Ø         Prof. Kuen-chen FU (a.k.a. Lawrence K.C. Fu) : Xiamen University Law School

Prof. Fu was born in Taiwan in 1951. He got his Bachelor of Law degree and his Master of Law degree in National Taiwan University. In 1983 and 1986, he obtained his LL.M and S.J.D. degrees respectively from University of Virginia Law School. He has been a visiting scholar of University of Washington School of Law and of the Law School of Hong Kong City University.

Prof. Fu was a professor of law at National Taiwan University before he became an active legislator in Taiwan. In 2002, he moved to Xiamen and continued teaching International Law of the Sea and Anglo-American Law of Contracts at the Xiamen University Law School. There he has helped establish the Xiamen University Center for Oceans Policy and Law (XMU-COPL), and has served as the director of the Center. At the same time, he continued his service as a member of the board of directors of the (Taiwan) Overseas Fishery Development Council (OFDC) and Chairman of its Legal Affairs Committee. Dr. Fu is also one of the advisors of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan.

Prof. Fu is the chief editor of the China Oceans Law Review (COLR), and a guest chair professor of the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS) International Law Center, and of the Shanghai Fisheries University. He is also an arbitrator of Taiwan, Xiamen, Wuhan, Russia Far East Region, China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC) and China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC).

Prof. Fu has authored or co-authored more than 22 books and more than 60 articles published in China, Chinese Taiwan, Japan, North America or Europe. He has also served as an observer for the International Law Association (ILA) in the United Nations Legislative Conference for the 1995 Fish Stocks Agreement, and has served as legal advisor for the authorities in Chinese Taiwan and the Marshall Islands.