Registration and Program Information for the 2022 Annual Meetiong of the European China Law Studies Association (Copenhagen 21-23 September)n

 

 

I am happy to piss along registration information for the upcoming European China Law Studies Association 2022 annual Conference. This year we are most fortunate to have as the keynote speaker Fu Hualing (the University of Hong Kong) whose remarks are entitled: The National Supervision Commission in Context: Appropriation amidst Adaptation.

Conference Registration (by 15 September 2022) here: https://jura.ku.dk/icourts/calendar/2022/european-china-law-studies-association-annual-conference-2022/registration/

 More information HERE. Program follows:

Conference Programme

Day 1. Wednesday, September 21, 2022

10:30 am-12:00 pm

Welcome and Keynote

Power and Justice in Administration. Sarah Biddulph, Melbourne Law School (physically)

12:00 pm-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Panel 1 China and Frontiers of Global Economic Governance (online)

Chair: Qingjiang Kong, China University of Political Science and Law

1. Emerging Rules on Cross-border Subsidies: A Typological Analysis and Proposals for China’s Approach. Ru Ding, China University of Political Science and Law

2. Chinese Investment Disputes and Non-Adversarial Dispute Settlement. Mark McLaughlin, Singapore Management University

3. The Transparency Obligations in Post-WTO Era: How Will China Read and React? Yifan Zhou, China University of Political Science and Law

4. Digital Trade in China Free Flow of Information versus Data Localisation. Shuai Guo, China University of Political Science and Law

Panel 2 China, Law, and Foreign Direct Investment

1. Resolution of Sino-foreign Disputes within Chinese Free Trade Zones. Magdalena Łągiewska, University of Gdańsk (physically)

2. The Protection of Foreign Investment in China’s Constitutional Law: An Evolving Constant. Ji Ma and Dini Sejko, University of California Irvine School of Law & Chinese University of Hong Kong (physically)

3. Chinese Multinationals’ Compliance Dilemma. Ji Li, University of California Irvine (physically)

4. Investment Incentives and International Subsidies Disciplines: The Elephant in the Room? Wei Yin, Southwest University of Political Science and Law (online)

Panel 3 Legal Culture and History of Law in China and Europe (1)

1. Reason and Fairness: Dialogue between Chinese and European Ideas of Justice. Ulrike

Müßig, University of Passau (online)

2. State, Market, and Legal Form: The Rise of Chinese Ordo-Legalism. Lucas Brang, University of Cologne (online)

3. The Legalisation of Socialist Core Values: An Empirical Analysis of Local Regulations in the PRC. Josephine Lea Rüegsegger, University of Oxford (physically)

4. Li and Canon: Similar Origin of Western and Eastern Law. Yifan Shang, University of Passau (physically)

2:30 pm-3:00 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:00 pm-4:30 pm

Panel 4 Eight Years (2014-2022) of Chinese Discourse Power in International Law (1)

(physically)

1. Reconciling a ‘Foreign Policy of Peace’, a ‘Shared Common Future of Humankind’ and ‘Core Interests’: China’s Realist Foreign Policy and the Values of International Law. Wim Muller, Maastricht University

2. China and the International Court of Justice. Mauro Barelli, University of London

3. EU-China Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters: Cooperation and Confrontation on Human Rights Discourses. Matthieu Burnay, Queen Mary University of London

Panel 5 Legal Aspects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

1. The BRI--how the SPC Serves National Strategies and its Institutional Agenda. Susan Finder, Peking University School of Transnational Law (physically)

2. Regulating a Sustainable Belt and Road Initiative: the Framework and its Implementation. Fenghua Li, University of International Business and Economics (online)

3. The Governance of Digital Trade Barriers under the "Belt and Road" Perspective and China's Response. Jiabao Duan, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

4. The Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on International Investment Arbitration. Maximilian Schwärecke, Tongji University & Humboldt-Universität (physically)

Panel 6 Human Rights in China

1. China’s Domestic Law Barriers to International Labor and Human Rights Standards: the CAI and the Uyghur Challenge. Ronald C. Brown, University of Hawaii Law School (physically)

2. Law and Societal Change in the 2020s, the Case of the Law of the PRC on the Protection of Minors. Valeria Fappani, University of Trento (physically)

