JI Weidong is University Professor of Humanity and Social Sciences, Board Member of University Administration, President of China Institute for Socio-Legal Studies, and Director of Center for AI Governance and Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.  He is also President of Sociology of Law Branch, Shanghai Law Society; Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Asian Journal of Law and Society; Chairman of the Association for Computational Law, China Computer Federation (CCF); Consultant of the Expert Consulting Committee of Shanghai National New-Generation AI Innovation & Development Pilot Zone; Member of China Digital Economy 50 Forum; Executive member of Chinese Judicial Research Society; Vice Chairman of Technology for Sustainable Development Goal Alliance for Asia; Co-Chair of UNU Global AI Network Board.

He was once selected as Board Member Co-opted of Research Committee on Sociology of Law, The International Sociological Association; Member of Council of the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law; Member of the Research Committee of the Asia Pacific Forum (Awaji Conference); Fellow of the Virtual Center for Advanced Studies in Institution, the Tokyo Foundation; Researcher and Member of Planning Committee, International Institute of Advanced Studies; Member of Global Agenda Council on Justice, World Economic Forum; Vice Chairman of the Guiding Committee of Legal Education, the Ministry of Education, China; President of Shanghai Rule of Law Association.

He was Dean and KoGuan Chair Professor of Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2008-2018; Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, Japan, 1996-2008; Visiting Scholar, Stanford Law School, U.S.A., 1991-1992.

Educational Background: LL.B., Peking University, China, 1983; LL.M., Kyoto University, Japan, 1987; Dr. Jur., Kyoto University, Japan, 1993. 

Major Research Interests: sociology of law, comparative law and digital law.

Major Chinese Publications:

( 1 ) Constructing Rule of Law (Beijing: China University of Law and Political Sciences Press, 1999);

( 2 ) New Views on Constitutionalism (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2002, enlarged edition, 2005);

( 3 ) The Significance of Legal Procedures (Beijing: China Legal Publishing House, 2004);

( 4 ) Great Transformation and Rule of Law in China (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2013);

( 5) The Road to The Rule of Law: Social Diversity and Authority System (Beijing: Law Press, 2014);

( 6 ) Judicial Reform in China: The Path Dependence of Institutional Change and the Grand Design (ed., Beijing, Law Press, 2016);

( 7 ) Legal Changes in the AI Era (ed., Shanghai: Sanlian Press, 2020);

( 8 ) Transboundary Studies in Law: Norms, Facts and Interdiscipline (Beijing: Law Press, 2022);

( 9 ) The Order of the Metaverse: Virtual People, Crypto Assets, and Legal Innovations (Shanghai: People's Press, 2023)；

(10) Sociology of Law (ed., Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2023)；

(11) Computatinal Law and Data Ethics (ed., Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2024);

(12) Information and Legal Reasoning in AIoT (ed., Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2024);  

(13) Procedure and Argumentation: The Essence of Modern Rule of Law (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2025),etc.