Professor Yahui Song, Economic Law
Date：2026-07-24
Yahui Song
Education
· Ph.D. in Law, Law School of Nanjing University, 2009 – 2012
· Master of Laws (LL.M.), Law School of Nanjing University, 2007 – 2009
· Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Law School of Zhengzhou University, 2003 – 2007
· Visiting Scholar, University of Göttingen, Germany, December 2018 – February 2019
· Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Munich), August 2024 – February 2025
Previous Positions
· Professor, Nanjing University Law School, December 2018 – June 2026
· Associate Professor, Nanjing University Law School, October 2015 – December 2018
· Lecturer, Southeast University Law School, June 2012 – September 2015
Research Fields
Economic Law, Regulatory Law, Competition Law, Corporate Law, and the Public-Private Law Synergy Theory.
Publications
--Scholarly Monographs
1. Song Yahui, Beyond the Public-Private Divide: The Public-Private Law Synergy Theory in Risk Regulation, The Commercial Press, 2022. (Xinqi Scholars Series)
2. Song Yahui, Legal Governance of False Advertising, Peking University Press, 2019.
3. Song Yahui, On Pathway Selection in Social Regulation: Executive Regulation, Private Litigation or Collaborative Governance? Law Press China, 2017. (Awarded as Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation)
--Journal Articles (selected)
1. Song Yahui, The Concept of Profit-Making and the Systemic Effect of Chinese Legal Person Law: A Comparative Study of Chinese Law, Japanese Law, and German Law, Social Sciences in China, 06(2020), 120-143.
2. Song Yahui, Overcoming the Sectoral Nature of Risk Regulation Law, Social Sciences in China, 10(2017), 136-158.
3. Song Yahui, The Principle of Regulatory Power Allocation for the National Unified Market, China Legal Science, 04(2025), 5-25.
4. Song Yahui, Comparative Law Research in China: Paradigm Transformation from 2003 to 2022, Chinese Journal of Law, 01(2024), 19-38.
5. Song Yahui, Pursuing “Social Effects” of Judicial Decisions in China: 1983-2012, Chinese Journal of Law, 05(2017), 18-34.
6. Song Yahui, The Legal Effects of Environmental Regulatory Standards in Tort Law, Chinese Journal of Law, 03(2013), 37-53.
7. Song Yahui, Analytical Framework of China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law, Peking University Law Journal, 04(2023), 963-982.
8. Song Yahui, Towards a Dynamic Regulatory Theory: How Market Regulation Law Responds to Business Model Innovation, Global Law Review, 04(2022), 113-128.
9. Song Yahui, The Evolving Legal Structures: How Shifting Social Foundations Reshape the Departmentalized Legal Structure, The Jurist, 01(2021), 1-14.
10. Song Yahui, The Integration and Systematization of Public and Private Law in Risk Legislation, Studies in Law and Business, 03(2021), 53-66.
11. Song Yahui, Private Law Models for the Protection of Personal Identifiable Information: Insights from the U.S. and EU Law, 02(2019), 86-103.
12. Song Yahui, Regulatory Regime of Online Market: Offline Model, Modified Model, and New Model, Law Science, 10(2018), 81-94.
13. Yahui Song, The Dynamics of Legal Knowledge Production, Peking University Law Journal, (6)2025.
14. Reflections on the Knowledge Production of Legal Scholarship: Mission, Agenda, and Types of Order, Studies in Law and Business, (4)2026.
15. Song Yahui, The Private Law Effect of Food Safety Standards and Its Correction, Tsinghua Law Journal, 02(2017), 155-175.
16. Song Yahui, Economic Explanation and Legal Allocation of the Right to Publishing Outdoor Advertising, Modern Law Science, 01(2017), 94-107.
17. Song Yahui, Applying China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law to Online Technological Interference: A Critique of the “Non-Interference Principle”, Studies in Law and Business, 04(2017), 91-100.