3. Judicial Discourse on Domestic Violence in China: a Corpus-Based Analysis. Sara D’Attoma, University of Verona (physically)

4. Exporting the Right to Development from Beijing to Geneva: Rhetoric and Diplomacy. Yiqiang Liu, Leiden University (physically)

4:30 pm-6:00 pm

Panel 7 Eight Years (2014-2022) of Chinese Discourse Power in International Law (2)

(physically)

1. A Human Rights Discourse in the Making – An Analysis of China’s White Papers on Human Rights. Huaru Kang, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

2. China’s International Human Rights Discourse after 2014 and its Consequent Impact on the International Human Rights Normative Order. Zhang Shuyuan, Maastricht University

3. How could China Address International Public Opinion on it from a Public International Law Perspective —— Case Studies under Transboundary Harm Context. Doudou Huang, Maastricht University

Note: ECLS General Assembly in Room 6B-4-04, 4th floor (5:00-6:30 pm)

Panel 8 Law of Trade and Investment

1. A Legal Study of the Future of the BRI in Europe in the Light of the Planned EU Rebuilding of Ukraine. The Case of the Western Balkans, Stanislav Gubenko, University of Luxembourg (physically)

2. Holding Chinese Companies Accountable – A Pawn on a Geopolitical Chessboard. Tami Groswald Ozery, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (physically)

3. Market-Oriented Conditions” and WTO Reform: The Implication for China. Bashar H. Malkawi, University of Arizona (online)

Chinese Foreign Investment Regulatory Regime: A Difficult Balance between National Treatment and National Security Screening. Gianluca Allegri, University of Turin (physically) The Legal Controversy Surrounding China and African Relationship. Chukwuemeka A Okenwa, Middlesex University (physically)
Panel 9 Legal Culture and History of Law in China and Europe (2) (physically) Early Muslims as the Huawairen in the Tang Code: Inclusiveness and Exclusiveness of Imperial Chinese Legal Culture. Gang Li, University of Erlangen Nurnberg From Jade Discs to Technology Contracts - Comparative Analysis of Cultural and Historical Background of Development of Contract Law in China. Anna Maria Rizzo, University of Silesia The Transmission of the Private International Law in Late Qing Dynasty: Translation, Education and Pursuit of Civilization. Kaiqiang Zhang, New York University & Tsinghua University
6:30 pm-7:30 pm	Reception

 

Day 2. Thursday, September 22, 2022

9:00 am-10:00 am

Keynote

The National Supervision Commission in Context: Appropriation amidst Adaptation. Fu Hualing, The University of Hong Kong (online)

10:00 am-10:30 am

Morning Tea

10:30 am-12:00 pm

Panel 10

Panel 11

Panel 12

Panel 10 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Chinese Law (online)

1. Extraterritoriality of Chinese Law: Myths, Realities and the Future. Zhengxin Huo, China University of Political Science and Law

2. Legislation on Extraterritorial Application of Chinese law: Present Situation, Problems and Future. Guo Yujun, Wuhan University

3. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of China’s Antimonopoly Law. Qiang Yu, Shandong University of Science and Technology

4. Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of China and International Civil Procedure: A Comparative Perspective. Ruida Chen, China University of Political Science and Law

Panel 11 CAI’s Contribution to International Investment Law: European, Chinese,

and Global Perspectives (online)

Chair: Julien Chaisse, City University of Hong Kong

1. Economic Integration via Novel Investment Agreements: CAI’s Focus on Market Access vis-à-vis the Current BITs Between China and EU Member States. G. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa, Carnelutti Law and Wojciech Giemza, European University Institute

2. Liberalising the Chinese Market: State-Owned Enterprise Disciplines in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. Xueji Su, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg & Chinese University of Hong Kong

3. Investment for Green Growth: An Analysis of the CAI Environmental Provisions. Xu Qian, Zhejiang University

4. Obstacles, Opportunities, and Red Lines in the European Union: Past and Future of the CAI in times of (Geo)-politicisation. Matthieu Burnay and Kolja Raube, Queen Mary University of London & KU Leuven

