CESL

The European Union and the China will jointly funded
The ecsl project

   European Commissioner for external relations and European Neighborhood Policy Committee Beni tower Ferraro Waldner lady and vice minister of Ministry of Commerce Yi Xiaozhun signed to create Chinese CESL fiscal agreement on January 17th, on behalf of the Ministry of education also attended the ceremony.
 
   The European Commission and the China concerted government action will create a long-term mechanism in China. It will improve the Chinese lawyers, judges, prosecutors and magistrates on European and international legal knowledge, skills and professional level. in addition, it will in the Chinese and European law established long. Law school will also help the European legal professionals, scholars and students to improve their Chinese legal knowledge and judicial practice.
 
   CESL will provide graduate program, for judges and prosecutors to conduct professional training for Chinese and international students, also provides research facilities. This project will be for women, ethnic minorities and those with financial difficulties can not participate in the legal education and professional training of the population to provide ways of education. The law school is expected to recruit 100 students each year.
 
   In the European Union's 18200000 euros of investment, the European Commission and the Ministry of education and the Ministry of Commerce will work together to establish law school, it is a non-profit partnership, by Europe's leading academic institutions and one or more China leading academic institutions Co management. Within one of the best law school will be built in the Chinese. The European Commission will start in the near future to Chinese and European institutions project collection.
 
   Governance includes legal and judicial cooperation is the main part of China EU cooperation. EU law and judicial cooperation China project implementation in 2000 to 2005 in support of the short-term and long-term exchanges between the EU and Chinese legal professionals, but also provides training for judges and prosecutors. China government and the European Commission hopes to establish a long-term mechanism success in this project, namely the law school to further enhance China EU in the legal aspects of contact.
 
 
China EU School of law
The overall background
Governance, including legal and judicial cooperation, is the main aspect of China EU cooperation. From 2000 to 2005 the implementation of legal and judicial cooperation projects, provide long-term and short-term exchange opportunities for China EU legal professionals and judges and prosecutors. China government and the European Commission hopes of success based on cooperative projects, establish a long-term mechanism to law school, to deepen China EU cooperation in the aspect of law.
 
In the framework of consistent with Chinese applicable law, law school will be built on a Chinese university. In accordance with the relevant regulations of the central case, management committee composed of both China and the EU supervisor.
Law school will become the common efforts of Central European university. We will to the European Community and Chinese University Law School for a proposal.
 
In the financial support ended, we hope that the school can develop by themselves.
 
A key
Research focuses on European law, international law and Comparative Law School of law
 
Expected results
By providing a first-class education at present are not related to the field (and related activities), continue to strengthen the China professional legal education, especially:
1. extended Chinese legal professionals of the European legal system, legislation, best practice and understanding of international law and comparative law and experience
2. help women, minorities and the poor receive special legal education and professional training
The 3 China EU legal professionals to establish long-term contact
4. establish a long-term platform for European law, help them to understand Chinese law and judicial practice.

The main activities and characteristics
The qualification of 1. project: European law, international law and comparative law Master degree will be awarded to China and international students. Objectives: primary 100 students enrolled in the implementation period, gradually increase the number of
2. occupation training: include lawyers, judges and prosecutors course. A special mechanism to identify the training of judges and prosecutors, including skills training.
3. study: investigation and study have the choice on the European law, international law and Comparative Law
4 alumni / membership activities: Alumni Association
The principle of equal opportunity: 5. at a disadvantage and ignored the crowd (minority, poverty and women judges and prosecutors). Master's program includes some sponsored quota, but most students still need to pay fees. Female judges and prosecutors have priority in the occupation training.
6 system development: Sustainable Finance

The main Chinese partner (Steering Committee
The Ministry of Education (appointed body), the Ministry of Justice (judiciary), the Supreme People's Court (the judge), the Supreme People's Procuratorate (attorney)
 
Implementation
The European Commission will open for the proposal, and finally reached between China and the EU first-class academic collaboration between groups
 
The budget
The European Commission provides 18200000 euros
 
Project time
The European Commission to provide the project 5 years ago to support
 

Law school program contacts
Wu Li, the delegation of the European Commission, Tel: 84548124,Lea.Vuori@ec.europa.eu
Maria, the delegation of the European Commission, telephone 84548140,Maria-Rosa.Sabbatelli@ec.europa.eu
 
For more information on the China European Union, please contact the delegation of the European Commission press officer, Mr. Mike, telephone, +86 13911603579, email:Michael.jennings@ec.europa.euOr Ms. Na +86 13501087209 clock, telephone, e-mail:Na.zhong@ec.europa.eu.