Zhang Linghan is a Professor of Law at the Institute of Data Law, China University of Political Science and Law, and was a Visiting Scholar at Cornell Law School.

She is a member of the UN High-Level Advisory Body on AI, the UNDP Human Develop Report's Advisory Board, the Information and Communication Science and Technology Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cybersecurity Legal Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Public Security, and the China Information Security Law Committee. For years, she has participated in legislative advisory work on algorithm regulation, platform governance, data security, and artificial intelligence governance in China. In 2024, she served as the lead drafter for the drafting expert group of the China Artificial Intelligence Law (Scholar Proposed Draft).

Her research mainly focuses on legal issues related to AI, algorithms, data, and platform governance, and has had a broad impact on both academia and policymaking. In 2024, she was named to TIME’s 100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence.