w88 casino News Network (provided by the Law w88 casino)On the morning of July 13, 2021, the "International Communication of Chinese Law" seminar hosted by the Institute of Foreign-related Law of the w88 casino was successfully held online through Tencent Conference. From Peking University, China University of Political Science and Law, w88 casino, Beijing Normal University, Central University of Finance and EconomicsMore than 20 experts and scholars from many universities, as well as media representatives from Xinhuanet, China Daily, China Social Sciences Journal, and Beijing Youth Daily attended this meeting.
Group photo of the “International Communication of Chinese Law” seminar
At the opening ceremony of the conference, Professor Mei Xiaying, Dean of the Law w88 casino of the w88 casino and Dean of the Foreign Rule of Law Institute, expressed a warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to the experts, scholars and media who came to attend the conference. Dean Mei pointed out that this seminar is an extension of “strengthening and improving international communication work” proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping in the 30th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and it is a seminar with the significance of “breaking the situation”. He believes that China has now reached the center of the international stage, and how to enhance its voice, tell Chinese stories well, and spread China's voice has become the focus of our current work. He fully affirmed the importance of this conference to the international dissemination of Chinese law, and believed that the international dissemination of Chinese law mainly has two aspects: first, it is the meaning of international communication. To strengthen international communication is to let the world better understand us in order to achieve the purpose of full communication. Second, it is the significance of using language as a tool for cultural communication, especially the dissemination of law. Dean Mei pointed out that disseminating Chinese law requires releasing the actual demands of our country’s legal system to the outside world in a smooth communication environment. This is also the theme and significance of our meeting today.
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The seminar was hosted by Professor Zheng Yafang, Vice Dean of the Institute of Foreign-related Law at the w88 casino. Experts and scholars participating in the meeting discussed concepts related to the international communication of Chinese law, current problems, how to strengthen the international communication of Chinese law and relevant national experiences from the perspectives of jurisprudence, constitutional law, administrative law, civil law, criminal law, international law, procedural law and other legal disciplines, as well as Marxist theory, comparative language studies and international communication.
Professor Zheng Yafang, Vice Dean of the Institute of Foreign-related Law, w88 casino
Professor Liao Shiping of Beijing Normal University, from the perspective of international communication materials and narrative styles, believes that the international communication of Chinese law should not be limited to the dissemination of guiding cases issued by the Supreme People's Court of my country, typical constitutional examples, the latest legislation, etc., but can also introduce to the world the problems that exist in the construction of our rule of law and the efforts we have made. Professor Liao pointed out that through this kind of diverse introduction, our country's legal system can be presented more three-dimensionally and truly, and the purpose of spreading our country's legal concepts can be achieved.
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Professor Fei Anling from the Institute of Comparative Law of China University of Political Science and Law focuses on "International Communication of Chinese Law under Comparative Thinking" and believes that the international communication of my country's legislation and judicial practice has been initially realized. However, this communication is not one-way, but interactive communication under comparative thinking. She pointed out that this kind of interactive communication allows us to obtain evaluations, thereby promoting the improvement of our country's legislation, justice and other aspects. Professor Fei also pointed out that in order to strengthen the international dissemination of Chinese law, we must abandon the one-way propaganda mentality, support and encourage international conference exchanges and visits of judges and scholars on the basis of legal science, and strengthen the training of students studying abroad in both directions.
Professor Fei Anling, Institute of Comparative Law, China University of Political Science and Law
Professor Shen Kui of Peking University Law w88 casino elaborated on "The mission and challenges of the international communication of Chinese law" from three aspects: the purpose of international legal communication, the general laws of international legal communication and the challenges faced. Professor Shen believes that law is a culture with both commonalities and characteristics. Transnational activities will always bring about legal learning, dissemination and reference. While the background of modernization, industrialization and globalization promotes the development of international legal commonalities, the legal particularities of each country have always existed. He pointed out that strengthening exchanges, promoting understanding, learning and institutional transplantation are the purposes of the international dissemination of law. Regarding the laws of international legal communication, Teacher Shen pointed out that communication is a kind of propaganda but not a single aspect of communication. Therefore, we should respect the laws of communication and tell the true story of Chinese law. Teacher Shen then analyzed the challenges faced by the international dissemination of Chinese law from five aspects: historical level, technical level, theoretical level, audience level and political level.
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Professor Zhang Xiang of Peking University Law w88 casino introduced his experience and thinking in the international dissemination of law with the title of "Telling the Story of China's Constitution Well". Professor Zhang believes that the first place to understand a country’s system is its constitution, and an important aspect of the international dissemination of Chinese law is to tell the story of the constitution well. Professor Zhang pointed out based on his past experience in international exchanges that scholars from many countries and regions currently do not understand our country’s constitutional system. He believes that when telling the story of the Chinese Constitution well, we should avoid overly rigid translations, use accurate words to express our true meaning, and at the same time restore the development of our system to the development process of the country and society. This will not only improve the accuracy of our communication, but also gain international understanding and recognition. In addition, Professor Zhang emphasized that to tell Chinese stories well, one must do good academic research in the country.