18. Song Yahui, Explanatory theory on Advertising Endorsement Rules, Law Science, 09(2016), 43-53.
19. Song Yahui, Institutional Framework and Explanatory theory on Cultural Products Liability, Science of Law (Journal of Northwest University of Political Science and Law), 06(2015), 152-160.
20. Song Yahui, How Economic Policy Shapes Judicial Reasoning: A Case Study of Cross-Border OEM Production, Law and Social Development, 05(2013), 82-96.
21. Song Yahui, On the Duty to Review Keywords in Paid Search Advertising, The Jurist, 04(2013), 83-94.
22. Song Yahui, Regulatory Power Conflictions and the Resolutions, Science of Law (Journal of Northwest University of Political Science and Law), 04(2012), 113-126.
23. Song Yahui, On Pathway Selection in Social Regulation, Studies in Law and Business, 03(2012), 94-105.
24. Song Yahui, The Contractual Effect of Advertising Regulation Norms: A Comparative Study of Cross-Strait Judicial Decisions, ECUPL Journal, 03(2011), 121-137.
25. Song Yahui, On the Emerging Rights: A Case Study on the Right to Place Outdoor Advertising, Law and Social Development, 03(2010), 91-105.
26. Song Yahui, How Public Policy Influences Judicial Decision-Making: A case Study of Judicial Interpretation of China’s Supreme People’s Court, Studies in Law and Business, 06(2009), 111-121.
27. Song Yahui, Joint and Several Liabilities for Advertising Endorsers: Study on Article 60 of the Draft Amendment to Advertising Law, Modern Law Science, 05(2009), 68-77.
28. Song Yahui, Wang Xixing, Lei Xi, Zhang Rui & Jin Miao, A Decade of Development in Ten Sub-Disciplines of Chinese Legal Science: A Knowledge Production Perspective, SJTU Law Review, 01(2025), 114-147.
29. Song Yahui, The Collingridge’s Dilemma in Digital Innovation and Its Regulation, Wuhan University Journal (Philosophy & Social Science), 03(2023), 151-162.
30. Song Yahui, Jin Miao, From Public-Private Law Division to Integration: Transformation of Cyber Law Studies (2007-2021), Zhejiang Academic Journal, 02(2023), 88-101.
31. Song Yahui, Lei Xi, Wang Xixing, A Decade of Legal Scholarship (2009-2018): An Analysis Based on Comprehensive Indices of Humanities & Social Sciences, Academic Monthly, 04(2023), 209-216.
32. Song Yahui, How Should Old Laws Respond to Technological Innovation: Lessons from Regulating Paid Search Advertising, Social Science Journal, 04(2022), 59-67.
33. Song Yahui, The Regulatory Regime for Food Safety, Academic Research, 09(2018), 53-60.
34. Song Yahui, Why the False Advertising Regulation Fails, Law and Social Sciences, 01(2017), 18-48.
35. Song Yahui, Functional Orientation and Efficacy Evaluation of Public Interest Litigation on Food Safety, Zhejiang Academic Journal, 03(2017), 83-90.
36. Song Yahui, Legislative Revision, Interpretation, and Application of False Advertising Law, Zhejiang Academic Journal, 06(2015):161-170.
37. Song Yahui, The Theory and Practice of Medical Risk Allocation in Tort Law, Journal of PLA Nanjing Institute of Politics, 01(2018), 106-113.
38. Song Yahui, Thirty Years Development of China’s Tax Law System Since the Reform and Opening-Up Policy, Finance & Economics, 08(2008), 1-9.
39. Song Yahui, Coordinating Civil, Administrative, and Criminal Liabilities in the Field of Food Safety, Journal of Guangxi Normal University, 02(2021), 40-50.
40. Song Yahui, A Study on Litigation Trusts of Consumer Associations in Mass Tort Cases, Journal of Gansu University of Political Science and Law, 01(2010), 123-130.
