Xiong Qiuhong, female, a native of Tianmen City, Hubei Province. Bachelor of Law, Law Faculty of Peking University (1988); Ph.D. in Law, Graduate School, China University of Political Science and Law (1996); researcher, CASS Law Institute (1996-now);currently Head of Department of Procedure Law, CASS Law Institute; professor and doctoral supervisor, CASS Graduate School; member of Executive Council, Research Committee on Criminal Procedure Law of China Law Society; council member, Chinese Branch of International Association of Penal Law; council member, Committee on Procuratorial Theories, China Society of Procurators; member of Expert Consultation Committee of First Division of People's Procuratorate of Beijing Municipality; council member, Dongfang Public Interest Law Firm; editor, Chinese Journal of Law; visiting scholar Norwegian Institute of Human Rights (May-Nov. 2000), Max-Planck Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law (April-June 2005), Law School of Yale University (Sept.-December 2006).
Main Publications
1. Professor Xiong Qiuhong has published over 50 articles in various Chinese and foreign academic journals. The more influential ones among them include:
2. Prospect of the Reform of Chinese Criminal Justice System, 1995;
3. On the Revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, (1995) 4-5 Chinese Legal Science;
4. Theoretical Basis of Criminal Defence System, (1997) 1-2 Tribune of Political Science and Law;
5. Analysis of Litigious Value of Criminal Defence System, (1997) 6 CASS Journal of Law;
6. Analysis of the Handling of Illegally Obtained Evidence in British Criminal Procedure, (1997) 2 Journal of National Prosecutors College;
7. Judicial Fairness and Citizen's Participation, (1999) 4 CASS Journal of Law;
8. Examination of the Right to Fair Trial from the Perspective of Criminal Justice, (2001) 6 CASS Journal of Law;
9. Reflections on Standard of Criminal Proof from the Perspective of Possibility and Certainty of Criminal Proof, (2003) 1 Studies In Law and Business;
10. The Construction of the Principle of Prohibition of Double Jeopardy, in New Reports in Criminal Law, Chinese People's Public Security University Press, 2006;
11. Legalization of Secret Investigation (2007) 2 Peking University Law Journal;
12. Reflections on the System of Appearance of Criminal Witness in Court, (2009)5 Journal of China University of Political Science and Law;
13. On Criminal Defence, Law Press China, 1998;
14. Criminal Procedure Law Science in Transition, Peking University Press, 2004;
15. Defence in Death Penalty Cases, deputy-editor-in-chief, China Social Sciences Publishing House, 2006;
16. Proposed Draft Revision of Criminal Procedure Law and Its Demonstration: Taking the Rights of the Accused as the Core, China Social Sciences Publishing House, 2009;
17. UN Standards on Criminal Justice and Chinese Criminal Law System, co-author, Law Press China, 1998;
18. Studies on Issues relating to the Implementation of Criminal Procedure Law, co-author, China Legal System Publishing House, 2000;
19. Studies in Criminal Investigation Procedure, Remin University of China Press, 2000;
20. A Theory of Proof in Criminal Cases, co-author, Chinese People's Public Security University Press, 2004;
21. Protection of Rights in Criminal Evidence Law, co-author, Remin University of China Press, 2000;
22. Encyclopaedia of China: Legal Science, co-author, China Encyclopaedia Publishing House, 2009;
Awards
Professor Xiong Qiuhong has won many prizes and awards for her research results, including: First and Second Prizes for Excellent Research Results by Young and Middle Aged Researchers in Procedure Law, awarded by China Law Society; First Prize for Legal Works, awarded by the Ministry of Education; Special Prize for Excellent Research Result in the Field of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Beijing; Prize for Excellent Papers, awarded by the Ministry of Justice; Prize for Excellent Research Results on Countermeasures, awarded by CASS; in 2010, Professor Xiong Qiuhong was elected one of the 'Ten Outstanding Young Jurists in China'.