Profile:

In 1982, Professor Luo Yanhua was admitted to the Department of International Politics at Peking University with outstanding academic performance, and subsequently earned her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees in Law from Peking University. She is currently a professor and doctoral advisor at the School of International Studies, Peking University, and an Executive Council Member of the China Society for Human Rights Studies. She has been invited to lecture, teach, and conduct collaborative research in the United States, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, among other countries. She has led multiple research projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation, the Ministry of Education’s Humanities and Social Sciences Research Program, and the World Bank’s McNamara Fellowship Program. She has published two academic monographs, co-authored four books, and authored more than 100 academic papers in both domestic and international journals.

Research Areas：

Main research areas include human rights and international relations, history of international relations, and non-traditional security issues.

Soviet Politics and Foreign Policy; International Relations after the Cold War; History of International Relations after WWII; History of International Relations (Part II); Theories and Practices of Post–Cold War International Relations; Human Rights and International Relations.

Monographs:

“Sovereignty and Human Rights in International Relations - A Multidimensional Perspective on the Relationship between the Two”, Peking University Press, March 2005;

“Oriental Views on Human Rights - A Perspective on Human Rights Views in East Asian Countries”, Xinhua Publishing House, October 1998.

Co-authors:

“70 Years of Human Rights Construction in China”, Jiangxi People’s Publishing House, December 2019.

“The History and Reality of the United States Exporting Democracy”, World Knowledge Publishing House, April 2009.

“History of International Relations” (Volume 12, 1990-1999), edited by the China Society of International Relations, World Knowledge Publishing House, 2006.

“History of International Relations” (Volume 8, 1949-1959), edited by Wang Shengzu, World Knowledge Publishing House, 1995.

Papers:

Progress in China’s Human Rights Cooperation and Exchange in 2023, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies: China’s Human Rights Development Report No. 14 (2024), Social Sciences Academic Press, October 2024.

China’s International Cooperation and Communication Concerning Human Rights in 2022, Annual Report on China’s Human Rights, No. 13 (2023), edited by China Society for Human Rights, Social Sciences Academic Press (China), July 2024.

Global Human Rights Governance: China’s Multilateralism Practice, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies: People First and Global Human Rights Governance, China Intercontinental Press, February 2024.

China’s International Human Rights Cooperation and Exchange in 2021, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies: China’s Human Rights Development Report No. 12 (2022), Social Sciences Academic Press, January 2023.

“China’s International Human Rights Cooperation and Exchange in 2022”, edited by the Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies: “China’s Human Rights Development Report No. 13 (2023)”, Social Sciences Academic Press, October 2023 edition.

“Cold War and Economic Globalization”, edited by Wang Zhengyi: “Reflections on Globalization: Theory, History and Trends”, Social Sciences Academic Press, March 2023 edition.

“Menschenrechtspolitik in China,” in China and Germany in einer turbulenten Welt, eds. by Yuru Lian/Raimund Kramer (Hrsg.), Welt Trends, Potsdam 2022. (German edition)

“The Influence of the Construction of a Human Community with a Shared Future on Global Governance”, edited by Zhang Wei and Chang Jian, Human Rights and the Concept of a Human Community with a Shared Future, Leiden/Boston: BRILL I NIJHOFF, 2021.

“The Strategic Means and Real Dilemma of the Export of American Democracy”, People’s Forum, 2021.12 (Chinese), Issue 726. “China’s International Cooperation and Exchanges on Human Rights in 2019”, Annual Report on China’s Human Rights No.10(2020), Social Sciences Academic Press（CHINA），August 2021.

“70 Years of New China: Contribution to the International Human Rights Cause”, edited by the Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies: “Civilization Diversity and the Development of World Human Rights Cause”, published by China Intercontinental Press in January 2021.

“The 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China: Contributions to the International Human Rights Cause”, in “Diversity of Civilizations and Development of World Human Rights”, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies, August, 2021.

“The Main Characteristics of China’s International Human Rights Cooperation and Exchanges from 2010 to 2020”, The Journal of Human Rights, VOL. 19 NO. 6 DECEMBER 2020.

“The Main Characteristics of China’s International Human Rights Cooperation and Exchanges from 2010 to 2020”, Human Rights, Vol. 19 No. 6, 2020.

“The Evolution and Current Development of Global Public Health Diplomacy”, People’s Forum, Vol. 2020.07 (Part 1), Vol. 674.

“China’s International Cooperation and Exchanges in Human Rights Field in 2019” (Research Report), edited by China Human Rights Studies Association: “China’s Human Rights Development Report” No. 10 (2020), Social Sciences Academic Press, October 2020 edition;

“China’s Participation in International Cooperation on Poverty Reduction: An Important Way to Promote Human Rights Development”, edited by China Human Rights Studies Association: “Eliminating Poverty: Building a Community of Shared Future for Humanity without Poverty and Common Development”, China International Communications Press, January 2020 edition;

“The Development of China’s International Cooperation and Exchanges in Human Rights Field in 2018”, Annual Report on China’s Human Rights No. 9 (2019), Social Sciences Academic Press (CHINA), September 2020.

“The Human Rights Implication of ‘Building A Community of Shared Future for Mankind’“, in Comparison of Human Rights Values ​​between the East and the West, edited by Wang Xigen and Gerd Kaminski, Reihe des Osterreichischen Institute fur China-und Sudostasienforsehung No.81.

“China’s International Cooperation on Poverty Reduction: An Important Way to Promote Human Rights”, in Poverty Elimination: Seeking Common Development to Build a Community of Shared Future for Human Beings, Edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies, China Intercontinental Press, January 2020.

Chapter 8 of “70 Years of Human Rights Construction in China”, published by Jiangxi People’s Publishing House in December 2019.

Chapter 8 of “How the Communist Party of China Solve Human Rights Issues”, published by Jiangxi People’s Publishing House in December 2019.

“China’s International Human Rights Cooperation and Exchange Concerning Human Rights in 2018” (Research Report), China Human Rights Studies Association, ed.: China Human Rights Development Report No. 9 (2019), Social Sciences Academic Press, October 2019;

“History of the PRC’s Participation in International Human Rights Affairs and Its Contribution to the Cause of International Human Rights”, The Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 18, No.3, June 2019. (English magazine)

“The Process of New China’s Participation in International Human Rights Affairs and Its Contribution to the International Human Rights Cause”, Human Rights, Vol. 3, 2019;

“New Dynamics of US Human Rights Sanctions and Their Impact”, International Political Studies, Vol. 3, 2019; (This article was reprinted in full in the Renmin University of China’s Reprinted Newspaper and Periodical Materials International Politics, Vol. 9, 2019)

“China’s International Cooperation and Exchange Concerning Human Rights in 2017”, Annual Report on China’s Human Rights, No.8 (2018), Social Sciences Academic Press (China), December, 2018.

“Reform and Opening-Up and China’s Participation in International Human Rights Cooperation Process”, Human Rights, Vol. 4, 2018;

“Right to Peace: China’s Traditional Pacifism and the Contribution of Contemporary Diplomatic Practice”, edited by Chang Jian and Tom Zwart: “Traditional Spirit and Cultural Values ​​and the Local Origin of Human Rights - Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Cross-Cultural Human Rights”, China Intercontinental Press, September 2018.

“Reform and Opening-Up and China’s Participation in International Human Rights Cooperation Process”, The Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 17, No.4, August 2018. (English magazine)

“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a Specific Action Goal for Realizing the Right to Development in the New Era”, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies: “Shared Development: Better Benefit for People of All Countries”, China Intercontinental Press, August 2018.

