2021, he taught at the School of Law, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. From January to December 2010, he was on the job training at the Xinfang Office of Yangpu District, Shanghai, serving as deputy director. From September 2012 to June 2013, he was admitted to the Fulbright Research Scholar Program and visited the School of Law, Northwestern University in the United States. In 2017, he co-initiated the China-foreign Commercial Law Forum.

In January 2022, Professor Ge joined the School of Law, Fudan University, to engage in the teaching and research of commercial law and corporate law. His course Corporate Law was selected as the second batch of national first-class undergraduate courses (online first-class courses) in 2023.

His research fields cover commercial law, corporate law, trust law, and art law. He has published monographs such as Graphic Corporate Law (2024), Principles and Cases of Art Law (2021),  Corporate Charitable Donation: Legal Basis & Rule Formation (2015), Essentials of British Company Law (2014), and Share Capital Rules and Creditor Protection: Some Legal Issues (2007), translated works such as The Principles of Equity and Trusts (2018), UK Companies Act 2006 (3rd Edition) (2017), and Historical Classics and Modern Paradigms: Compilation of UK Trust Law (2017), as well as edited works such as Statutes and Cases on Company Law (3rd Edition) (2024), Statutes and Cases on the Contract Section of the Civil Code (2024), and Civil Code Handbook (2020). In 2016, his edited work The First Legal Comic Book won the second prize for excellent popular theoretical publications in the 11th Shanghai Municipal Selection of Outstanding Achievements in the Study and Publicity of the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (2014-2015). In 2017, his monograph Corporate Charitable Donation: Legal Basis & Rule Formation won the third prize for works in the third Shanghai Municipal Selection of Outstanding Achievements in Legal Science. 

Since January 2025, he has served as a member of the Editorial Board of Civil and Commercial Law for Photocopying Newspapers and Periodicals, and a member of the Expert Committee of Academic World, the Digital Innovation Platform for the Independent Knowledge System of Chinese Philosophy and Social Sciences

Education

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Peking University Law Faculty, 1997

Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, 2001

Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), Kyushu University Graduate School of Law, 2005

Select publications

(1) Books

(a) Monograph 

Graphic Corporate Law, Contemporary China Publishing House, 2024

Principles and Cases on Art Law, Law Press China, 2021 

Corporate Law in Comparative Perspective, Law Press China, 2019

Value and Motivation: Law and Practices on the Stock Option Incentives of the Listed Companies, Law Press China, 2017 (co-authored with Siying Wu)

Corporate Charitable Donation: Legal Basis & Rule Formation, Law Press China, 2015

Frontier Legal Issues in Corporate Charitable Donation, Law Press China, 2015

Essentials of British Company Law, Law Press China, 2014

Share Capital Rules and Creditor Protection: Some Legal Issues, Law Press China, 2007

British Company Law: Principles & Cases, China Legal Publishing House, 2007

(b) Statutes Complied & Books Translated, etc.

Statutes and Cases on Company Law (3rd ed.), Law Press China, 2024 (1st version in 2018, 2nd version in 2020)

Statutes and Cases on the Contract Section of the Civil Code, Law Press China, 2024

Civil Code Handbook, Law Press China, 2020

Equity, Trusts and Commerce ed. by Paul S. Davies & James Penner, Law Press China, 2020, (co-translated with Pan Li & Yi Fang)

The Principles of Equity and Trusts (2nd ed.) by Graham Virgo, Law Press China, 2018 (co-translated with Pan Li & Yi Fang)

Statutes and Cases on Contract Law, Law Press China, 2018

UK Companies Act 2006 (3rd version), Law Press China, 2017 (1st version in 2008, 2nd version in 2012)

Civil Law Handbook, Law Press China, 2017

Historical Classics and Modern Paradigms: Compilation of UK Trust Law, Law Press China, 2017

Civil Law & Commercial Law Statute Series, Law Press China, 2016 (totally 6 books)

The First Legal Comic Book (4th version), China Legal Publishing House, 2016 (1st version in 2010, 2nd version in 2012, 3rd version in 2014)

Civil Law & Commercial Law Handbooks, Law Press China, 2015 (totally 7 books )

Trust Law: Compiled Statutes, Law Press China, 2012

(2) Articles in a Periodical

The Shadow Directors with Chinese Characteristics: An Analysis of Article192 of the NewCompany Law, Vol.5 Law Science Magzine 114 (2024)

Research on Binding Force of the Company’s Articles of Association From the Perspective of Contractual Theory, Vol. 4 North China Law Review 83 (2024)

Rise and Transformation of Floating Charge, Vol. 5 Political Science and Law Review 27 (2023)

Structural System of the Shareholders’ Consensus,  Vol. 4 East China University of Political Science and Law Journal 59 (2023)

The Legal Nature and Internal Risks of Crypto Digital Collections under Blockchain Smart Contracts, Vol. 2 Journal of Shanghai University (Social Science Edition) 20 (2023) (co-authored with Yi Fang)

Theoretical Explanation and Main Type of Actual Shareholders, Vol. 2 Law Science 90 (2023)

The Changes and Prospects on the Rule of Piercing the Corporate Veil, Vol. 5 Rule of Law Research 101 (2022)

The Transmutation from Disqualification of Shareholders to Loss of Equity, Vol. 5 Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology (Social Science Edition) 71 (2022)

The Reform of UK Company Law and Its Implications to China, Vol. 2 Finance and Economics Law Review 35 (2022) 

Judicial Decisions and Normative Philosophy of the Shares’ Nominal Holding, Vol. 6 Journal of East China University of Political Science and Law 123 (2020)

The Internal and External Relationships and The Rights Demarcation of Equity Transfer Guarantee, Vol. 6 Journal of Finance and Economics Law 36 (2020)

No Assurance Provisions in Artwork Auction, Vol. 11 Journal of Law Application 60 (2020)

Judicial Dissolution of Foreign Invested Enterprises, Vol. 6 Economic and Trade Law Review 74 (2019)

Artworks as the Regulated Objects of Art Law, Vol. 1 Journal of Shanghai University (Social Science Edition) 112 (2019)

Recent Development and Rule Analysis of Preemptive Right of Shareholders: Comments on Judicial Interpretation IV of Company Law, Vol. 4 Journal of China University of Political Science and Law 72 (2018)

The Connection between Civil Subject and Commercial Subject from the Perspective of Civil Code Compilation, Vol. 4 Journal of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) 118 (2017)

Email:weijun_ge@fudan.edu.cn