The Fourth Forum 21st Century International Forum of Law School Deans and Jurists was recently held at Renmin University of China with the theme of “World Rule of Law Forum in The Era of AI”. The forum brought together nearly 200 participants including presidents of the world’s top 100 schools of law, heads of international organizations and experts from 37 countries and regions on five continents, and attracted more than 600 presidents of schools of law and practical experts from mainland China. The program included five parallel Dean’s Forums and 14 thematic forums, which provided a professional and high-level academic platform for exchanges. At invitation, Li Hongjiang, program coordinator of the School of Law (SOL) at City University of Macau (CityU), attended the opening ceremony, the Dean’s Forun and the launch of the draft recommendations for the criminal procedure code and the symposium on amendments to the code.
The activity series gathered around many distinguished guests from home and abroad. The leaders of national institutions such as the Chinese Law Society, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, as well as former politicians, senior officials and renowned scholars from Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, UNESCO, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law and other international organizations attended the event and delivered speeches. In addition, deans of the world’s top law schools in eminent universities, such as Harvard University, Oxford University and Cambridge University, as well as leaders of law and political universities from many countries had an in-depth discussion on deepening the global cooperation mechanism for legal education and research.
Li Hongjiang, SOL program coordinator delivered a keynote speech at the press conference of the launch of the draft recommendations for the criminal procedure code and the symposium on amendments to the code.
The discussion topics of different sessions were both cutting-edges and systematic, covering topics such as “future rule of law and digital jurisprudence”, “global legal responses to digital assets”, “artificial intelligence and dispute resolution”, and “criminal justice”. Meanwhile, in-depth exchanges were conducted in areas such as “global South and the rule of law in BRI countries”, “the changing public law: an international comparative perspective”, “civil code of the People’s Republic of China” and “constitutional law”. In addition, the forum also featured extensive discussions on a diverse range of topics, including “new balance in intellectual property”, “digital economy competition law”, “human rights protection and the construction of an accessible environment”, “food safety governance in the Asia-Pacific”, and “climate change” and the press conference of the launch of the draft recommendations for the criminal procedure code.
Source: School of Law
