Conferences

Professor Wei Shen opened panel two by introducing the experts and guests participating in the discussion. He defined the theme of the panel by addressing the relationship between international law, multilateralism, and global governance. Professor Suqing Yu, Dean of the School of Foreign Studies at ECUPL, delivered the first presentation titled “International Convergence of Chinese Criminal Procedure Law: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Rights of the Defendant”. Professor Eric Yong Joong Lee from Dongguk University in South Korea gave an in-depth analysis of the U.S. President Joe Biden’s trade strategy with China. Professor Jitendra Kumar from Nirma University in India and discussed the regulation and change of decarbonization under international law after the pandemic. Professor Le Cheng from Zhejiang University raised the topic of cyberspace governance brought about by the outbreak of COVID-19. After Professor Cheng’s presentation, Professor Liyang Yang from School of International Law at the Southwest University of Political Science & Law presented his work titled “Road of International Law”, encouraging the coordination of the growth of digital economy and the interests of all parties in the context of globalization. Dr. Ying Wu form KoGuan School of Law of Shanghai Jiao Tong University discussed gender equality from the perspective of the “One Belt and One Road” initiative and analyzed whether such an attempt can reshape universality and achieve a benign complementarity and balance. Dr. Xuyang Guo, lecturer from the Shantou University Law School shared his research design on “the judicial immunity of international organizations” from the perspective of international law, focusing on reform agendas. He also proposed his original views on how to properly balance the relationship between independent operations of global organizations and the protection of human rights from the perspective of criticizing international law. Professor Haiping Wang from the School of Foreign Studies at ECUPL analyzed the content and characteristics of the multimodal discourse of western media on China’s governance during the pandemic, making a personal response to concerns within academic circles about social and ideological distance. Professor Yunpeng Wang from the School of Law at Henan University put forward three feasible systems for promoting global climate governance through the global carbon market mechanism under the Paris Agreement in his presentation. Professor Mark Poustie, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cork of Law in Ireland, asserted that the contribution of environmental law in the new era includes promoting the world towards multilateralism. Professor Hatice Kubra Ecemis Yilmaz from Ankara Yildirim Beyazit Univeristy in Turkey discussed the role and recommendations of the UN Security Council in responding to the new pandemic. Professor Yongmei Chen from School of International Law at the Southwest University of Political Science & Law and Professor Haile Andargie of the Debre Markos University in Ethiopia jointly presented their recent work on the issues and way forward for China-Africa legal cooperation in the implementation of the “One Belt and One Road” initiative. The panel was concluded by another cooperative presentation by Professor He Guihua from the Chang’an University and Gao Yuan, candidate of Master of Law at Chang’an University, on the legal experience of the Chinese government in combating the pandemic.

Mr. John Hunter, Vice President of FLIA chaired the last panel of the symposium and talked about the importance of youth resilience in a post-epidemic era. He suggested the panel to call for further participation among more stakeholders to be involved in empower the young generation in global governance.

Dr. Mathew Johnson, President of Albion College in the United States, delivered a keynote speech titled “International Higher Education Today” at Panel 3 and addressed the importance of an international view and mindset of the rising generation. Professor Mark Poustie returned to the panel and presented “Lessons and Experiences of Irish Legal Education in the pandemic”. Professor Aisha Rasool, head of the Faculty of Law at Gomal University in Pakistan, talked about the deficiencies of online education in less developed universities based on her experience and practice in her university. Mr. Alonzo Wind, a former senior official at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), shared his personal thoughts on youth education from the example of U.S. assistance to African youth. Dr. Rosa Celorio, Associate Dean of Georgetown Washington University Law School, introduced the international legal education at GW law school during the Covid-19 outbreak. Dr. Xujiang Zheng, Deputy Director of the Law Department of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, discussed the status quo, challenges and improvement of online legal courses in the post-epidemic era from the perspective of online legal retrieval course, and suggested that all parties pay full attention to the systematic cultivation of legal retrieval ability. Mr. Mridul Upadhyay, Asia Coordinator of United Network of Young Peacebuilders, introduced the purpose and progress of the “Youth, Peace and Security” campaign. Mr. Asen Velinov, visiting professor at ECUPL, shared his experience in paper guidance and both online and offline education exchanges with Chinese political students, and proposed his views on online education in emerging economies. Dr. Xiurong Liu, lecturer from the School of Foreign Studies at ECUPL, discussed the topic of “Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development Ability Education”. He suggested that the Sustainable Development Goals should be included in all courses to cultivate future talents with the sense of global citizenship and sustainable development ability. Dr. Jinhe Liu, postdoctoral fellow at the School of Public Administration of Tsinghua University, shared experiences and cases of youth participation in Internet global governance and how to further enhance such participation in the post-epidemic era. Dr. Shaoming Zhu, the Founder and President of FLIA, served as the final speaker to introduce and officially announce the launch FLIA’s Inclusive Diplomat Program. The program aims to discover, empower, and support 10,000 Inclusive Diplomats to break down the false boundaries among different countries, cultures, communities and industries and achieve inclusive connectivity and development of human society.

At the end of the conference, Professor Lijue Song, Vice Dean of the School of Foreign Studies at ECUPL and Mr. John Hunter, Vice President of FLIA delivered the closing remarks. In addition to sharing academic research and practical ideas, participants also agreed to follow up on the development of FLIA’s Inclusive Diplomat Program and form global proposals and suggestions for international cooperation, with the hope of transforming global governance to a more inclusive model in the new era.