Junhong Li

Junhong Li was a legal scholar from China. Between April 2019 and January 2020, she worked at the China Environmental Protection Foundation (CEPF), where she managed CEPF’s NGO environmental public interest litigation capacity-building project. Junhong worked for the UN Environment-China University of Political Science and Law Environmental Law Academy and as a project manager for Centre for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims (CLAPV) at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPSL), where she managed internationally funded programs for training judges, prosecutors, lawyers, environmental law enforcement officers, environmental NGOs staff and journalists on environmental legal practice and environmental public interest litigation in China. She also participated in research projects on legislation of climate change, protection of marine biodiversity in the areas beyond national jurisdiction, the revision of Fishery Law of China and wildlife protection in China, and work related to cooperation on environmental rule of law among Belt & Road Countries. She has participated in ministry-level projects on environmental legislation and policy of China through her affiliation with CUPSL. Junhong holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom; an LL.M. from CUPSL, and bachelor degrees from Renmin University of China and Henan Normal University.