Department of Accountancy

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HAN Peng, Helen 韓鵬

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Associate Professor of Teaching
 

LL.B, MJur (Law, Oxford), PhD (Law, HKU)

Department of Accountancy

 

Phone: (852) 2616-8184

Email: [email protected]

Research Interests:

  • Jurisprudence, Legal Theories and socio-legal Studies

  • China Law

  • Business Law (Contract Law, Company Law)

  • Competition Law

  • Intellectual Property Law

  • Law and Accounting

 

Research Fellow Appointments:

  • Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Competition Policy and Regulation

  • Centre Fellow, Centre for Social Policy and Social Change

     

Major Teaching Interests:

  • Legal Theories and Socio-legal Studies

  • China Law

  • Legal Aspect in Business

  • Company Law

 

Monograph Authored:

  • Han Peng, The Changing Nature of Law and Social Solidarity in Contemporary China: A Durkheimian Analysis, Routledge, Dec 2020.

 

Book Chapters:

  • Hongyan Geng, Han Peng, Hin Fat Tsang, Daniel Shen, “Integrating Virtual Reality with Co-teaching in General Education: A Study on Geology, Ecology, and Law Courses”, pp43-55, in Transcending Boundaries in the Digital Age, 25 July 2025, Springer.

  • Han Peng, “Development of Individualism in Chinese Legislation and Social Solidarity - A Durkheimian Approach”, in International Law and Social Justice, David A. Frenkel & Jorge Emilio Núñez (ed.), ATINER, 2020.

 

Peer-Reviewed Papers (selected)
  • Helen Han Peng, Nicole Cao Ying, “Two Institutional Effects Under Distinct Compliance Architectures: The Parallel Evolution of Specified Financial Products 
  • Ecosystems Driven by Hong Kong’s Full Real-Name Regime and the United States’ Entry-Point Real-Name Model”, 智慧法治與社會 [ Smart Rule of Law and Society], Hong Kong Asia-Pacific Academic Publishing, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2026.

  • Han Peng, Nicole Cao Ying, "The Evolving Path of ESG Regulations in Hong Kong in the Digital Era", Athens Journal of Law, Athens Journal of Law 2025, 12: 1-26.

  • Han Peng, “The development of Macau Criminal Code since Macau’s Return to China-from the perspective of Durkheimian Socio-legal theory”, 2019 Issue No.6, “Journal of Henan University of Economics and Law” which is a peer-reviewed and core journal in “全國中文核心期刊（法律類）/ National Chinese Core Journals of Law”

  • Han Peng, “Development of Individualism in Chinese Legislation and Social Solidarity - A Durkheimian Approach”, Athens Journal of Law, Volume 6, Issue 4, 2020, pp339-360; also as a book chapter in International Law and Social Justice, David A. Frenkel & Jorge Emilio Núñez (ed.), ATINER, 2020.

 

Press Media

  • Han Peng, “香港與美國穩定幣專法的比較分析： 實名制的差異及影響 [A Comparative Analysis of Stablecoin Laws in Hong Kong and the United States: Differences and Impacts of Real-Name Registration]” in 南嶺風騷, Sing Tao Daily, Jan 19, 2026

  • Han Peng, Cao Ying, 香港保險業的數碼化趨勢及監管挑戰 【The digitalization trends and regulatory challenges in Hong Kong's insurance industry】in  南嶺風騷, Sing Tao Daily,7 April 2025.

  • Han Peng, 人工智慧（AI）機器人走進法學課堂：提高學生思辨、分析能力和學習興趣  【AI Robot in Legal Classes: Enhance students’ critical thinking capacity, analytical ability and improve their  interest of learning】in  南嶺風騷, Sing Tao Daily, Jan. 30, 2023.

 

Refereed Conference Papers:

  • Han Peng, Cao Ying, “Transforming Legal Education: Evaluating the Efficacy of a Metaverse-Based Role-Playing Game for Enhancing Legal Education”, eLEARNING FORUM ASIA 2026, 15-16 July 2026， National Taipei University of Business, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Han Peng, Cao Ying, “The Evolving Path of ESG Regulations in Hong Kong in the Digital Era" at the 22nd Annual International Conference on Law, 14-17 July 2025, Athens, Greece.