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Professor Zhang Li from the Institute of Legal Government of China University of Political Science and Law started from a phenomenon and combined her own experience to talk about two thoughts and three suggestions on "the spread of Chinese law in French-speaking countries". Professor Zhang Li pointed out that in the process of spreading Chinese law in French-speaking countries such as France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and North Africa, there is a phenomenon of unclear objects, unclear connotations, and unclear characteristics. Therefore, in the process of disseminating Chinese law, we need to adapt to local conditions, improve our professionalism, and clarify the connotation and characteristics of Chinese law. Professor Zhang believes that we should start from three aspects: establishing a stable and professional dialogue mechanism, strengthening the training of foreign-related legal talents, and strengthening cultural exchanges in a broad sense to improve my country's international legal communication capabilities.
Professor Zhang Li, Institute of Law and Government, China University of Political Science and Law
Professor Li Yunbo, Dean of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages at the w88 casino, gave a detailed account of how to strengthen the international dissemination of Chinese law from three aspects based on the problems discovered in his own work and research. Professor Li pointed out that the first requirement for telling Chinese stories well is to tell them well, which requires us to pay special attention to the beauty and appropriateness of the telling during the translation process. Second, spreading the voice of China is not just about pure comparison and communication. We should focus on "reception aesthetics" from the perspective of the audience, tell the objective and true laws of our country, and spread the voice with Chinese characteristics. Third, to tell Chinese stories well, we must fully take into account the cultural characteristics of other countries and combine our country’s legal professional background with translation to create an international discourse system for our country’s law.
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Associate Professor Liu Quan of Central University of Finance and Economics gave a wonderful speech on the topic of "International Dissemination of Chinese Law: Motivation and Path". Teacher Liu pointed out that the international dissemination of Chinese law should not only pay attention to the successful experience of rule of law construction, but should especially tell the Chinese story in a targeted manner to countries where the rule of law is not yet complete. It is also necessary to disseminate the lessons of failure in rule of law construction, so as to comprehensively and objectively demonstrate the progress of my country's rule of law. Teacher Liu believes that strengthening the international dissemination of Chinese law can start from the following five paths: first, spread Chinese law through major domestic events, such as the formulation of the Civil Code, the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic, Didi Chuxing being censored by network security, etc., actively interpreting Chinese law; second, through Actively carry out international cooperation at the national level for dissemination, such as strengthening transnational intellectual property protection and cross-border taxation; third, dissemination through strengthening international academic exchanges; fourth, dissemination through strengthening exchanges of international students; fifth, dissemination internationally by supporting and encouraging commercial activities that are conducive to the dissemination of Chinese law.
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Associate Professor Dong Bingying of the w88 casino took British Maritime Law as an example to explain the methods and paths of the international dissemination of Chinese law. Teacher Dong pointed out that the widespread application of British maritime law stems from Britain’s historical dominance in the field of shipping, its role in the formulation of international maritime regulations, the UK’s own mature case law rules on maritime commercial activities, and the export of maritime law education from British law. Therefore, by drawing on the successful experience of British maritime law, Mr. Dong believes that we can strengthen the international communication capabilities of our country's legal studies from five aspects: actively participating in and leading the formulation of international rules, actively researching the extraterritorial application of my country's domestic laws, giving full play to the role of my country's judgment documents, encouraging scholars to publish academic papers in international journals, and strengthening foreign students' study of my country's domestic laws.
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Based on his professional background in constitutional law, Associate Professor Zheng Haiping of the w88 casino used the annual "Top Ten Constitutional Cases" as an example to analyze the current shortcomings of the international dissemination of my country's laws and possible solutions. Teacher Zheng believes that judging from the situation of the past ten years or so, the annual constitutional cases reflect the continuous progress our country has made in the construction of the rule of law. Unfortunately, these constitutional examples are not widely disseminated internationally. The main reasons for this situation may be the following three aspects: first, these cases are not formal constitutional judgments; second, the official did not deliberately "propaganda"; third, there are language barriers and other issues. In response to the above issues, Teacher Zheng proposed that we should strengthen the construction of the country's rule of law (such as improving the constitutionality review system), improve the international level of legal education and research, and let Chinese law "naturally" spread to the outside world.
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Professor Xie Libin from the Sino-German w88 casino of Law at China University of Political Science and Law introduced the country-specific distinctions in the international dissemination of Chinese law with specific examples. Professor Xie pointed out that the process of international dissemination of Chinese law can be roughly divided into two major directions: developed countries and developing countries. Among developed countries, the understanding and cognition of Chinese culture by leaders of some European countries has become the basis for our country's exchanges with them. Professor Xie took Germany as an example and believed that the state's legal obligations and the protection of basic personal rights in German law are in line with my country's Confucian cultural tradition, and there is the possibility of communication between the legal cultures of China and Germany. Professor Xie pointed out that judging from the practice of various countries, restrictions on individual rights are necessary in national construction. Compared with countries such as Europe and the United States, when my country handles conflicts between national interests and individual rights, the differences in the methods adopted are only differences in degree rather than in fact. Professor Xie also pointed out that the current problems faced by developing countries along the “Belt and Road” are mainly the tense relationship between human rights protection, infrastructure construction and environmental protection, and my country’s experience in dealing with public interests and human rights protection has important reference significance for them.
