RCCL Retreat
On 7 Nov 2019, the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law (RCCL) held a Retreat to review on the Centre’s recent development and to discuss its future development. Participants of the Retreat include RCCL’s core members and associate members, as well as the Dean of School of Law Prof. Cheng Han Tan and two incoming RCCL members who will join our Law School in January 2020, namely Prof. Liu Qiao and Prof. Wang Jiangyu.
The Retreat started with RCCL Director Dr. Chen Lei’s briefing of all participants on the mission, structure and recent achievements of RCCL, including the research projects it undertook, the academic activities it held, as well as the Centre’s research grant capture, publicity channels, and Visiting Fellow Programme. During the introduction, Dr. Chen emphasized the need for RCCL to further enhance its mission in its future development, especially in encouraging interdisciplinary scholarship, forging international research.
After that, our Dean Prof. Tan was invited to talk about his strategic plan for RCCL’s future development. He pointed out that, as China continues to rise as a leading world power, our Law School — which puts strong emphasis on Chinese law — is destined to be a top law school in the world, hence he considered RCCL plays an extremely crucial role in the future development of our Law School. Besides, Dean Tan also mentioned the importance of network-building (especially in terms of institutional collaboration) and interdisciplinary research to RCCL, and he thought that RCCL should play a role in influencing the development of law (and the rule of law) in Greater China.
The third presenter in the Retreat was incoming member Prof. Wang Jiangyu. Sharing similar views with Dr. Chen and Prof. Tan, Prof. Wang elaborated his view on how should RCCL enhance its research collaboration and interdisciplinary research. He pointed out that RCCL should serve four functions, namely research, policy analysis, capacity building and networking. He also gave examples of projects and programmes that could help in achieving these functions.
After the three professors’ presentations, all other participants were invited to give their comments on the presentations and their views on the way forward for RCCL.
To showcase one aspect of RCCL’s achievements, the final part of the Retreat was the presentations by our two postdoctoral fellows, namely Dr. Du Ruyi and Dr. Sebastien De Rey, on their recent research.
The Retreat was concluded by Dr. Chen who thanked all participants for joining the Retreat as well as their valuable comments and suggestions which were definitely crucial to the future development of RCCL.
2019年11月7日，我院中國法與比較法研究中心舉行集思會，藉以檢視本中心最近的發展情況及討論其未來發展。參加本次集思會的包括本中心的核心成員及附屬成員、法律學院的院長陳清漢教授，以及將於2020年1月加入法律學院及本中心的劉橋教授及王江雨教授。
集思會開始，首先由中國法與比較法研究中心主任陳磊博士向各位與會者簡介本中心的目標、架構以及最近發展情況，包括本中心最近進行的研究項目、舉行的學術活動、獲得的研究資助、宣傳途徑和訪問學者計劃。在有關介紹中，陳博士特別強調中國法與比較法研究中心的未來發展必須進一步加強落實其目標，尤其在鼓勵跨學科研究、建立國際研究合作關係及與本地社會進行法律交流方面。
接著，我院院長陳清漢教授講解了他對本中心所制訂的未來發展策略。他指出在中國持續發展為世界上的領導國家之際，我院這個以中國法為主要研究及教學領域的法學院必定以成為全球頂尖法學院為目標，因此中國法與比較法研究中心在我院的未來發展上擔當了一個至關重要的角色。另外，陳院長亦同時提到建立研究及學術合作交流網絡 (特別是在學術機構的合作層面上)以及跨學科研究對中國法與比較法研究中心的重要性。他認為本中心應在大中華地區的法律及法治發展中擔當一個具影響力的角色。
發展的意見
本次集思會的第三位發言人是將成為本中心成員的王江雨教授。王教授表示同意前兩位教授對中國法與比較法研究中心未來發展的意見，並在此基礎上詳細闡述了他對本中心在加強研究合作及跨學科研究方面的建議。他指出中國法與比較法研究中心應同時有效地發揮研究、政策分析、能力建構及網絡建立四個作用，並列舉了一些有助發揮這些作用的研究項目及學術活動作例子，以供與會者參考。
在三位教授分別發言之後，其他與會者不單就他們的發言作出評價，同時亦提出了他們對中國法與比較法研究中心未來發展的意見。
為展示中國法與比較法研究中心其中一項新成就，我們安排了受聘於本中心“博士後研究員計劃”的兩位博士後研究員 (分別為杜如益博士及Sebastien De Rey博士) ，在本次集思會最後一個環節介紹他們目前所進行的研究。
本中心主任陳磊博士最後為本次集思會作總結。他感謝各位與會者參加本次集思會，並指出會議上各位對中國法與比較法研究中心未來發展所提出的寶貴意見及建議都值得深思及研究。