“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sets Targets of Actions for Realizing the Right to Development in the New Era”, China Society for Human Rights Studies, ed., Sharing the Development: Create More Benefits for People of All Countries, China Intercontinental Press, August, 2018.

“The role of building a community with a shared future for mankind in promoting global human rights governance”, China Society for Human Rights Studies, ed.: Building a community with a shared future for mankind: New opportunities for South-South human rights development, China Intercontinental Press, August 2018;

“China’s international cooperation and exchanges in the field of human rights in 2017”, China Society for Human Rights Studies, ed.: China Human Rights Development Report No. 8 (2018), Social Sciences Academic Press, August 2018;

“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: An important cornerstone of global human rights governance”, China International Strategic Review 2018 (Volume 1), World Knowledge Press, June 2018. (This article is also included in Chang Jian and Tang Yingxia, eds.: The Drafting Process and Influence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Proceedings of the International Symposium to Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, published by the National Academy of Administration Press in November 2019.)

The Impact of Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind on Global Human Rights Governance, edited by the Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies: Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind and Global Human Rights Governance, published by China International Press in June 2018;

“China’s International Cooperation and Exchanges in Human Rights in 2016”, Annual Report on China’s Human Rights, No.7(2017), Social Sciences Academic Press (China), January, 2018.

“Global Human Rights Governance at the United Nations Level: China’s Participation and Contribution”, International Law, reprinted in its entirety in the 12th issue of the NPC Reprints in 2017;

“China’s International Cooperation and Exchanges in the Field of Human Rights in 2016” (Research Report), edited by Li Junru: Human Rights Blue Book 2017, published by Social Sciences Academic Press in September 2017.

“Fighting human trafficking: China is an active practitioner of international cooperation”, People’s Daily Overseas Edition, July 13, 2017, p. 2.

“Global Human Rights Governance in the United Nations Arena: China’s Participation and Contribution”, Human Rights Magazine, Vol.16, No.2, April 2017.

“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sets Action Targets

“Global Human Rights Governance in the United Nations Arena: China’s Participation and Contribution”, The Journal of Human Rights, Vol.16, No.2, April 2017. (English magazine)

“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sets Action Targets for Relalizing the Right to Development in the New Era”, The Journal of Human Rights, Vol.16, No.1, February 2017. (English magazine)

“China’s Participation and Contribution to the United Nations Human Rights Protection Work”, edited by the Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies: “Peace and Development: The Victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the Progress of Human Rights”, published by China International Communications Press in January 2017.

“China’s Participation and Contribution to UN’s Work on Human Rights Protection”, Peace and Development: The Victory of the World Anti Fascist War and Human Rights Progress, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies, China Intercontinental Press, January, 2017.

“Progress of China’s International Human Rights Cooperation and Exchange in 2015” (Research Report), edited by Li Junru: “Human Rights Blue Book 2016”, Social Sciences Academic Press, September 2016 edition.

“The Role of Human Rights Organizations in China: CSHRS’ Case”, The Journal of Human Rights, Vol.15, No.2, April 2016. (English magazine)

“China will contribute new wisdom to the international human rights cause”, published in “People’s Daily” on November 1, 2016, page 16.

“The UN construction of international human rights protecting mechanism and China’s participation”, The Journal of International Studies, No. 06, 2–16, 2015, http://jtp.cnki.net/bilingual/detail/html/GJZY201506007#61.

“The UN construction of international human rights protecting mechanism and China’s participation”, International Political Studies, No. 6, 2015.

“Human Rights Issues in Sino-US Relations”, edited by Modern China Society of Aichi University, Japan: China 21, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2015. (Japanese publication)

“Progress of China’s International Human Rights Cooperation and Exchange in 2014” (research report), edited by Li Junru: Human Rights Blue Book 2015, Social Sciences Academic Press, August 2015.

“On the Role of Incorporation of Human Rights in the Constitution in Promoting China’s Participation in International Human Rights Exchanges”, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies, China Dream: New Progress in China’s Human Rights, China Intercontinental Press, June 2015.

