Law and Development in China

-         The Legal Dimension of China’s Development Model

Tentative Symposium Schedule

 

17 March 2011, Thursday

Arrival at Studio M Hotel

 

Free Evening

 

18 March 2011, Friday

0825                            Speakers at hotel to assemble in hotel lobby

0835                            Bus leaves hotel for symposium venue

(NUS Law School, Lee Sheridan Room)

 

0900-0920                   Registration & Coffee

 

0920-0940                   Welcome Address

                                    Gary F. Bell, Director, Asian Law Institute, National University of Singapore

                       

                        Opening Remarks

Tan Cheng Han, Dean and Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Introductory Comments
Wang Jiangyu, Principal Symposium Convener, National University of Singapore

 

 

 

 

 

SESSSION I              LAW AND CHINA’S DEVELOPMENT MODEL: GENERAL TOPICS

 

Chairperson:             Professor Michael Dowdle, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

 

0940–1000                  Law and China’s Development Model: Minimalism, Pluralism, Pragmatism or Prescriptivism?

                                    Professor Jacques Louis deLisle, Faculty of Law, University of Pennsylvania

 

1000–1020                  Law and Market Development in China

                                    Professor Wang Chenguang, Tsinghua University Law School

 

1020–1040                  The Political Economy of Rule of Law in Middle-Income Countries: Rule of Law in Eastern Europe and China

                                    Professor Randall P. Peerenboom, La Trobe University School of Law

 

1040-1120                   Discussion

 

1120-1135                   Coffee

 

 

SESSION 2                LAW, DEVELOPMENT AND THE STATE APPARATUS

 

Chairperson               Professor Tey Tsun Hang, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

 

1135-1155                   Legal Coordination on Foreign Direct Investment Incentives in the Yangtze Delta Region
Professor Kong Qingjiang, Zhejiang Gongshang University School of Law

 

1255-1215                   Decentralization of Lawmaking to Local Courts: Does it Matter to China’s Economic Success?

                                    Professor Xi Chao, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

           

1215-1245                   Discussions

 

 

 

1245-1415                   Lunch
                                    Federal Portico Lounge, Level 1, Federal Building

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION II               LAW, DEVELOPMENT AND STATE APPRATUS (CONTINUED)

 

1415-1435                   State Channeling of Social Grievance: Evidence from China?

                                    Professor Lu Haitian, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

 

1435-1455                   The Historical Evolution of China’s Administrative Compensation System and its Recent Amendments

                                    Professor Yang Yin, Shanghai Institute for Judicial Studies & Shanghai University of Political Science and Law

 

1455-1515                   Discussions

 

 

SESSION III              LAW AND BUSINESS

                                   

 

Chairperson:             Professor Wee Meng Seng, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

 

1515-1535                   Contract Law and the Treatment of Non-Performing Loans in China

                                    Professor Ling Bing, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

1535-1555                   An Empirical Study of Business Franchising in China

                                    Professor Yu Guanghua, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

 

1555-1625                   Discussions

 

 

1625-1640                   Coffee Break

 

 

1640-1700                   Why and How the Chinese Capital Markets Should be Linked?

                                    Professor David C. Donald, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

1700-1720                   Application of Microtrade in the Chinese Context

                                    Professor Lee Yong-Shik, The Law & Development Institute

 

1720-1740                   Entering the Chinese Market Through Takeovers – A Glimpse on the Current Legal and Regulatory Regime

                                    Professor Guo Li, Peking University Law School

 

                                   

 

1740-1810                   Discussions

                                   

 

1815                            Group Photograph

                                    Outside Eu Tong Sen Building

 

1825                            Bus departs Faculty of Law for Studio M Hotel

                                   

1910                            Meet at Studio M Lobby to walk to Dinner Venue

 

1930-2130                   Welcome Dinner @ Jumbo Seafood Riverside Restaurant

                                    (For Speakers and Invited Guests)

 

2130                            Walk back to Studio M Hotel

 

19 March 2011, Saturday

0825                            Speakers at hotel to assemble in hotel lobby

0835                            Bus leaves hotel for symposium venue

 

 

SESSION IV              CHINA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

 

Chairperson               Professor Arif A Jamal, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

0900-0920                   China, International Investment and the Role of Law: An Empirical Approach

                                    Professor Shan Wenhua, Xi’an Jiaotong University/Oxford Brookes University

 

0920-0940                   WTO Dispute Settlement and Negotiations: A Brief Review of China’s Involvement

                                    Dr. Ji Wenhua, The Permanent Mission of P.R. China to WTO

 

0940-1000                   The Great Transformation: Law, Development and State Building in China

                                    Professor Wang Jiangyu, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

 

 

 

1030-1100                   Discussions

                       

1100-1110                   Coffee Break

 

 

STUDENT SESSION

 

Chairperson               Mr. Chen Li, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

 

1100-1115                   Criminal Procedure Law in China: Great Expectations versus Realistic Reform

                                    Loh Khian Chung, LLB graduate of NUS Faculty of Law (2010)

 

1115-1130                   Transformation of Informal Institutions to Formal Institutions: From Ugly Ducklings to Beautiful Swans

                                    Goh Chong Jin Junasis, fourth year undergraduate student, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

 

1130-1145                   Copyright Protection in China

                                    Tan Pei Qing Eugenia, fourth year undergraduate student, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

 

1145-1215                   Discussions

 

1215-1230                   Concluding Remarks

 

1300- 1445                  Lunch
                                    Federal Portico Lounge, Level 1, Federal Building

 

1500                            Bus departs Faculty of Law for Studio M Hotel