At the sixth congress and council meeting of Changjiang Society of Maritime Law, held in Wuhan on July 11, 2018, Professor Zhang Wenguang, a research fellow at CASS Institute of International Law, was elected the vice chairman of the Society.

Established in Wuhan in 1989, Changjiang Society of Maritime Law is a national corporate body registered with the approval of the Civil Affairs Department of the People’s Republic of China. It consists of unit and individual members in the field of maritime law throughout China (including Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) and is one of the 55 research societies directly under China Law Society.