w88 casino News Network (provided by the Law w88 casino)From November 4th to 6th, the 6th China-Africa Academy Deans Forum was held at Makerere University in Uganda, with the theme of "Educational Support and Legal Guarantee for the High-Quality Development of China-Africa Cooperation." This forum was hosted by Makerere University Law w88 casino and co-organized by Renmin University of China Law w88 casino, University of Dar es Salaam Law w88 casino and Xiangtan University Law w88 casino. Vice President Gong Hongliu of w88 casino was invited to attend this forum in Africa as a member of the delegation of the China Legal Education Research Association (hereinafter referred to as the “delegation”).

The 6th China-Africa Institute Deans Forum was held

Makerere University is located in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. As a member of the World University Alliance, it is one of the oldest and most well-known universities in Africa. It became an affiliated college of the University of London as early as 1949. In 1963, it was jointly established with the University of Nairobi in Kenya and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania as the University of East Africa. In 1970, it became independent and changed its current name. Its law w88 casino is the oldest professional department in the w88 casino and the first institution in East Africa to launch legal education and cultivate legal talents. On November 5, the 6th Forum of Deans of China-Africa Academies opened here. Deans of law schools and teacher and student representatives from more than 20 universities including Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Renmin University of China, w88 casino, China Foreign Affairs University, Xiamen University, Xiangtan University, Central South University, Zhejiang Gongshang University, and Inner Mongolia University attended the forum.

Vice President Gong Hongliu delivered a keynote speech at the forum

During the meeting, deans of law schools and teacher and student representatives from China and Africa spoke successively and conducted in-depth discussions on the development of cooperation in legal education between China and Africa and the comparative study of legal systems. Vice President Gong Hongliu gave a keynote speech titled "Legal Education for a Re-globalized World: Practice and Perspectives of UIBE". Starting from the current new trend of "re-globalization", she summarized the characteristics of this trend of the times and the severe challenges it brings to legal education in the "Global South" (Global South). Based on the characteristic practice and remarkable results of w88 casino's foreign-related education, she put forward some thoughts on responding to the issues of the times in the context of high-quality development of China-Africa cooperation.

At the closing ceremony, the important outcome of this forum - the "China-Africa Legal Education Cooperation Declaration" was officially released. The declaration was co-signed by 25 law w88 casino deans and legal educators from China and Africa, reaffirming the importance of "supporting the holding of the China-Africa Law w88 casino Deans Forum, and encouraging and assisting Chinese and African universities to jointly build China-Africa legal research centers and legal talent training bases" proposed in the "Forum on China-Africa Cooperation-Dakar Action Plan (2022-2024)".

Visiting the Confucius Institute at Makerere University

On the occasion of the forum, the delegation met with Zhang Lizhong, Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, Henry, Vice President of Makerere University, and Ronald, Dean of the Law w88 casino, and made a special trip to the Confucius Institute at Makerere University. Before leaving Uganda on November 6, the delegation met with Mr. Sooma, Director of Airport and Aviation Safety of the Civil Aviation Administration of Uganda and President of the China-Uganda Friendship Association, at Entebbe International Airport to investigate the "Entebbe Airport Reconstruction and Expansion Project" undertaken by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC).

On November 7, the delegation visited the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and met and held discussions with President William-Andey Lazaro Anangisye, Dean of the Law w88 casino Sosteness Francis Materu and other heads of law w88 casino departments to exchange their experience in teaching and research results and explore prospects for cooperation in the fields of legal education research and legal talent training.

Visit the University of Dar es Salaam

On the afternoon of November 8, the delegation came to the Dar es Salaam starting point of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA), an important foreign aid project of New China that symbolizes the road of friendship between China and Africa. They interacted with the person in charge of the station and investigated the "TAZARA Railway Activation Project."

Visited the starting point of the TAZARA Railway in Dar es Salaam

On November 9, the delegation went to the Tanzania office of Yingke Law Firm for investigation and held a discussion with Lang Ruiqi, Executive Director of Yingke Africa and his team. The two sides conducted extensive exchanges on issues such as the elements and needs for cultivating legal talents in Africa and the legal guarantees required for Chinese companies to expand overseas and land in Africa. Vice President Gong Hongliu specifically mentioned the distinctive characteristics and importance of the element of "cross-cultural exchange" in African legal practice, and discussed the feasibility and prospects of w88 law students going to Africa for internships and employment.

Going to Yingke Law Firm’s Tanzania Office for Research

China-Africa Forum of Law w88 casino Deans was founded in 2013. The first forum was held in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa. The Sixth China-Africa Academy Deans Forum is an important academic conference supported by the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation-Dakar Action Plan (2022-2024), and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation-Beijing Action Plan (2025-2027) continues to chart the direction for China-Africa legal cooperation.