Bifan ZHAO
ZHAO Bifan is currently a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Prior to conducting his doctoral research at HKU, he obtained an LL.B. degree (major in Sociology, minor in Jurisprudence) at Fudan University and a Juris Master degree (Computational Law track) at Tsinghua University. His research interests lie in law & society, empirical legal studies, and computational law.
Publications
Lun Yuanyin Shehuizhuyi Hexin Jiazhiguan Shifa Shuoli de Shijian Yangtai yu Youhua Lujing – Jiyu 4986 Fen Minshi Caipan Wenshu de Shizheng Fenxi (论援引社会主义核心价值观释法说理的实践样态与优化路径——基于4986份民事裁判文书的实证分析) [On Practices and Optimization Paths of Using Socialist Core Values in Statutory Interpretaton and Legal Reasoning: An Empirical Analysis Based on 4,986 Civil Judgments], HUXIANG FAXUE PINGLUN (湖湘法学评论) [HUXIANG LAW REV.], no. 2, 2026, at 1.
Awards
The First Prize at the Seminar “The Integration of Socialist Core Values into the Rule of Law,” hosted by the East China University of Political Science and Law in Nov. 2024.
The Second Prize at the 21st Chinese Doctoral Student Forum on Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, hosted by Zhejiang University in Nov. 2025.
The Second Prize at the 3rd Doctoral Student Forum on Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law at Sun Yat-sen University in Dec. 2025.
Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS), HKU 2023.
The First Prize of Academic Scholarship (Samsung Scholarship), FDU 2017-Municipal-level.
Outstanding College Graduate Student of Shanghai, FDU 2019.
The Second Prize of Academic Scholarship, FDU 2016 & 2019.
The Second Prize of Academic Scholarship, THU 2021.