Jingrong Li

Biographic Data

ID6318402
NAMEJingrong Li
GIVEN NAMESJingrong
FAMILY NAMELi
SIGNATURELI J
AFFILIATIONSHunan University
ORCID0000-0002-3945-6713
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Does Digital Infrastructure Facilitate Rural‐to‐Urban Migration? Evidence From China

    Open AccessJingrong Li, Feiyan Tang et al.ARTICLEPopulation Space and Place2026

    This paper exploits the staggered rollout of the Broadband China Policy as a quasi‐natural experiment to examine the impact of digital infrastructure expansion on rural‐to‐urban migration in China. Using data from the 2012 and 2018 waves of the China Family Panel Studies, we provide robust evidence that improvements in digital infrastructure significantly increase the probability of rural residents migrating to urban areas by 4.7%, corresponding …

  • Conflicts, reconciliation, and integration between li and law in early China

    Open AccessJingrong LiARTICLEJournal of the Royal Asiatic…2026

    This article explores the evolving relationship between li (rites) and fa (law) in early China amidst social transformations. It demonstrates that although li and law initially existed in tension following the publication of penal law in the late Spring and Autumn period, they gradually moved towards the process of reconciliation through Shang Yang’s legal reforms in Qin and Xunzi’s theoretical synthesis during the Warring States period. Ultimate…

  • The Governance of New Territories During the Qin Unification

    Jingrong LiARTICLET oung Pao2022

    This paper uses recently discovered administrative and legal manuscripts to investigate the governance of newly conquered territories during the Qin unification, with the aim of examining Qin’s governing intentions and strategies, which were inextricably interwoven with its swift territorial expansion. The manuscripts demonstrate that the new territories experienced instability and crisis and that Qin had to address various administrative problem…

  • The Promulgation of Law in Qin and Western Han China

    Open AccessLi Jingrong, Jingrong Li et al.ARTICLEEarly China2021

    This article studies the promulgation of law in Qin and Western Han China (221 b.c.e.– 9 c.e. ) based primarily on excavated legal and administrative texts. It shows that a new law was handed down from the emperor to the relevant offices on the day of enactment. The article argues that, to an extent, the subject matter and function of a law determined for whom it was passed and promulgated. Depending upon the location, rank, and official duties o…

  • Land titling and internal migration: Evidence from China

    Open AccessJingrong Li, Chenlei Zhang et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 8References: 24

  • The nature and function of theErnian lülingmanuscript unearthed from Zhangjiashan Han tomb no. 247

    Open AccessLi Jingrong, Jingrong LiARTICLEBulletin of the School of…2019Cited by: 1References: 4

    Legal manuscripts excavated from tombs serve as important materials for research on Qin and Han laws. These manuscripts differ from received legal texts or law documents found at archaeological sites in nature and function, as they were stored as funeral texts in tombs. This article studies theErnian lülingmanuscript in terms of its nature and function. It argues that the manuscript compiled in the second year of Empress Lü (186bce) nearing the d…

  • Prevalence of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in a rural district of Beijing, China: A population-based survey of 58,308 residents

    Open AccessLiu He, Xun Tang et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    High prevalence of CVD and probably changed epidemic pattern in rural communities of Beijing, together with the prevalent cardiovascular risk factors and population aging, might cause public health challenges in rural Chinese population