Jiang Shigong

Jiang Shigong
强世功
Born (1967-11-11) 11 November 1967 (age 56)
NationalityChinese
Academic background
EducationRenmin University of China (LLB)
Peking University (LLM, JD)
ThesisPunishment and the Rule of Law (惩罚与法治)
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineConstitutional law
School or tradition
InstitutionsMinzu University of China
Peking University Law School
Hong Kong Liaison Office (2004–2008)
Jiang Shigong
Traditional Chinese強世功
Simplified Chinese强世功
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiàng Shìgōng
IPA[tɕjâŋ ʂî.kʊ́ŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingGoeng6 Sai3Gung1

Jiang Shigong (Chinese: 强世功; born 11 November 1967) is a Chinese legal and political theorist, who is currently the vice president of the Minzu University of China. He was previously a professor at Peking University Law School, and a researcher on Hong Kong affairs. He is a "conservative socialist" exponent of Xi Jinping Thought and opposed to liberalism in China.

Jiang previously worked at the Hong Kong Liaison Office from 2004 to 2008, and has advised the Chinese government on Hong Kong on subsequent occasions. Among his major ideas are his theory of the "absolute" or unwritten constitution of China embodied in the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and his argument for the supremacy of the state as an "ethical entity" and the embodiment of the people's drive towards self-transformation. One of the main Chinese translators of Carl Schmitt, Jiang is a notable promoter of Schmitt's political theory in China.

  1. ^ a b Backer, Larry Catá (2013). "Toward a Robust Theory of the Chinese Constitutional State: Between Formalism and Legitimacy in Jiang Shigong's Constitutionalism". Modern China. 40 (2): 168–195: 174–5. doi:10.1177/0097700413511315. S2CID 145498142.
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  3. ^ Seppänen 2016, p. 160
  4. ^ Xu 2018, p. 27
  5. ^ Seppänen 2016, p. 161