The College of Comparative Law and its Comparative Law Institute and China-American Law Institute held the Symposium of Modernization of China’s Comparative Law on Xueyuanlu Campus on 19 Nov, 2016.

The conference was sponsored by the Comparative Law Association of the China Law Society and the Beijing Comparative Law Association. Over 30 scholars from Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Sichuan University and other institutions attended the conference.

Scretary-in-General of the Beijing Comparative Law Association & Director of the China-American Law Institute Prof. Liu Chengwei moderated the meeting. President of the Beijing Comparative Law Association, Vice President of the China Comparative Law Association & Dean of the College of Comparative Law Prof. Gao Xiang, and Vice President of the China Comparative Law Association & Director of the Comparative Law Institute Prof. Wang Zhihua presented opening remarks.

The symposium focused on the topics of fundamental theory of comparative law and branches of comparative law. For each topic, five scholars provided their speech and two made a comment.

The participants shared and exchanged their opinions, and made several proposals to the development of comparative law during the conference.