{"id":69919,"date":"2023-07-03T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/?page_id=69919"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:19:01","slug":"prof-siyi-lin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/prof-siyi-lin\/","title":{"rendered":"PROF. SIYI LIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"69919\" class=\"elementor elementor-69919\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f2cdac elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6f2cdac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in-out&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:40,&quot;end&quot;:60}},&quot;background_motion_fx_range&quot;:&quot;viewport&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34857ae\" data-id=\"34857ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06c6540 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06c6540\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-743f20c\" data-id=\"743f20c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09a02ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09a02ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/\">&lt; People<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-909fb1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"909fb1e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48344a9\" data-id=\"48344a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8de0ef people_name elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8de0ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROF.  SIYI LIN \u6797\u601d\u6021\u6559\u6388<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01b6e1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01b6e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Professor \u52a9\u7406\u6559\u6388\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-733e3e3 people_info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"733e3e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab5663f\" data-id=\"ab5663f\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b68b1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b68b1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Fax<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63be89a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63be89a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Email<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa058d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa058d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Office<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d85997f\" data-id=\"d85997f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f4010d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f4010d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852) 3943 1047<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c41cc43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c41cc43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>(852) 2994 2505<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f70d5c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f70d5c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span><a href=\"mailto:siyilin@cuhk.edu.hk\">siyilin@cuhk.edu.hk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ce616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0ce616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Room 520<\/span><br><span>Faculty of Law<\/span><br><span>5\/F, Lee Shau Kee Building<\/span><br><span>The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/span><br><span>Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d624df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d624df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7711199\" data-id=\"7711199\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3acf762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3acf762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Siyi Lin is an Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law. Dr. Lin\u2019s research interests include unjust enrichment, trust law, contract law and property law.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lin completed her PhD at CUHK LAW where her doctoral thesis was awarded the Young Scholars Thesis Award for best PhD thesis. Prior to her PhD, Dr. Lin obtained her LLM from CUHK LAW and her LLB from China University of Political Science and Law.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lin is qualified as a lawyer in mainland China. Her previous professional experience includes work at King &amp; Wood Mallesons and Fangda Partners in Hong Kong and Shenzhen offices.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17bcedd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17bcedd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7862980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7862980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Monograph<\/p><ul><li><em>The Law of Unjust Enrichment in China: Necessary or Not?<\/em> (Springer International Publishing, 2022)<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-06178-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-06178-3<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Journal Articles<\/p><ul><li>\u201cDomestic and Foreign Illegality: Towards a Unified Flexible Approach?\u201d (2027) <em>Journal of Business Law <\/em>(forthcoming)<\/li><li>\u201cThe \u2018Contracting Problem\u2019 of Algorithmic Contracts Revisited: A Perspective from China\u201d (2027) <em>Asia Journal of Law and Society <\/em>(forthcoming)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Illusory Problem of Intention in Algorithmic Contracts\u201d (2026) <em>Penn State Dickinson Law Review<\/em> (former Penn State Law Review &amp; Dickinson Law Review) (forthcoming)<\/li><li>\u201cUncovering \u2018Trusts\u2019 in China: Law in Books, Law in Action and Law in Perception\u201d (2026) <em>European Business Organization Law Review<\/em> (forthcoming) (with Xingguang Zou)<\/li><li>\u201cPrivate Autonomy and State Policies: The Hybrid Nature of Chinese Trusts\u201d (2026) <span>19 <\/span><em>Journal of Equity <\/em><span>(pp. 138-181)<\/span><em><\/em> (with Jeremy Hui Jing)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/10192557.2025.2581769\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLegal Harmonisation in the Greater Bay Area: A Case Study of Macau Trust Law\u201d<\/a> (2025) <em>Asia Pacific Law Review<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.uclawsf.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1899&amp;context=hastings_international_comparative_law_review\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAI Governance in China: A Tale of Three Digital Empires\u201d<\/a> (with Charles Chao Wang and others) (2025) 48 <em>UC Law SF International Law Review<\/em> (pp. 153-200)<\/li><li>\u201cKnowing Receipt in Chinese Trust Law\u201d (2025) 18 <em>Journal of Equity<\/em> (pp. 216-245) (with Jeremy Hui Jing)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.law.uw.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1952&amp;context=wilj\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cJustifying the Law of Unjust Enrichment: A Confucian Perspective\u201d<\/a> (2025) 34 <em>Washington International Law Journal<\/em> (pp. 75-106)<\/li><li>\u201cRegistration of Chinese Trusts: Lessons from English Trust Law\u201d (2023) 3 <em>Conveyancer and Property Lawyer <\/em>(pp. 267-287) (with Jeremy Hui Jing)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Transplantation of Quistclose Trusts in China \u2014 Legal Difficulties and Normative Uncertainty\u201d (2021) <em>Journal of Equity<\/em> (pp.153-180) (with Jeremy Hui Jing)<\/li><li>\u201cThe History of a Mystery: The Evolution of the Law of Unjust Enrichment in Germany, England and China\u201d (2020) 3 (2) <em>International Comparative, Policy &amp; Ethics Law Review <\/em>(pp.337-381) (with Lutz-Christian Wolff and Steven Gallagher)<\/li><li>\u201cLooking Back and Thinking Forward: The Current Round of Civil Law Codification in China\u201d (2019) 52 (3) <em>The International Lawyer<\/em> (pp.439-467)<\/li><li>\u201cThe Introduction of the New Negative List: A Remarkable but Limited Development of Foreign Investment Regulations in China\u201d (2019) 1 <em>Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation<\/em> (pp.27-31) (with Henry Z.Y. You)<\/li><li>\u201cChina\u2019s International Commercial Court under the Belt and Road Initiative\u201d (2018) 11 <em>International Company and Commercial Law Review<\/em> (pp.664-670)<\/li><li>\u201cChina\u2019s New Charity Law: A New Era of Charitable Trusts\u201d (2018) 8 <em>Trusts &amp; Trustees <\/em>(pp.768-777)<\/li><\/ul><p>Book Chapters<\/p><ul><li>\u201cThe Historical Developments of the Law of Unjust Enrichment in China\u201d in Sagi Peari and Warren Swain (eds), <em>Rethinking Unjust Enrichment: History, Sociology, Doctrine &amp; Theory <\/em>(Oxford University Press, 2023) (pp. 29-54)<\/li><li>\u201cMandate Contracts\u201d in Bu Yuanshi (ed), <em>Chinese Civil Code &#8211; The Specific Parts<\/em> (C.H. Beck Verlag, 2023) (pp. 171-186)<\/li><li>\u201cExceptions to Pacta Sunt Servanda in the Chinese Civil Code\u201d in Normann Witzleb (ed), <em>Pacta sunt servanda in Changing Times: East Asian Perspectives<\/em> (Routledge, 2023) (pp. 20-37)<\/li><li>\u201cArtworks and Charitable Trusts in China\u201d in Marta Cenini (ed), <em>Trust, Artistic Estates and Collections<\/em> (Wolters Kluwer, 2019) (pp. 101-122)<\/li><\/ul><p>Case Comment<\/p><ul><li>\u201cChange of Position as Defence to Unjust Enrichment Claims: Stories from Hong Kong\u201d (with Henry Z.Y. You) (2023) 52 (2-3) <em>Common Law World Review <\/em>(pp. 53-60)<\/li><li>\u201cProsecutor v Ratko Mladic \u2014 Challenges to Judicial Impartiality\u201d (2020) 6 <em>European Human Rights Law Review <\/em>(pp.655-663) (with Henry Z.Y. You)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7a63bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7a63bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">RESEARCH GRANTS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b628a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b628a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Principal Investigator, Early Career Scheme, 2026\/2027, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cerg1.ugc.edu.hk\/cergprod\/scrrm00542.jsp?proj_id=24600226&amp;old_proj_id=null&amp;proj_title=&amp;isname=&amp;ioname=&amp;institution=CUHK&amp;subject=&amp;pages=3&amp;year=2026&amp;theSubmit=24600226\">The Hybrid Nature of Chinese Trusts<\/a>\u201d, HKD 310,747, 24 months<\/li><li>Principal Investigator, CUHK Direct Grant for Research, 2023\/2024, \u201cArtificial Intelligence in Legal Practice: Ethical Concerns and Legal Implications in China\u201d, HK$100,000, 24 months<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5367950 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5367950\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19598c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19598c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li>PhD, CUHK LAW<\/li>\n \t<li>LLM, CUHK LAW<\/li>\n \t<li>LLB, China University of Political Science and Law<\/li>\n \t<li>Qualified lawyer in PRC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f336c05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f336c05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">SELECTED AWARDS AND HONOURS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac47cfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac47cfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Excellent Lawyer Award, King &amp; 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