htmlOn the afternoon of March 30, the Zhongda Center for Globalization and Rule of Law of Peking University was officially established at the Peking University School of Law. The picture shows Wu Zhipan (center), vice president of Peking University, and Bu Ronggen (right), global executive partner of Zhongda Law Firm, jointly unveiling the establishment of the research center. China Net News (Reporter Han Lin) The Zhongda Center for Globalization and Rule of Law Research of Peking University was officially established at the School of Law of Peking University on the afternoon of March 30. Peking University Law School also hired Paul Gewirtz (Chinese name Ge Weibao), a professor of Constitutional Law at Yale University Law School in the United States and director of the Yale Law School China Center, as the first professor of the research center.
Wu Zhipan, Vice President of the Standing Committee of Peking University, Zhang Shouwen, Dean of the School of Law of Peking University, Bu Ronggen, Global Executive Partner of Jones Day Law School, Ge Weibao, Professor of Yale Law School, Pan Jianfeng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Dean of Peking University School of Law, Han Dayuan, Dean of the School of Law of Renmin University of China, and Zhang Weiying, Professor of Guanghua School of Management of Peking University, attended the establishment and appointment ceremony. Vice President Wu Zhipan and Bu Ronggen jointly unveiled the establishment of Zhongda Center for Globalization and Rule of Law Research. Vice President Wu Zhipan also awarded Zhongda Law Firm the "Peking University Outstanding Education Contribution Award" on behalf of Peking University. Vice President Pan Jianfeng awarded the appointment letter to Paul Gewirtz's lecture professor. The event was hosted by Wang Xixin, Vice Dean of the School of Law of Peking University.
Director Zhang Shouwen said in his speech that Zhongda Law Firm has long provided great help to the international research and teaching of Peking University Law School. The School of Law of Peking University has always been committed to cutting-edge academic research from an international perspective. Now the establishment of the Zhongda Globalization and Rule of Law Research Center is also to build this center into a vibrant academic research base and build it into an important think tank for globalization and rule of law research.
Bu Ronggen gave a speech entitled "The Role of International Law Firms in the Era of Globalization". He said that as early as 2012, when Zhongda Fund cooperated with Peking University, the two sides had the idea: jointly establish an important research center to study the relationship between legal development and economic progress from a global perspective, and encourage researchers and students to conduct in-depth discussions on the importance of the rule of law in realizing global welfare in the world's most populous countries. Professor Ge Weibao's academic research in this field and his rich teaching experience and academic achievements make him an ideal candidate to promote this cause.
Professor Ge Weibao also gave a keynote speech entitled "Law is the cornerstone, lawyers are the leaders" at this event. He said that the cooperation between Zhongda Fund and Peking University Law School is of great significance to the development of China's legal education. He was deeply happy and honored to be the participant in it.
During the event that day, Professor Zhang Weiying from the Guanghua School of Management of Peking University and Professor Han Dayuan from Renmin University of China spoke respectively and commented on the event.
It is reported that the US Zhongda Fund donated RMB 5 million to the School of Law of Peking University in May 1912 to establish the "Zhongda Globalization and Rule of Law Chair Professor" project, and in October 2013, it donated RMB 5 million to Peking University to prepare for the establishment of the "Peking University Zhongda Globalization and Rule of Law Research Center".
The United States Zhongda Law Firm is one of the world's largest law firms. It has 40 representative offices in major commercial and financial centers around the world. It serves as external lawyers for more than half of the Fortune Global 500 or the Financial Times Global 500 companies, or provides important legal agency services.
Peking University Law School began in 1904 AD as a legal school in the Jingshi University School, and is the first major center for modern and contemporary Chinese legal research and education. The college currently has national key disciplines including legal theory, constitutional law and administrative law, criminal law, and economic law. It has many leaders in the fields of teaching and scientific research. People who are famous at home and abroad are coming in. Cross-border visits and exchanges between teachers and students are becoming more and more frequent, and the scale is growing.
htmlOn the afternoon of December 30, the Peking University Law School held an appointment ceremony, and hired Paul Gewirtz (Chinese name Ge Weibao), a professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School in the United States and director of the Yale Law School China Center, as the first professor of the research center.The picture shows Pan Jianfeng (left), Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Dean of Peking University School of Law, awarding the letter of appointment to Professor Ge Weibao (right). Peking University decided to award Zhongda Law Firm the "Peking University Outstanding Education Contribution Award", and Bu Ronggen (right) received the medal from Vice President Wu Zhipan on behalf of Zhongda Law Firm.
Zhang Shouwen, Dean of the School of Law of Peking University, delivered a speech.
Wang Xixin, Vice Dean of the School of Law of Peking University, hosted the event that day.
Professor Ge Weibao gave a keynote speech entitled "Law is the cornerstone, lawyers are the leaders" during the event.
B Ronggen gave a speech entitled "The role of international law firms in the era of globalization."
Professor Zhang Weiying from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, commented on the event.
Professor Han Dayuan, Dean of the School of Law of Renmin University of China, spoke.
