S.J.D., Harvard Law School
LL.M., Harvard Law School
LL.B., Peking University

Professor Qin teaches international business transactions, international finance, international trade law and Chinese law. She received her LL.B. from Peking University, and LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from Harvard Law School. She joined the faculty of Wayne State University Law School in the fall of 2000. Before then she was a practicing attorney in the Hong Kong and New York offices of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, specializing in international corporate and securities transactions. Previously she clerked for the late Chief Judge Dominick DiCarlo of the United States Court of International Trade. Professor Qin was a visiting professor at Tsinghua University Law School, Beijing, China, in 2008, and a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis in 2007. She also taught as an adjunct professor at NYU Law School and was a research fellow at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Professor Qin has published in various international law journals, and presented in numerous conferences and forums, on the subjects of international trade law, public international law and Chinese law. Her article, "WTO Regulation of Subsidies to State-owned Enterprises (SOEs)" in the Journal of international Economic Law, was cited by Justice Alito of the U.S. Supreme Court in his dissent opinion in United Haulers Assn., Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Mgmt. Auth., 550 U.S. 330 (2007).  Professor Qin serves as a member of the Council and the Steering Committee for the Chinese Society of International Law.

The Challenge of Interpreting “WTO-Plus” Provisions, Journal of World Trade, Vol. 44, No. 1 (February 2010) (forthcoming)

WTO Regulation of Subsidies to State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs): A Critical Appraisal of the China Accession Protocol, Chinese International Law Review (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Vol. 3 (2009) (in Chinese) 

The Mercosur Exemption Reversed – Conflict between WTO and Mercosur Rulings and Its Implications for Environmental Values, Update to WTO Panel  Decision in Brazil – Tyres Supports Safeguarding Environmental Values,  ASIL Insights (The American Society of International Law) (January 23, 2009) 

The Impact of WTO Accession on China’s Legal System, SKKU Journal of Science & Technology Law Review, Vol. 2, Issue 2 (Fall 2008)

China, India, and the Law of World Trade Organization, Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 3, Issue 1 (April 2008)

WTO Panel Decision in Brazil – Tyres Supports Safeguarding Environmental Values, ASIL Insights (The American Society of International Law), Vol. 11, Issue 23 (September 5, 2007)

The Impact of WTO Accession on the Chinese Legal System: Trade, Investment and Beyond, 189 The China Quarterly (Special Issue, September 2007) (Cambridge University Press) 

“WTO-Plus” Obligations and Their Implications for the WTO Legal System: An Appraisal of the China Accession Protocol,  Chinese International Law Review (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Vol. 1 (2006) (in Chinese) 

Tariffs: One Way to Stop Trash, Detroit Free Press, January 3, 2006, p. 11A (co-author)

Defining Nondiscrimination under the Law of the World Trade Organization, Boston University International Law Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2, Fall 2005  

WTO Regulation of Subsidies to State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs): A Critical Appraisal of the China Accession Protocol, Journal of International Economic Law (Oxford University Press), Vol. 7, No. 4, 2004  [Cited by Justice Alito of the U.S. Supreme Court in his dissent opinion in United Haulers Assn., Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Mgmt. Auth., 550 U.S. 330 (2007).]  

WTO Subsidy Disciplines and China’s Industrial Policy: Reflections on the First WTO Case Against China, Journal of International Economic Law (Peking University Press), Vol. 10, 2004 (in Chinese) 

Book Review: Kong Qingjiang, China and the World Trade Organization: A Legal Perspective, Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 63, February 2004.

“WTO-Plus” Obligations and Their Implications for the WTO Legal System: An Appraisal of the China Accession Protocol,  Journal of World Trade, Vol. 37, No. 3, June 2003  

The China Legal Dictionary: International Law Volume, 1994 (responsible for entries on law of treaties and international organizations) (in Chinese).

China and GATT: Accession Instead of Resumption, Journal of World Trade, Vol. 27, No. 2, April 1993.

Developing Countries and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, in Peace, Justice and Law: Festschrift in Honor of  Professor Wang Tieya, 1993 (in Chinese).

GATT Membership for Taiwan: An Analysis in International Law, NYU Journal of International Law & Politics, Vol. 24, No. 3, Spring 1992.

Centrally-Planned Economies and GATT, in Chinese Yearbook of International Law (1991) (in Chinese).

China and GATT: Toward a Meaningful Participation? (1990) (unpublished Harvard Law School S.J.D. dissertation, available at Harvard Law School  library).

Country Handbook on China (PRC): Contract Laws and Practices,  The International Contract Manual, (overviewed by James R. Silkenat) (Kluwer, 1989)

Legal Effect of the United Nations General Assembly Resolutions, in Chinese Yearbook of International Law (1984) (in Chinese).