Panel 12 Women’s Rights and Law in China

1. “Giving Full Play to the Unique Role of Women in Social and Family life”. Abortion in the PRC between Women’s Rights and State Demographic Policy. Simona Novaretti, University of Turin (physically)

2. Legal Parentage in Surrogacy Cases in China and Beyond. Yingying Wu, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

3. Women, CCP and Xi Jinping ́s Political Discourse. Pia Eskelinen, University of Turku (online)

12:00 pm-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Panel 13 Conflicts of Laws and Future of International Arbitration in China

1. Weaponising Anti-Suit Injunction by Chinese Courts: Judicial Assertiveness and Political Embeddedness. Lei Chen, Durham University (physically)

2. Changing with the Times? The Future of International Arbitration in China. Joel Evans, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

3. Transplantation and Localization: Anti-Suit Injunction in China. Ma Le, East China University of Political Science and Law (online)

4. Prospects of China’s New Arbitration Law: From the Perspective of Balancing Legal Paternalism and Autonomy of Will. Fang Ruian, China University of Political Science and Law & Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (online)

5. The Battle of Ideas under UNCLOS Dispute Settlement Procedures--the Doctrine of Cogent Reasons as the Stimulus of Settled Jurisprudence, Ke Song, University of Edinburgh (physically)

Panel 14 Investment Law and Dispute Settlement (online)

1. Is the China International Commercial Court (CICC) International? An Empirical and Comparative Analysis. Yueming Yan, Singapore Management University

2. How Green are Chinese Investment Treaties? Ying Zhu, Renmin University of China

3. China’s Perspective on the Multilateral Investment Court: A Developed or Developing Approach? Thembi Pearl Madalane, University of Szeged

4. China’s Response to the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: Prospects, Challenges and Following Reforms. Yunzhu Chen, China University of Political Science and Law

Panel 15 Labor Security and Pension System in China (online)

1. Institutional Pensions, Intergenerational Exchange, and Family Support for the Elderly in Rural China, School of Public Administration. Jinfei Lu, East China Normal University

2. How Heavy is China’s Social Insurance Premiums– Taking Basic Pension Insurance for Urban Employees as an Example? Tuo Hongwu, Guangzhou College of Technology and Business

3. The Legal Dilemma and Policy Practice of the Work Security of the New Economic Employment Realm. Hu Naijun, University of Chinese Academy of Science

4. Innovation at the Institutional Level is Needed to Develop Personal Pensions in a Flexible Way. Yu Miao and Yang Yansui, Tsinghua University

5. From Cradle to Heaven: Helping Seniors Lead a Healthier and Longer Life. Liu Fangtao, Taikang Pension & Insurance Co., Ltd.

2:30 pm-3:00 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:00 pm-4:30 pm

Panel 16 Law and Social Credit in China

1. Social Credit ‘in’ or ‘as’ the Cage of Regulation of Socialist Legality. Larry Catá Backer, Pennsylvania State University (online)

2. Debating the Legality of Social Credit in China – A Review of Chinese Legal Scholarship. Marianne von Blomberg and Björn Ahl, University of Cologne (physically)

3. China’s New Personal Information Protection Law – A Tool to Ensure the Accuracy of Public Social Credit Information? Hannah Klöber, University of Cologne (physically)

4. Legal and Discursive Dynamics of Personalized “Pillars of Shame” in Chinese, Data Governance. Keren Wang, Pennsylvania State University (online)

5. China’s Sanctions on the ‘Untrustworthy’ in the Context of the Social Credit System. Qiao Cong-Rui, Free University Amsterdam (physically)

Panel 17 China’s Investments in the Western Balkans: Legal and Economic Issues

(physically)

1. Legal Issues of China-Serbia Relations: EIA Case Study. Mirjana Drenovak-Ivanović, University of Belgrade

2. China's Investments in Western Balkan Countries: Possibilities and Challenges. Vladan Ivanović, University of Kragujevac

3. Access to Justice in Cases related to Environmental Protection in the Republic of Serbia with Special Emphasis on Chinese Investments. Tina Janjatović, Ministry of Environment, National Focal Point for Aarhus Convention, Serbia