“The Contribution of the United Nations to International Human Rights Protection and China’s Participation”, edited by the United Nations Association, United Nations 70 Years: Achievements and Challenges, World Knowledge Press, October 2015.

“The Development of the Responsibility to Protect and China’s Position”, edited by Liu Tiewa, Responsibility to Protect: China’s Perspective in the Construction of International Norms, Peking University Press, August 2015.

“The Development of the Responsibility to Protect and China’s Position”, International Political Studies, No. 3, 2014.

“Human Rights in the Constitution Promotes China’s Participation in International Human Rights Affairs”, Human Rights Magazine, Issue 3, 2014.

“Progress of China’s International Human Rights Cooperation and Exchange in 2013” (Research Report), Li Junru, ed. Human Rights Blue Book 2014, Social Sciences Academic Press, August 2014.

“Strengthening the Protection of Rights in Cyberspace and Building a New International Internet Order - Enlightenment from the “Prism Gate” Incident”, China Human Rights Studies Association, ed. Building a Sustainable Human Rights Development Environment, China Intercontinental Press, June 2014.

“To Enhance the Protection of Cyberspace Rights and Build A New Internet Order: the Enlightenment from ‘Prism, Constructing An Environment for Sustainable Human Rights Development, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies, China Intercontinental Press, June, 2014.

“Development of Human Rights Protection Institutions: Experience of China”, Development of National Human Rights Protection System in the Context of the Country’s Modernization Process, published by the National Human Rights Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Toshkent, 2013.

“Strengthening Internet Information Security and Safeguarding National Sovereignty and Basic Human Rights — A Warning from the “Prism Gate” Incident”, Human Rights Magazine, Issue 4, 2013.

“Menschenrechtspolitik in China”, Welt Trends, No.88, Januar/Februar 2013. (German publication)

“Progress of China’s International Human Rights Cooperation and Exchange in 2012” (research report), edited by Li Junru: “Human Rights Blue Book 2013”, Social Sciences Academic Press, August 2013 edition.

“New Focus in the Human Rights Struggle between China and the United States: “Internet Freedom” Issue”, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies: “Science and Technology, Environment and Human Rights”, China Intercontinental Press, August 2013 edition.

“Internet Freedom: the New Focus in Human Rights Struggle between China and US”, Science & Technology, Environment and Human Rights, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies, China Intercontinental Press, August, 2013.

“On the Religious Roots of the United States’ Export of Its Values ​​of Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights”, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies: “Cultural Traditions, Values ​​and Human Rights”, China Intercontinental Press, April 2012 edition.

“New Progress in China’s Participation in International Human Rights Cooperation” (Research Report), edited by Li Junru: Human Rights Blue Book 2012, Social Sciences Academic Press, September 2012 edition.

“Protection of the Rights of Chinese Citizens Overseas in the 2011 “Evacuation” Operation” (Research Report), edited by Li Junru: Human Rights Blue Book 2012, Social Sciences Academic Press, September 2012 edition.

“The Impact and Challenges of Global Health Diplomacy on China”, published in “International Political Studies” No. 2, 2011;

“China and International Human Rights Cooperation”, “China’s Human Rights Development Report No. 1 (2011)” (“2011 Human Rights Blue Book”), Social Sciences Academic Press, August 2011 edition;

“The Development Process of “Responsibility to Protect” and the Problems Faced by Its Implementation”, edited by China Human Rights Studies Association: Human Rights and Development, China Intercontinental Press, June 2011 edition.

“Evolution of ‘the Responsibility to Protect’ and problems in implementation Process”, Human Rights and Development, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies, China Intercontinental Press, June 2011.

“On the Challenges of Human Rights Protection in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis”, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies: Harmonious Development and Human Rights, published by China Intercontinental Press in May 2010;

“Challenges to Human Rights Protection during International Financial Crisis”, Harmonious Development and Human Rights, edited by China Society for Human Rights Studies, China Intercontinental Press, May 2010.

