Dr. Yinan BAO is an associate research fellow at Huayang Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance. He did his PhD studies in diplomatic law at University of Sussex from 2010 to 2014 and had previously studied LLM in Public International Law at the University of Leicester from 2009 to 2010. He is a member of the Chinese Society of International Law and a member of China Law Society (Hainan Branch).
Dr. Bao’s major research interest is in public international law, especially in diplomatic law and the law of the sea. His recent research focuses on the South China Sea law fare and freedom of navigation. His major academic work includes “The US Excessive Maritime Claims: A Critical Analysis”（Chinese International Studies, 2017; “A Chinese Perspective on the Innocent Passage of Warships, Contemporary Issues and Analysis” (a book chapter in Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: State Practice of China and Japan, Springer 2021); “Low-Tide Elevations: A Contemporary Analysis” (a book chapter in The
Legal Challenges of Maritime Order in East Asia, Routledge 2018); “The Voice of America for the Sino-US Maritime Legal Debate: Analysis and Commentary on ‘Freedom of Navigation with Chinese Characteristics’ in the Free Sea: The American Fight for Freedom of Navigation” (Chinese Review of International Law, 2019). He joined the Huayang Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance in June 2024.