4. Legal Issues of China-Serbia Relations in Bosnia and Hercegovina. Amra Tabucic, EPTISA, Bosnia and Hercegovina

Panel 18 Judicial and Administrative Law Development in China

1. More than Addressing Legislative Conflicts: the Evolving Recording and Review Practice of Chinese National People’s Congress Standing Committee. Dongyu Sun, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (physically)

2. China’s Central Local Relations: A Turn Towards or Against Federalism. Aisi Zhang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, School of Law (online)

3. Zombie Legal Reform? : Judicial and Administrative Law Development in China under Xi Jinping. Neysun A. Mahboubi, University of Pennsylvania (physically)

4. Order of Power in China’s Courts – The Administrative Ranking System and its Significance in Chinese Law and Politics. Ling Li and Wenzhang Zhou, University of Vienna & Shandong University (online)

5. Constitutional Crossroads in the People’s Republic of China. Leigha Crout, King’s College London (online)

4:30 pm-6:00 pm

Panel 19 Law of Intellectual Property Rights

1. Patents and Innovation in China: the Four Stages of the 4I Emulation Process, Emilio Ramos. Lawyer (online)

2. An Empirical Analysis of China's Use and Response to Injunctions in Cross-Border Standard Essential Patent Litigation. Shi Quan, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

3. Anti-suit Injunctions and Jurisdictional Competition in Global FRAND Litigation: the Practice of Chinses Courts. Xu Yingying, Université d’Aix-Marseille (physically)

4. A Sino-European Comparative Study on the Definition of Geographical Indications. Jianar Zainula, University of Copenhagen (online)
Panel 20 Enforcement of Environmental Law in China (physically) Why Do Things Go Awry? A Review of the Environmental Daily Penalty System in China. Linlin Liu, Mark Poustie and Yuan Hu, University College Cork School of Law Ecologization of Civil Law – European Perspective on Chinese Environmental Sustainability in Contract Law. Jakub Zwierzchowski, University of Silesia & China University of Political Science and Law Jointly Promoting a Global Ecological Civilization without teeth: A Comparative Study of Extraterritorial Regulations for Security and the Environment. Bjørn Leif Brauteseth, University of Oslo Ecological Civilizer in the Anthropocene: The Role of Chinese Environmental Justice in Policy Implementation. Mingzhe Zhu, University of Antwerp & University of Political Science and Law
Panel 21 Party-State Relation and Criminal Justice The Relevance of the EU Criminal Policy and Legislation for the Reform of China’s Criminal Procedure Law. Liling Yue, China University of Political Science and Law (physically) Understanding and Responding to China’s Criminal Justice System: Lessons from New Zealand’s Decisions on Extradition to China. Ruiping Ye, Victoria University of Wellington (physically) The Backsliding of Legal Development in Xi’s China: A Lesson from “Picking Quarrels”. Luo Jiajun, Georgetown University & University of Hong Kong (online) Xunshi: Patrolling the Chinese Party-State. Shuyu Chu, Georgetown University & University of Hong Kong (online)
7:00 pm-9:00 pm		Dinner

 

Day 3. Friday, September 23, 2022

9:00 am-10:30 am

Panel 22 Data Privacy: China and the World

1. China’s Risk Approach to Data Privacy: Analyzing China’s New Personal Information Protection Law under a Comparative Perspective. Xiaodong Ding, Renmin University of China (online)

2. Development of Cross-border Data Flow Regimes in China. Yanqing Hong, Beijing Institute of Technology (online)

3. The Myth of Digital Surveillance in China. Weiwei Shen, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

4. The Global Politics of Data Protection Laws. Maj Grasten, Wen Xiang, Copenhagen Business School & University of Copenhagen (physically)

Panel 23 Legal Issues in China’s Special Economic Zones

1. International Ship Registration System in Hainan and Registration of Chinese-funded Flag of Convenience. Liying Zhang, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

2. The Road Toward the Building of an “Intellectual Property Powerhouse” in the People’s Republic of China. Evidence from the Hainan Free Trade Port, Gianmatteo Sabatino, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law & University of Rome (online)

3. Innovation of Rule of Law in the Chinese Greater Bay Area. Liu Mingkang and Chen Sheng, Sun Yat-Sen University & Central University of Finance and Economics (physically)

4. Legal Integration in China’s Greater Bay Area: Concepts, Practices and Issues. Feiyang Dai, City University of Hong Kong (online)

