Dr. Zuozhen Liu, Associate Professor of Law at the Research Center of Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences (GDASS). Before joining the GDASS, she worked as a post-doc research fellow for the research institute of China (Guangdong) pilot free trade zone, Jinan University. Zuozhen’s research interests are in the areas of cultural heritage law, the rule of law, “one country, two systems”, and the politics of identity. She has focused on legal cooperation, harmonization and unification between China’s special administrative zones and mainland China since joining GDASS. She has published in renowned international scholarly journals, such as the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, International Journal of Cultural Property, as well as submitted a series of research reports to Chinese governments of various levels. She holds a PhD in Art and Law from the University of Amsterdam. Her doctoral research elaborates on the legal and ethical issues of looted and stolen cultural objects from China between the late Qing dynasty and the foundation of PRC. Her research has been published in the book The Case for Repatriating China’s Cultural Objects (Springer, 2016). She has served as Consultant Expert on Governance and Rule of Law for Guangzhou, and Consultant Expert on Foreign-related Rule of Law for Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. She also works as a part-time lawyer for Guangdong Everwin Law Office.