“The Origin of Global Public Health Security and Its Impact on National Security”, published in China International Strategic Review 2010, published by World Knowledge Press in June 2010.

“Why Western Human Rights Diplomacy to China Has Been Embarrassed Again and Again”, published in Human Rights, No. 6, 2009.

“Impact of Climate Change on Human Rights in Developing Countries”, Development, Security and Human Rights, edited by Dong Yunhu & Chen Zhengong, China Intercontinental Press, April 2009.

“The Process and Characteristics of China’s Participation in International Human Rights Cooperation”, edited by China Human Rights Studies Association: China’s Reform and Opening-up and Human Rights Development in 30 Years, People’s Daily Publishing House, June 2009.

“Why Western Countries’ Human Rights Diplomacy Is in an Awkward Situation”, published in “Friends of Leadership”, No. 4, 2009.

“The Impact of Climate Change on Human Rights in Developing Countries”, published in “World Environment”, No. 5, 2008.

“Double Standards on Human Rights Issues”, published in “Human Rights”, No. 5, 2008.

“Human Rights Interpretation of Earthquake Relief”, published in “People’s Daily”, July 15, 2008.

“Building a Harmonious World and International Human Rights Development”, published in “Human Rights”, No. 1, 2008. (Also published in “Ideological and Theoretical Education Guide” No. 11, 2007.)

“The Role of the Chinese Government in Promoting Human Rights”, The Journal of Human Rights, Vol.6, No.4, July 2007.

“On the Origin and Characteristics of the Sino-US Human Rights Dispute”, Journal of Shanxi University, No. 3, 2007 (Special Issue of the Forum of Experts on the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Journal of Shanxi University).

“The Establishment of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Struggle Behind It”, Human Rights, No. 3, 2006.

“On the Significance of the Scientific Outlook on Development to the Realization of the Right to Development”, Journal of Ideological and Theoretical Education, No. 3, 2006.

“The Process and Prospect of China’s Participation in International Human Rights Cooperation”, Journal of Ideological and Theoretical Education, No. 1, 2005.

“The New Development of the US “Exporting Democracy” Strategy after the Cold War”, International Political Studies, No. 1, 2005. (The full text is also included in the reprinted newspaper and periodical materials of the Renmin University of China’s Book and Newspaper Information Center, “International Politics”, Issue 5, 2005.)

“The ‘Human Rights Issue’ in China’s Diplomacy”, Studies in International Relations, Vol. 25, No. 3, published on December 25, 2004.

“New Trends in China-Japan Environment

Research Projects：

Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC), approved in 2021 (Principal Investigator).

NSSFC Project: The Relationship between Human Rights and Sovereignty in Debate — A Comparative Study of Western and Non-Western Theories (2006–2009).

Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education: New Developments in the U.S. Strategy of “Promoting Democracy” after the Cold War (2003–2006).

NSSFC Project: Research on the Relationship between Sovereignty and Human Rights in International Relations (2001–2004).

The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program of the World Bank: Sino-U.S. Environmental Cooperation and China’s Sustainable Development (1998–1999).

NSSFC Project: A Study on ASEAN Perspectives on Human Rights (1993–1996).

Awards and Honors：

Awarded the Peking University Teaching Excellence Award in 2020.

Received the Founder Teaching Award of Peking University in 2015.

Awarded the Second Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences (10th Session) by Peking University in 2006 for the monograph Sovereignty and Human Rights in International Relations: A Multidimensional Perspective (Peking University Press, March 2005).

Awarded the Second Prize for Outstanding Research Achievements in the Humanities (7th Session) by Peking University in 2000 for the monograph Human Rights from an Eastern Perspective: A View from East Asian Countries (Xinhua Publishing House, October 1998).

Received the Antai Teaching Award of Peking University in 1999.