Panel 24 Covid-19, Health Code, and Regulation of Privacy in China

1. Legal Problems Arising from Abuse of Health APP. Georg Gesk, Universität Osnabrück (physically)

2. The Implications of Covid Responses for Autocratic Resurgence and Democratic Decline. Eva Pils, King’s College London (physically)

Processing of Personal Information by Public Authorities in China: Requirements in the Personal Information Protection Law. Yueming Zhang, Ghent University (physically) How does China’s Health Code Affect Privacy: An Empirical Study of the Protection of the Right to Know. Zhang Duo, China University of Political Science and Law (online) Right to Know versus Right to Privacy: the Boundary of Government Data Opening in Major Epidemic Prevention and Control. Chen Yan, City University of Hong Kong (online)
10:30 am-10:45 am		Morning Tea
10:45 am-12:15 pm		Panel 25	Panel 26	Panel 27
Panel 25 Space Law and Regulation of AI in China and Europe The Role and Influence of China on the Evolution of International Space Law. Güneş Ünüvar and Xueji Su, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law & The Chinese University of Hong Kong (physically) Competition or Cooperation: China’s Space Station and International Law-Making. Luping Zhang, China University of Political Science and Law (online) The European and Chinese Approach to Artificial Intelligence: Risks and Opportunities. Kitti Mezei, Hungarian Centre for Social Sciences (physically) The Logic of the Revision of China's Law on Scientific and Technological Progress and the New Situation it Faces. Huang Xiaotong, School of Public Policy and Management of UCAS (online)
Panel 26 Latest Development of China’s First Civil Code Commentary Literature on the New Chinese Civil Code: How to Use this Basic Working Tool. Knut Benjamin Pißler, University of Göttingen (physically) Unleashing the ‘Green Principle’ in the Chinese Civil Code. Jie Ouyang, University of Groningen (physically) Interpretation and Application of Article 1219 of the Chinese Civil Code — Investigation on the Medical Staff’s Obligation for Informed Consent and the Related Civil Liability. Yuanyuan Bai, Southwest University of Political Science and Law (online) The Perfect Match: Tradition and Innovation in the New People’s Republic of China’s Civil Code. Corrado Moriconi, Sapienza University of Rome (physically)

5. The Defaulting Party's Right of Termination: Innovation or Misconception? Liu Ning, Peking University (physically)
Panel 27 Regulating Digital Platforms in China The Great Rectification: Regulating China’s Online Economy. Rogier Creemers, Leiden University (physically) Platform Workers in the People’s Republic of China. Piotr Grzebyk, University of Warsaw (physically) How Equalitarian Regulation of Online Hate Speech Turns Authoritarian: A Chinese Perspective. Ge Chen, Durham Law School (online) The Rights and Obligations of Digital Platforms in Cross-Border Data Flow. Wang Ruiheng, Beihang University (online)
12:15 pm-1:15 pm		Lunch
1:15 pm-2:45 pm		Panel 28	Panel 29	Panel 30
Panel 28 Cyber Security and Data Protection Regimes Between Surveillance and Individual Protection. A Juridical History of the Cyberspace Administration of China. Davide Clementi, University of Macerata & Roma Tre University (physically) A discussion of the Emerging Data Governance Policy in China from a Global Competition Law Perspective. Math Heckman, Zuyd University of Applied Science (physically) The Application of the Principle of Due Diligence in Cyberspace and Implications for China Reflections on Most Recent Papers on Positions of the Relevant States. Luo Kuangyi, Wuhan University (online) A Global Personal Information Protection with Chinese Characteristics. Alexander Dittberner, University of Osnabrück (physically)
Panel 29 Corporate Laws and Compliance in China Differentiated Voting Rights Arrangement under Dual-Class Share Structures in China. Min Yan, Queen Mary University of London (physically) Do Staggered Board Improve Value? Data-Driven Evidence from China. Chao Xi, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (online)

