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18 to 19 March 2011

NUS Faculty of Law, Singapore

(Participation for this closed-door symposium, convened by the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and supported by the Asian Law Institute (ASLI), is by invitation only.)

A symposium on The Legal Dimension of China’s Development Model will be convened by the National University of Singapore and co-hosted by the Asian Law Institute (ASLI). It will be held at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law and funded by a generous research grant from NUS.

The research symposium aims to explore the role of law in China’s modernization drive since the People’s Republic of China was established, focusing on the legal developments in the Reform Era (from 1979 to present). Over the past thirty years, China has achieved tremendous economic success and is now the world’s second largest economy. During the same period, China has also built a rather comprehensive legal system, although it is still at the nascent stage in terms of sophistication. The development of China’s legal system is currently at a critical juncture as the policymakers and China law observers are faced with two questions. First, it has been heatedly debated as to whether a formal legal system has made a critical contribution to China’s remarkable economic success. Second whether the Chinese Legal system is one based on the rule of law, or at least, is marching toward the rule of law. These questions are crucial as they are related to both an assessment of the past history and the future direction of the Chinese legal system. This research symposium seeks to address these questions.

The speakers are: David C. Donald, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Guo Li, Law School, Peking University; Jacques deLisle, Law School, University of Pennsylvania; Ji Wenhua, Permanent Mission of PRC to World Trade Organization; Kong Qingjiang, School of Law, Zhejiang Gongshang University; Lee Yong-Shik, The Law & Development Institute; Ling Bing, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Lu Haitian, School of Accounting and Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Randall P. Peerenboom, School of Law, La Trobe University; Shan Wenhua, School of Law, Xi'an Jiaotong University; Wang Chenguang, School of Law, Tsinghua University; Wang Jiangyu, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore; Xi Chao, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Yang Yin, Shanghai University of Political Science & Law and Yu Guanghua, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong.

Click here for the tentative programme schedule.