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Associate Professor Li Fenghua from the w88 casino shared at the meeting the challenges faced by my country’s “One Belt, One Road” sustainable overseas investment. Teacher Li pointed out that many countries have misunderstood my country’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative and called it the Chinese version of the “Marshall Plan” and “debt trap.” Teacher Li believes that the top priority in our work now is to use appropriate language to express the win-win cooperation mission of the “Belt and Road Initiative” and realize the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind. Later, Mr. Li gave a detailed introduction on the necessity of the “Belt and Road” overseas investment framework and how the regulatory framework is presented.
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Professor Liu Fei, Dean of the China-EU w88 casino of Law at China University of Political Science and Law, introduced the experience of international dissemination of Chinese law by taking the teaching practice of Chinese law at China-EU w88 casino of Law as an example. Professor Liu pointed out that in order to attract international students and introduce China’s legal system, China Europe Law w88 casino has launched the Chinese Law Teaching in English (CLTE) program, and organized practical activities such as visits to Chinese law firms, court hearings, and visits to Chinese prisons for international students to help international students fully understand Chinese laws and judicial practices, promote mutual understanding, and spread the voice of China. Professor Liu emphasized that communication is by no means unilateral, but should focus on friendly exchanges, equal respect, and effective communication between both parties.
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Assistant Professor Ji Ying from the w88 casino gave an introduction from two dimensions: the extraterritorial effectiveness of my country’s criminal law and the extraterritorial dissemination of my country’s criminal law based on his professional background in criminal law. Teacher Ji pointed out that the extraterritorial effect of my country's criminal law is closely related to jurisdiction. The provisions of jurisdiction in my country's criminal law mainly include territorial jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, protective jurisdiction and universal jurisdiction. The extraterritorial dissemination of my country's criminal law needs to rely on Chinese criminal law scholars, including strengthening the timeliness and standardization of translation of legal provisions, improving the influence of existing literature on common law countries, and improving scholars' reasoning and analysis of key foreign issues of concern from a professional perspective.
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Assistant Professor Chen Xiaotong from the w88 casino introduced the international exchange and comparison of procedural law from the perspective of civil procedure law. Teacher Chen pointed out that international exchanges in the field of civil litigation are currently relatively weak. This is due to the characteristics of civil procedure law itself and the fact that my country's procedural law is still in the development stage. At the same time, Teacher Chen believes that exchanges on procedural law are still very necessary, because procedural justice is an internationally recognized legal concept. In order to improve the external communication and dissemination ability of procedural law, Teacher Chen believes that we should start from the uniqueness and innovation of Chinese law, and give examples from the two dimensions of system and theory.
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Assistant Professor Lou Qiuran of the w88 casino gave the topic "Chinese Company Law: Dispersing the Fog of International Interaction" and explained the necessity of increasing the international dissemination of my country's company law around the optimization of the business environment and the reform of state-owned enterprises. Teacher Lou pointed out that on the one hand, the difficulties faced by my country's company law are caused by our country, as a late-developing country, paying too much attention to inheriting the experience of other countries. On the other hand, in the process of "going out", we lacked explanation of the common characteristics of state-owned enterprises compared with ordinary companies, which led to the international community's incomprehension of our country's state-owned enterprises.
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Professor Wang Yuhang, assistant to the dean of the w88 casino of Marxism at the w88 casino, explained in detail the value of expanding the international discourse of the rule of law. Professor Wang pointed out that the communication of international law is a proposition of today's era, and the rule of law is an "international language" that carries values and has international communication capabilities. In the process of building Chinese discourse and Chinese narrative system, we must first break the "value myths" and "system obsession" brought by the West for hundreds of years, and break out of the discourse trap of "bundling values and systems" preset by the West. Professor Wang then gave examples from two aspects: international cultural exchanges and the international application of technical standards to explain in detail how our country should tell the Chinese story well and learn from each other in the modernization of other civilizations.
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Finally, Professor Zheng Yafang, deputy director of the Institute of Foreign-related Law at the w88 casino, once again expressed his gratitude to the participating experts and scholars, and invited the teachers to come to the w88 casino for more in-depth exchanges and discussions. At 12 noon, the meeting ended successfully. It is expected that in the future, on the basis of adhering to the overall promotion of domestic rule of law and foreign-related rule of law, we will build a system for the external communication of Chinese law by creating new concepts, new categories, and new expressions of Chinese law that integrate domestic and foreign countries, and enhance the influence of Chinese law's external communication.