Reforming the Chinese Corporate Ecosystem. Colin Hawes, University of Technology Sydney (online) A Comparative and Empirical Analysis of the China Depository Receipt Regime: The Case of Red-chip Enterprises’ STAR Market Listing. Charles Chao Wang, East China University of Political Science and Law (online)
Panel 30 Environmental Law and Energy Legislation in China New Plastic Treaty: Environmental Impacts and Regulatory Challenges in China. Jie Yang, University of Copenhagen (physically) Low Carbon Evolution of China's Energy Legislation and Policies. Yue Xiaohua, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (online) Codification of Environmental Law in China: Progress and Problems. Kaijie Wu, Peking University Law School (online) Legal Practice and Future Prospects of Marine Plastic Debris Management in China. Ruilong Yin, Tsinghua University (online) Procuratorate-suit Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China. XiaoXiao Lin, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (online)
2.45 pm-3:00 pm		Afternoon Tea
3:00 pm-4:30 pm		Panel 31	Panel 32	Panel 33
Panel 31 Environmental Adjudication and Climate Change Litigation Climate Change Litigation: Global Problem, Local Solutions - Who Has the Legal Standing to Sue? The Analysis of the Approaches in China and Spain, Monika Prusnowska and Marta Abegón-Novella, University of Barcelona (online) Principled Environmental Adjudication in China: The Ecological Civilization Goes to Court. Daniel Sprick, University of Cologne (physically) Litigating Climate Change in Africa: Challenges and Prospects. Olubayo Oluduro and Wen Xiang, Adekunle Ajasin University & University of Copenhagen, (physically) Chinese Perspectives on Climate Change and ‘Ecological Migration’. Emma A. Imparato, Università Degli Studi l'Orientale (physically)
Panel 32 Sustainability, Supply Chain and Legal Matters

1. Impact of Upcoming European Sustainability Legislation on Chinese Companies Involved in the EU Market and/or in EU-Related Supply/Value Chains. Adolf Peter, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (online)

2. The Impact of Technology Transfer on Foreign Direct Investment. Nancy Carolina Fabara Verdezoto, Chinese University of Political Science and Law (physically)

3. The Legal Nature of Public-Private Partnerships Contracts: A Comparison between China and EU. Xianqi Peng, Ghent University (online)

4. A Comparative Study about Carbon Market Rules of China and EU. Guo Wenjing, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

Panel 33 Personal Information and Data Protection Regimes

1. Personal Information Protection Law in Action? A Preliminary Investigation of the Local Cyberspace Administration in China. Yi Ma, University of Copenhagen (physically)

2. Regulate Cross-Border Personal Data Flows. Raymond Yang Gao, University of Hong Kong (online)

3. Conflicts and Coordination Between IP Protection in Big Data Era and Data Sharing. Li Yan, Northwest University of Political Science and Law (online)

4:30 pm-6:00 pm

Panel 34 Maritime Law and Shipping Law

1. Problems Involved in Shipping Decarbonization and Possible Pathways. Hechen Wang, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

2. Development and Improvement of International Shipping Antitrust System in the Digital Economy Era. Shi Yuanhong, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

3. Categorization of Liability of Unmanned Ship Collision from the Perspective of Intelligence Level. Miao Wenqing, China University of Political Science and Law (online)

4. Global Governance on High Seas Marine Protected Areas. Rui Han, Tsinghua University (online)

Panel 35 Administrative Law and Government Regulations

A New Path of the Generation Mechanism for Social Enterprises in China from the Perspective of Complex System Evolution. Shaoming Zhu, University College Cork School of Law (physically) Communal Budget – Between Law, Policy, and Economics. Georg Gesk, Universität Osnabrück (physically) Practical Exploration and Development of Enterprise Compliance in China. Liu Shaojun, Anhui University (online)
Panel 36 Smart Courts and Online Dispute Resolution in China Independent Judicial Decision-Making by Artificial Intelligence: China’s Experiments and Implications. Jinyu Wu and Qiang Yu, Zhejiang Gongshang University & Shandong University of Science and Technology (online) Artificial Intelligence in China’s Courts. Fan Yang, University of Cologne (physically) The Unification of Justice in China’s Smart Courts. Straton Papagianneas and Nino Junius, Leiden University & Vrije Universiteit Brussel (online) The Development and Prospects of Online Litigation in China. Zhiyuan Guo, China University of Political Science and Law (online)
6:00 pm-6:15 pm	Closing Remarks