41. Song Yahui, A Dynamic Theory for Regulating Internet Platforms, Journal of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, 2(2023),1-13.
42. Song Yahui, The Business Model and Legal Regulation of the Live Stream, Research on China Market Regulation 8(2020).
43. Song Yahui, Fundamental Principles of Regulating False Advertising, Research on China Market Regulation, 5(2019),12-17.
44. Song Yahui, Transition of the Regulatory Models on Paid Search Advertising, Research on China Market Regulation, 4(2018),40-47.
45. Song Yahui, Challenges and Recommendations for Online Market Regulation, Research on China Market Regulation, 5(2016),33-35.
46. Song Yahui, The Risks of Market Regulation: Internal Logic and Empirical Research, Research on China Market Regulation, 6(2016),40-43.
47. Song Yahui, Legal Framework and Interpretation of Advertising Endorsement Rules, Research on China Market Regulation, 4(2015),22-27.
48. Song Yahui, Comparative Advertising: Legislative Reform and Foreign Experiences, Research on China Market Regulation, 3(2015),22-27.
49. Song Yahui, Research on the Duty of Examination of AdWords in Pay-Per-Click Service, Renmin Chinese Law Review, Edward Elgar, Vol.3, 2015,283-303.
50. Victor Jiawei Zhang & Yahui Song, China Seeks to Save Innovation by Choking Competition, ProMarket, February 10, 2026.
Honours and Awards
1. National Top10 Outstanding Young Jurist by China Law Society, 2023
2. Changjiang Young Scholar of the Ministry of Education of China, 2020
3. The 9th Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award for Higher Education Institutions by the Ministry of Education of China, 2024
4. The 1st National Outstanding Applied Legal Research Paper Achievement Award by The Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, 2024
5. First Prize for Themed Essays on Ecological-Environment Protection under the Rule of Law by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, 2015
6. Academic Youth Award for Doctoral Candidate by the Ministry of Education, 2010
7. First Prize of the 17th Jiangsu provincial Outstanding Achievements Awards in Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2022
8. First Prize of the 15th Jiangsu provincial Outstanding Achievements Awards in Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2018
9. Second Prize of the 16th Jiangsu provincial Outstanding Achievements Awards in Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2020
10. The 6th Jiangsu provincial Outstanding Young Jurists, 2023
11. Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2013
12. Outstanding Teaching Award of Nanjing University, 2024
Research Grants
1. National Social Science Fund Major Project (No. 24ZDA024), 2024
Research on Promoting the Innovative Development of the Platform Economy and the Normalized Regulation of the Platform Economy
2. National Social Science Fund Key Project (No. 21AFX020), 2021
Research on the Regulatory Framework Responding to Business Model Innovation
3. National Social Science Fund Youth Project (No. 15CFX020), 2015
Research on the Public-Private Law Coordination for Public Risk Governance
4. Legislative Project for the State Administration of Market Regulation, 2024
Revision of the Medical Advertising Regulation
5. Research Project Commissioned by China Development Research Foundation, 2021
Breastfeeding Promotion Initiative
6. Jiangsu Social Sciences Outstanding Youth Talent Program, 2019
Research on the Public-Private Law Collaboration for Public Risk Governance
7. Jiangsu Qinglan Program for Talent Development, 2016
Research on the Impact of Economic Policies on Judicial Reasoning
8. China Advertising Association Industry Standards Drafting Project, 2017
Code of Conduct for Advertising Practices in Mass Media
9. Project Commissioned by Jiangsu Zijin Media Think Tank, 2017
Behavioral Expectations of Petitioners and the Governance of Social Conflicts
10. Local Legislation Project Commissioned by the Industry and Information Technology Department of Jiangsu, 2017
11. Drafting Project for the Administrative Measures on Optimizing the Business Environment for Enterprises in Jiangsu Province
12. Jiangsu Provincial Social Science Fund Project (No. 12FXB004), 2012