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The Inaugural Meeting of Beijing Lawyers Law Research Association and 2021 China Lawyers Digital Forum was Held in Beijing

    To further study and implement President XI Jinping's thought on rule of law, promote the integration of theoretical research and judicial practice, conform to the law, and trend of digital development, and promote the prosperity and development of legal digitalization, Beijing Lawyers Law Research Association was formally established recently with the approval of Beijing Law Society. As the initiator and permanent secretariat of Beijing Lawyers Law Research Association, USTB has given great support to the preparatory work of the society and done a lot of work. Approved by superior unit, President of Beijing Lawyers Law Research Association will be served by Prof. XU Jiali, Professor, and PhD supervisor of Intellectual Property Center of USTB; and Secretary General of the Association will be served by Prof. HOU Denghua, Professor and PhD supervisor of Law Department of USTB School of Law.

    On October 9th, 2021, the inaugural meeting and unveiling ceremony of Beijing Lawyers Law Research Association was successfully held. Mr. XIAO Youmao, Secretary of the Party Committee and full-time Vice President of Beijing Law Society; Mr. WANG Jinxi, Vice President of Lawyer Law Research Association of China Law Society; Mr. ZHAO Zenghai, Vice president of Beijing Lawyers Association; Prof. JIAO Hongchang, Dean of Law School of China University of Political Science and Law; Prof. LIU Ruiqi, Dean of School of Law of Renmin University of China; Mr. YU Zhihong, President of Jilin Province Lawyer Law Research Institute; Mr. XU Jiali, President of Beijing Lawyers Law Research Institute, attended the inaugural meeting and opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

    It is worth noting that the first work carried out by Beijing Lawyers Law Research Association after its establishment is to initiate the establishment of "Digital Lawyers Forum of 50 People". Prof. HOU announced the first group members of the first "Digital Lawyers Forum of 50 People" and explained the significance of the establishment of the forum. "Digital is reshaping the world and leading the future. President XI attaches great importance to the digital economy and has made important instructions and instructions on many occasions, emphasizing the acceleration of the development of the digital economy, the integration of the real economy with the digital economy, and the deep integration of the Internet, big data and artificial intelligence with the real economy," Prof. HOU said, “It is in this background, Beijing Lawyers Law Research Association launched Digital Lawyers Forum of 50 People, hope that through polymerization of relevant government departments, academic circles, excellent representative, legal practice, lawyer industry technology companies such as power and resources, through the theoretical research and judicial practice, and the fusion of frontier science and technology to explore the law, to lay the foundation for the future development of Beijing lawyer industry, to break the information island and industry barriers in the process of building the rule of law, and to contribute to the process of promoting the rule of law in China."

    At the following 2021 China Lawyers Digital Forum, Mr. MO Jihong, Director of The Institute of Law of The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Prof. SHEN Weixing, Dean of the Law School of Tsinghua University, Prof. LONG Weiqiu, Dean of the Law School of Beihang University, Mr. Li Lei, founder of Fahe Technology Cooperation and founding partner of Yinghe Law Firm, Mr. Jin Jin, head of legal business of Baidu, positive internet celebrities in law field, the network opinion leaders, a well-known law blogger @Xiaoyiguoshi state from “The Defects of Rights in the Digital”, “The Basic Logic and Thinking of Data Ownership Allocation”, “Rules + Methods of Building Digital Legal Brands in the New Era” and other topics to share opinions on the digitalization development of the lawyer industry.

    The conference attracted nearly 200 people, including domestic legal experts and scholars, managers of law firms, lawyers' representatives, law schools and news media, to witness the establishment of Beijing Lawyers Law Research Association. As Prof. XU Shenjian, Dean of the School of Juris Master in China University of Political Science and Law, said in his concluding speech: “Comprehensively governing the country according to law requires us to make great efforts in promoting exchanges and communication, deepening academic research, strengthening team building, safeguarding the right to practice law, and developing legal science and technology. The establishment of Beijing Lawyers Law Research Association is at the right time, and we hope that the Society will play a positive role as a 'thinking bank' and 'brain trust'. Further promote the construction of the lawyer industry, academic research, talent training and the digital transformation of law firms.”


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    October 18,2021

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