In order to thoroughly implement the deployment requirements of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and other departments for studying and publicising the Civil Code, the Political and Legal Committee of Gansu Provincial Committee of the CPC, in conjunction with the Confidential Bureau of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the CPC and the Department of Justice of Gansu Province, jointly held a special lecture on the Civil Code, and invited Prof. Zhang Tong from the College to give a lecture entitled the Legislative Spirit and Significance of the Civil Code in Lanzhou on 16 July, 2020.

The lecture was moderated by Li Yundong, Executive Vice-Secretary of the the Political and Legal Committee of Gansu Provincial Committee of the CPC. More than 200 Party members from the Committee, the Bureau and the Department attended the lecture.

Zhang Tong made a detailed and comprehensive interpretation and analysis of the Civil Code from four aspects of the legislative background, legislative spirit, system structure and significance. The theme of the lecture was clear and the content was rich, with an in-depth while simple, specific while vivid presentation. The audiences present at the meeting said that through Zhang's explanation, they broadened their horizons, expanded their thinking pattern, and gained a deeper understanding of the great significance, the background of the times, and the main contents of China's civil code, and that it would vigorously promote the use of the "rule-of-law" thoughts and approaches in their political and legal work.