Congratulations to Ms
Ziying LIANG for being awarded the HKU Basis First Yr Wonderful PhD Award 2023/24. The Award provides due recognition to PhD college students who’ve wonderful efficiency throughout the probationary interval.
Ziying is a PhD candidate within the College of Legislation. Her analysis pursuits are in process legislation and public curiosity litigation and her doctoral analysis at the moment focuses on the general public curiosity litigation in opposition to wildlife crimes in Mainland China.
Previous to her doctoral analysis on the College of Hong Kong (HKU), she obtained her Bachelor of Legal guidelines (LLB) diploma from South China Regular College (SCNU, 2013-17). Afterwards, she obtained a MPhil diploma in Process Legislation from the Graduate College of China College of Political Science and Legislation (CUPL, 2017-20) and graduated as an Excellent Graduate Scholar from the College of Legal Justice.
Throughout her PhD research at HKU, Ziying additionally works as a analysis assistant on the College of Legislation, aiding in modifying books and collaborating in analysis tasks of the College. She is a pupil fellow of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Authorized Research at HKU. Ziying has printed articles on public curiosity litigation in each English and Chinese language Journals and delivered speeches at related conferences in Asia. Her articles have acquired a number of awards for his or her contributions. Moreover, she has been appointed as one of many pupil representatives of the RPg college students of the College of Legislation for the educational yr of 2023-25.
1. What’s the subject of your research?
I began my doctoral profession with analysis and exploration of public curiosity litigation in China, which was additionally the subject of my MPhil thesis. At current, my analysis pursuits lie within the areas of public curiosity litigation and felony litigation, with a selected deal with public curiosity litigation in opposition to wildlife crimes.
2. What have been your foremost achievements?
This summer time, I’m honoured to have been chosen as a recipient of the HKU Basis First Yr Wonderful PhD Award 2023/24. I believe two achievements throughout my probation interval significantly helped me to attain this honour. Firstly, my analysis curiosity drove me to take part within the paper name for the Symposium on Strictly Stopping and Controlling Environmental Dangers and Safeguarding Nationwide Ecological Safety in Accordance with the Legislation, which was the Annual Convention of the China Ecological Civilization Analysis and Promotion Affiliation and the Advert Hoc Committee on A number of Settlement Mechanisms for Environmental Disputes of the Chinese language Society of Environmental and Sources Legislation in 2022. Among the many 123 submitted articles, my convention article ‘An Empirical Examine on Wild Animal Conservation below the Threshold of the Legal Incidental Civil Public Curiosity Litigation within the PRC – Based mostly on 496 Judgments’, was chosen because the second-prize winner (the primary of seven second-prize articles) following knowledgeable assessment. Secondly, throughout my probationary interval, I submitted an article to the Journal of Worldwide Wildlife Legislation and Coverage, an internationally famend peer-reviewed journal of excessive standing, and was profitable in having it printed in 2023.
As well as, my new article ‘Restorative Compensation Mechanism for Legal Incidental Civil Public Curiosity Litigation Regarding Marine Ecology within the Higher Bay Space of Mainland China – A Pattern of First-instance Judgements on Marine Ecological Offences’ (the primary of 9 third-prize articles), has been efficiently awarded the Third Prize of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Higher Bay Space Authorized Discussion board (GBA Authorized Discussion board 2024). I’m honoured and delighted to be invited to take part on this discussion board on behalf of the third-prize winners. This text has been offered within the convention proceedings on 30 August 2024, and will likely be printed within the Chinese language peer-reviewed journal – Nomocracy Discussion board (a Chinese language tutorial journal listed by the Chinese language Social Sciences Quotation Index (CSSCI)) in April 2025.
3. How do you’re feeling about receiving this award?
I want to convey my honest gratitude to the College of Hong Kong Basis for recognising my wonderful tutorial efficiency throughout the probationary interval. I’ve to say that pursuing a doctoral profession is undoubtedly a difficult mission, and it does require nice dedication and perseverance. I want to prolong my heartfelt appreciation to my supervisor,
Professor Amanda Whitfort, for her steady assist and heat encouragement all through my journey of self-surpassing. Moreover, I want to specific my because of my co-supervisor,
Professor Richard Cullen, who contributed many insightful concepts to our discussions, in addition to
Professor Simon Younger, who generously offered me with recommendation and encouragement in my tutorial life. I’m additionally profoundly grateful to my household and shut associates for his or her companionship and understanding alongside the trail I’ve chosen. I at all times imagine that the pursuit of steady self-surpassing is a lifelong journey that enriches our lives in numerous methods. Failure isn’t deadly; slightly, it’s the braveness to persist that really issues. I want all those that have chosen doctoral research the happiness and success that belong to them of their journey.
