An academic seminar on "Nature and Pedigree of Legal Knowledge" was held on September 5, 2020, in Zhengzhou, co-sponsored by the Law School of Beijing Normal University, Henan University of Economics and Law, the Commercial Press Co., Ltd., the Law School of China University of Political Science and Law and the editorial department of Jurisprudence, and co-organized by Beijing Huaxiu Law Firm. Professor Liang Yingxiu, Party Secretary of the Law School, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Zhang Wenxian, member of China Law Society Party Group, director of academic committee and doctoral tutor; Liu Mancang, president of Henan Law Society; Li Chengxian, party secretary and executive vice president of Henan Law Society; Chen Xiaowen, deputy editor-in-chief of Commercial Press; Jiao Hongchang, counselor of the State Council, vice president of China Law Society Constitutional Research Association, dean of China University of Political Science and Law, doctoral tutor; Liang Yingxiu, party secretary and doctoral tutor of Beijing Normal University Law School, Shu Guoying, vice president of China Law Society Jurisprudence Research Association, doctoral supervisor of Law School of China University of Political Science and Law, Wang Jian, Vice President of Northwest University of Politics and Law, Li Gengxiang, Party Secretary and Chairman of Henan Social Science Association, Yang Hongzhi, Party Secretary, Law, Gao Xincai, President, Hua Xiaopeng, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee, of Henan University of Economics attended the opening ceremony. More than 20 universities, research institutes and legal practice departments from Peking University, Beijing Normal University, China University of Political Science and Law, East China University of Political Science and Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, northwest university of politics and law, Institute of Law of Chinese Academy. The meeting is divided into four parts: opening ceremony, keynote speech, keynote speech and closing ceremony.
At the opening ceremony, Liang Yingxiu, Jiao Hongchang, Chen Xiaowen, Yang Hongzhi and Li Chengxian delivered speeches successively, fully affirming the academic significance of this conference and looking forward to the future development of Chinese jurisprudence from various angles. Subsequently, Bai Zhonglin, editor-in-chief of Nanjing Branch of Commercial Press, presided over the unveiling ceremony of Professor Shu Guoying's new book, and Shu Guoying and Chen Xiaowen jointly unveiled the new book.
Wang Jian presided over the keynote speech in the morning. On behalf of China Law Society, Professor Zhang Wenxian expressed warm congratulations on the convening of this seminar and spoke highly of Shu Guoying's new book. He pointed out the direction and key issues of Chinese legal research in the future, and emphasized that contemporary Chinese legal scholars should further strengthen the research on General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on the rule of law. In his keynote speech, Shu Guoying made a wonderful and profound exposition on the origin, purpose and understanding of her research on the nature and pedigree of legal knowledge.
In the theme speech session in the afternoon, the participating scholars and experts from practical departments conducted in-depth discussions on three sub-topics such as "the nature and pedigree of legal knowledge", "the evaluation of the development of contemporary Chinese legal knowledge" and "the premise of the reconstruction of Chinese legal knowledge: motivation, resources and difficulties".
In the closing ceremony, Lei Lei, deputy dean of the Law School of China University of Political Science and Law, made an academic summary, and Hua Xiaopeng, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Henan University of Economics and Law, delivered a closing speech.
Through the one-day academic discussion, the theoretical consensus of constructing "contemporary Chinese legal knowledge system" has been further condensed, the academic level of legal theory research in China has been improved, and wisdom and strength have been gathered for comprehensively promoting the construction of socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics.