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Biography

Wu Handong, male, Han nationality, is a native of Hubei province. He was born in 1951, graduated from the law department of the Zhongnan Institute of Finance and Economics, and obtained a doctorate from China Renmin University. He is a professor of civil law of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. He took the office of the president of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 2000.

Wu Handong has focused his research on civil law and intellectual properties law. He was the first to propose the notion of intellectual good and to conduct systematic research into the fundamental theories of intellectual properties. He was also the first to examine the rights in business information and to propose the new system of incorporeal property rights. He has done pioneering works in the comparative study of the copyright law of western countries and other jurisdictions of China, and he has conducted extensive research of the reasonable use of copyrights, which represents the highest level of research in this field in China.

Wu Handong is a consultant to the Chinese Supreme Court.