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