Prof. Chen Congfu, Fu Sinian Honourary Professor & Distinguished Professor of National Taiwan University & Cai Wancai Guest Professor of its law school, gave a lecture on the Integration of International Contract Law and the Development of Comparative Law to students on Xueyuanlu Campus on the morning of 17 April, 2019.

This lecture is also the fourth of the serial celebrating lectures on the 10th Anniversary of the College of Comparative Law.

Dean of the College Prof. Xie Zhiyong moderated the lecture. Commentators included Deputy Secretary-in-General of the China Civil Law Society Prof. Wang Hongliang from Tsinghua University Law School, Deputy Director of the Graduate School of CUPL Prof. Liu Chengwei, Director of the EU Law Institute of the College Prof. Zhang Tong, Deputy Director of the Research Center of Law Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences A/Prof. Zhao Lei and A/Prof. Luo Yao from the College.

In the two-hour lecture, Prof. Chen introduced the development of international contract law and the importance of comparative law in legal interpretation by analyzing certain regulations of contact laws in major countries that apply common law. During the course of which, Prof. Chen quoted plenty of famous cases and shared his rich life experience. His speech also aroused a heated discussion during the Q&A section.