Zhou Lin, Professor of the Intellectual Property Center of China Academy of Social Sciences; Visiting Professor of Tokyo University of Japan in 1996; Visiting Professor of the Institute of Information, Telecommunication and Media Law of Muenster University in 2000. Zhou Lin has also teaches courses on Intellectual Property Law and Art Law at Peking University and Central Academy of Fine Arts of China.

Prof. Dr. Zhou Lin was invited by Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court (1995-1996), and presided over and participated in the investigation of nearly thirty IPR cases. From 1999 he was invited by eResolurion - an international domain name dispute resolution organization, as an arbitrator. Several cases were handled by Zhou Lin.

At present, Prof. Dr. Zhou Lin is a member of the Council of China Copyright Society, a member of the Cultural Heritage Law Committee of International Law Association. He has published several articles on copyright law, trademark law, art law in Britain, Germany, Japan and China. He has also published several books: An Introduction of China's Copyright Law (chief editor), Art Law Handbook (chief editor), The Documents of the History of China's Copyright Law (chief editor) and China Court Cases on Intellectual Property Rights (chief editor).