Lifei Xie, JD
Role: Master's candidate in constitutional law at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL)
China
Contact: lxie5@emory.edu
Lifei Xie is a master’s candidate in constitutional law at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), where she earned her bachelor’s degree in 2009. She is interested in equal protection and human rights. In 2009, she wrote Research on the Meaning and Application of the Human Dignity Clause in Basic Law for the Federal Republic Germany. She also participated in the Sino-Germany Constitutional Law Seminar on Human Dignity and Rule of Law. During 2010-2011, she analyzed the inequalities in different social security policies toward different groups in China while assisting Li Shuzhong, executive director of Chinese Constitutional Law Association, on his “Equal Protection of Fundamental Rights” Project. Additionally Lifei wrote a section of the final report.
Lifei is assisting Professor Yao Guojian, vice director of the Constitutional Law Institute at CUPL, with his project: “Equal Employment Legislation in America” which focuses on gender discrimination in employment. Her contribution is the translation of major American statutes into Chinese and provision of comprehensive legal advice on future equal employment legislation for China.
While at Emory, Lifei studied American law and legal cases to be able to introduce into China, American legal experiences protecting women’s equal employment rights
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