Dr Jiapei Tao 陶加培博士
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Biography
Jiapei Tao is a Post-Doctoral Fellow specialising in criminal justice, digital justice, and public interest litigation. His research interests lie in the areas of negotiated justice in criminal proceedings, the disposal of assets in criminal cases, and public interest litigation concerning digital rights. In 2024, he was awarded grants from the National Social Science Fund of China and the Ministry of Education of China (Social Sciences Research Youth Fund Project).
Prior to joining the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, Dr. Tao was an Assistant Research Fellow at Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University. In that capacity, he collaborated on various research initiatives with Professor Ming Hu and supported the academic activities of the China Association Of Criminal Procedure Law and its Criminal Defense Committee. Since 2021, he has served as a Researcher at the Center for Basic Prosecutorial Theory at Zhejiang University, where his work has led to publications on the disposal of criminally-involved assets, prosecutorial public interest litigation, and the impact of digital technology on judicial reform. He also has prior experience as a Judicial Assistant in the Criminal Division of the Supreme People’s Court of China, assisting judges in reviewing death penalty cases.
Jiapei holds a Ph.D. in Laws from the China University of Political Science and Law. He completed both his Master of Laws and Bachelor of Laws at Hainan University. He was named an Outstanding Graduate of Beijing and was awarded the National Graduate Scholarship for two consecutive years. Additionally, he passed the Chinese Judicial Examination and is qualified to practice as a lawyer.
Research Area
- Criminal Procedure Law
- Digital Justice
- Public Interest Litigation
Research Area
- Criminal Procedure Law
- Digital Justice
- Public Interest Litigation
Publications
Book
《“醉驾”行为的司法治理研究》，当代中国出版社2024年（与王敏远合著）。(Research on the Judicial Governance of Drunk Driving, Contemporary China Press, 2024) (with Minyuan Wang).
Journal Articles
“Finger-Crossed: How does China Protect Personal Information through Prosecutorial Public Interest Litigation?”, Journal of Law Science (forthcoming 2025).
“Practice Status and Improvement of Public Interest Litigation on Personal Information Protection in China”, China Legal Science, Vol.12, No.2 (2024).
“Optimizing the Pathways for Procuratorial Public Interest Litigation in Personal Information Protection: Centered on the Concept of Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration” (个人信息保护检察公益诉讼的路径优化：以多元协同理念为核心), ECUPL Journal (华东政法大学学报), No.5 (2024).
“On the Procedural Treatment of Criminal and Civil Crossover Cases” (论刑民交叉案件的程序处理), Journal of Zhejiang Gongshang University (浙江工商大学学报), No.6 (2022).
“Report on the Implementation of the Criminal Defence System in China in Recent Years” (我国近年来刑事辩护制度实施报告), Journal of Law Application (法律适用), No.1 (2022) (with Minyuan Wang and Ming Hu).
“A Study of Online Proceedings in Criminal Cases: An Entry Point for Expedited Cases Applying Plea Bargaining” (刑事案件在线诉讼程序研究——以适用认罪认罚从宽的速裁案件为切入点), Henan Social Sciences (河南社会科学), No.11 (2021).
“Sentencing Suggestions in the Leniency System of Pleading Guilty and Accepting Punishment” (认罪认罚从宽制度中的量刑建议), Journal of National Prosecutors College (国家检察官学院学报), No.1 (2020) (with Jianlin Bian).
“On the System of Audio and Video Recording in the Connection between the Supervision Law and the Criminal Procedure Law” (论监察法与刑事诉讼法衔接中录音录像制度), The Criminal Science (中国刑事法杂志), No.3 (2019) (with Jianlin Bian).