The 7th East Lake International Law Forum Was Successfully Held

On November 26, 2022, The 7th East Lake International Law Forum, co-hosted by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), Wuhan University, International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization (ICDPASO) and Chinese Society of International Law was successfully held.

The theme of the forum is "Strengthening the International Rule of Law and Promoting High-Level Opening-Up". HAN Jin, Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee of Wuhan University (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee), delivered a welcome speech. KE Liangdong, Member of CPC Party Leadership Group and Vice Chairman of CCPIT, HUANG Jin, President of Chinese Society of International Law (Member of ICDPASO Council), President of China Society of Private International Law (Member of ICDPASO Supervisory Committee), Professor and former President of China University of Political Science and Law (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee), ZHANG Yuejiao, Honorary Chair of ICDPASO, former Chair and Judge of WTO Appellate Body, Professor of Tsinghua University (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee) delivered remarks at the opening ceremony.

ZHOU Hanmin, Standing Committee Member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association, Vice Chairman of CPPCC Shanghai Committee, HU Fang, Deputy Chief Judge of the Fourth Civil Division of the Supreme People' s Court, Judge of China International Commercial Court, James Bacchus, former Chairman of the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body, Distinguished University Professor of Global Affairs at the University of Central Florida, LIU Jipeng, Dean of Capital Finance Institute, China University of Political Science and Law (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee) delivered keynote speeches.

In the session I of Panel Discussion, YANG Guohua, Professor at China Tsinghua University (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee) Law School，YANG Song, Vice President of Liaoning University, Jorge Neto Valente, President of the Macau Lawyers Association (Member of ICDPASO Supervisory Committee), YANG Zewei, Deputy Director of International Law Institute at Wuhan University (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee), DU Tao, Dean at International Law School of the East China University of Political Science and Law, Michael Kuper SC, Chairman of Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (Member of ICDPASO Council), Chairman of the China-Africa Joint Arbitration Centre (Johannesburg), LI Zhiyong, General Counsel of CSCEC International Construction Co., Ltd, Country Representative of Dispute Resolution Board Foundation in China, Proud Member of ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, WANG Jilian, General Counsel of China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) extensively discuss the theme of "International Rule of Law Enables High-level Opening-Up".

In the session II of Panel Discussion, YUAN Faqiang, Professor of the School of International Law of East China University of Political Science and Law, Senior Arbitrator of Wuhan Arbitration Commission, Zhang Hui, Deputy Director of International Law Institute at Wuhan University (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee), Elena Avakyan, Vice President of the Russian Federal Bar Association (Member of ICDPASO Council), ZHANG Xiaofeng, Deputy General Manager and General Counsel of COFCO China Tea Co., Ltd., GUAN Jian, Member of the WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee, Managing Partner of Beijing Globe-law Law Firm, MA Jianxin, Director of Risk & Compliance at Dow Jones China, PENG Jun, Member of the International Practice Committee of the All China Lawyers Association (Member of ICDPASO Council), Senior Partner of JINCHENG TONGDA & NEAL expressed their opinions about the theme of "International Law Analysis of Counter-Sanctions, Counter-Intervention and Counter ‘Long-Arm Jurisdiction’".

XIAO Yongping, Dean of Academy of International Law and Global Governance and Director of International Law Institute at Wuhan University (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee) presided over the opening ceremony. LIU Chao, Secretary-General of ICDPASO presided over the Keynote Speeches. XU Guojian, Senior Partner of SGLA Law Firm presided over the Panel Discussion, Panel I. CHEN Mai, Head of the International Court of Wuhan Arbitration Commission presided over the Panel II. LI Xiaokun, Executive Vice Dean of Wuhan University (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee) Academy of International Law and Global Governance presided over the closing ceremony, and LIU Chao, Secretary-General of ICDPASO and XIAO Yongping, Dean of Academy of International Law and Global Governance and Director of International Law Institute at Wuhan University (Member of ICDPASO Advisory Committee) made a closing speech.

The forum was held online, about 700 thousand viewers around the world watched the webcast live simultaneously.