Tong Lihua is the founder and director of the Beijing Children’s Legal Aid and Research Center, which was established in 1999 as the first legal organization in China to focus on child protection. He was a visiting scholar at the Yale Law School and the Columbia Law School in the United States (in 2004 and 2008). He innovatively developed a comprehensive child protection model, providing direct legal aid service, conducting empirical research, promoting public advocacy, establishing a network of volunteer lawyers, and participating in legislation reforms. He is the principal advocate for child protection legislation reforms in China, serving as a consultant for institutions such as the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, and drafting expert revisions of laws such as the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors” at the request of units such as the National People’s Congress. The Beijing Children’s Legal Aidand Research Center was given special consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 2011. Tong Lihua has actively participated in the United Nations Human Rights Council and held relevant theme side events. He initiated the establishment of the Global Children’s Partnership Project and the Children’s Protection Lawyer Fellowship Project, cultivating legal leadership in child protection in developing countries. In 2012, Tong Lihua was selected as the only public interest figure of the year by the International Bar Association.