Chingyi Fan is Honorary Dean of National Institute of Legal Aid, China University of Political Science and Law, based in the city of Beijing. Professor Fan is one of the 100 jurists who have powerful and far-reaching influence on the development of the rule of law in China. Professor Fan is also the deputy director of Behavioral Law of China Law Society, deputy director of China Procuratorial Society, consultant of China Prison Association, consultant of Institute of Criminal Procedure Law Committee of China Law Society, member of the Advisory Committee of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, member of the Advisory Committee of the Department of Directing Lawyers and Notarization, adjunct professor of National Prosecutors College of P.R.C, Chinese Academy of Governance, National Judges College and etc., supervisor for expert consulting and law enforcement of People’s High Court and People’s Procuratorate of Beijing, and deputy director of Institute of Procedure Law of Beijing.
Professor Fan has been teaching and researching in the field of criminal procedure law, evidence law and judicial system for more than 40 years and has made enormous achievements in philosophical research of criminal procedure law and evidence. Among others, his research on the truth theory of judicial adjudication has promoted the modern developments of Chinese jurisprudence of criminal procedure system and evidence rules.