  • Han Peng, “ESG Legal Research and Sharing Experience in Talent Cultivation at the Department of Accounting at Lingnan University, Hong Kong" in the International Accounting Talent Cultivation Summit Forum from May 9th to 11th, 2025, sponsored by the Higher Finance and Economics Education Branch of the China Higher Education Society and the National Accounting Industry-Education Integration Community, and hosted by the School of Accounting at Guangzhou Huashang University.

  • Han Peng, “Digital Law in Higher Education-Challenges and Sharing Teaching Digital Citizenship through Scenario based AR Learning Trails”, eLEARNING FORUM ASIA 2024 - EMPOWER & EMBRACE: Innovating Higher Education with Edtech, Hong Kong Baptist University, 4 – 5 December, 2024, HK.

  • Han Peng, Cao Ying, “Transforming the Insurance Landscape: Digitalization Trends and Regulatory Challenges in Hong Kong”, International Conference on Legislation and Regional Synergistic Development”, November 16-17, 2024, Association of Legislation in China (ALC)/ 中国法学会立法学研究会 and School of Law, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PRC.

  • Han Peng, Xu Yue, “A Comparative Legal Research on the Employment relationship between Food Delivery Industry and Workers in Hong Kong”, 31st World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR Congress), Seoul, South Korea, 7-13 July, 2024. 

  • Geng Hongyan, Han Peng, Tsang Hin Fat, “Integrating Virtual Reality with Co-Teaching in General Education: A Study on Geology, Ecology, and Law Courses”, HKAECT International Conference 2024, 13 - 15 June 2024, The University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG.

  • Han Peng, “Piloting ‘Lingnan Genius’ – An AI Robot to Engage Students’ Learning in Law Courses”, Community of Practice Symposium of Education Innovation and Technology, June 2, 2022.

  • Han Peng, "Features of social phenomena in Chinese society and reflections on Durkheim's theory", "Communities and (their) Law" Conference, The Käte Hamburger Center for Advanced Study "Law as Culture", 1 and 2 July, 2021, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

  • Han Peng, “Understanding the Implementation of ‘National Security Law’ in HK from Durkheimian Sociological Perspective,” in “HK Basic Law: Review and Prospect/香港基本法：回顾与前瞻” conference, 9 April, 2021, Institute of Public Policy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

  • Han Peng, “Discrimination in Workplace in HK”, 17th Annual International Conference on Law 13‐16 July 2020, Athens.

  • Han Peng, “Individualism in Chinese Legislation and its Role in Social Transition – A Durkheimian Approach”, 16th Annual International Conference on Law, Athens Institute for Education and Research, 15-18 July 2019, Athens, Greece.

  • Han Peng. “Analysis on the Changes of Criminal Laws on the Crime of Embezzlement and Bribery and Corresponding Changes of Mechanical Solidarity in the P.R.C”, 29th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR Congress), 7-13 July 2019, University of Lucerne, Switzerland.

  • Han Peng. “From ‘Rule of Men’ to ‘Rule of Law’? – A Durkheimian Approach on Analyzing Changes of the PRC Constitutional Laws”, 11th East Asian Conference on Philosophy of Law, 13-14 December 2018, University of Hong Kong.

  • Han Peng. “Challenges and Development of International Tax Treaties under China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’”, 78th Biennial Conference of the International Law Association, 19-24 August, Sydney, Australia, 2018.

  • “How We Can Protect Children Effectively in the Future? -A Discussion on the Children Abuse in Chinese Nursery and the Modification of Laws”, 15th Atiner Annual International Conference on Law, 16-19 July, Athens, Greece, 2018.

  • “The Changes of Criminal Law and Collective Consciousness in Contemporary China: A Durkheimian Approach”, 2018 Annual Meeting of ICON·S, the International Society of Public Law, 25-27 June, the University of Hong Kong, HK, 2018