The People’s Republic of China and the Development of Contemporary International Law: Review and Prospects

∗ This paper is a part of the research results of a major project of the national key research base for humanities and social sciences under the Ministry of Education of China (No. 17JJD820006) chaired by Prof. Yang Zewei, titled, “A Study on International Legal Issues Relating to the Protection of China’s Rights and Interests.” All the websites cited in this article were last visited on October 18, 2020. ∗∗ Distinguished Professor of Chang Jiang Scholars Program of Ministry of Education; Luojia Distinguished Professor of International Law Institute, China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights at Wuhan University. A.B. (Hunan Normal Univ.), M.A./Ph.D.(Wuhan). ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9937-2741. The author may be contacted at: fxyyzw@whu.edu.cn /Address: Luojia Hill, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430072, P.R. China. Zewei Yang