Zheng Chengliang

June 16, 2007.

Distinguished guests, teachers, schoolmates:

Everybody is good!

Today is our holiday, we held a grand Shanghai Jiao Tong University law school five anniversary celebration in here. In five years, due to the strong support of school leaders, the social from all walks of life support and the joint efforts of teachers and students, our school of law in the rapid growth of arduous pioneering, has attract people's attention performance. Here, on behalf of my law school has been the concern, support the development of the college leaders at all levels, all the friends of my highest respect, sincere condolences to contribute to the construction of university teachers and classmates!

The Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University was founded in 2002 June, has only 5 years of history. However, in broad sense, the law education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University can be traced back to the beginning of twentieth Century Nanyang public political turbane. Nanyang College in 1901 organized political turbane, presided over by Mr. Cai Yuanpei, at that time, the imperial examination system has not been abolished, in order to give in the modern knowledge China social culture era of great change in the country people, "designed to teach Chinese and Western political turbane, literature, law, moral science", opened the constitution, international law, administrative program courses. Turbane students are a young talent, cultivate famous political activist Huang Yanpei, Shao Lizi and the U.N.'s International Court of first China by judge Xu Mo and a number of outstanding talents of governance. Hong Yi Master Mr. Li Shutong also once in turbane learning, very few people know, he is not only a cultural masters, is also one of the pioneers of modern law in Shanghai in 1903 China, published by Kaiming bookstore "book" and "law, private international law", which belongs to the first batch of modern law Chinese publication, two book translation author Li Guangping is Mr. Li Shutong. In 1902, only 22 years old Li Shutong turbane studying law during the course of public international law "written by the powers the unruly public relations", now to read, still will make us the patriotism and justice of the gas was shocked -- "the world has the public law, so people self excitation. No small country can rely to self existence of public law. That is, although the existence in the world, and finally can not stand. It is not power invasion destroyed, there is No. The world has the public law, but powerful, enjoy the rights and powers, on the weak, often does not keep the law of things out of yan." Therefore, although the Nanyang period Shanghai Jiaotong University is just to open a number of legal courses without the formal establishment of the legal profession, no legal training, special but, in modern Chinese, our university is one of the higher school house in modern law education trend, it is the fact that does not dispute. For this point, almost all the researches on the history of the modern legal education China is mentioned. The Shanghai Jiaotong University School of law, faculty and students, as the later, how to continue the opening by the sages are due to various historical contingency and interrupted career and tradition, and to carry forward, as is the common responsibility of all teachers and students of law school history.

Time to the end of the twentieth Century, in 1992 our school officially opened the legal profession, is also the official opening of the legal education history. After entering the new century, Shanghai Jiao Tong University began to transition to the comprehensive university, founded in 2002, the school of law, the symbol of the modern higher education of law was the first time an important position in the hundred schools development strategy.

The law school at the beginning of the establishment of college faculty and staff, but more than 20 people, more than the total number of 100 students, there is only one of two master programs, venues, facilities and other hardware running is quite simple. However, after just five years of entrepreneurial efforts, National Chiao Tung University Law School in the country more than 600 of the higher law education institutions has not only self-reliance in legal education of the forest, and is a leap in the development of the way to the domestic first-class law school goal. Construction of the top law schools need to make all aspects of the work, which, at least seven aspects of the work is very important. The first is the construction of the team of teachers, contingent of teachers with high quality is the primary basis for building a first-class school of law; second is the discipline construction, has a strong advantage of disciplines and subjects are the main signs of first-class law school; third is the cultivation of talents, to cultivate first-class talents is the fundamental task of top law school; fourth is the academic study on quality, a large number of academic research to lead the development of the rule of law and social progress is the occupation mission top law school; the fifth is the system construction, system and mechanism of sound and complete is the basic guarantee for sustainable and healthy development of the law school; sixth is the international cooperation, international exchanges and cooperation in extensive and in-depth implementation strategy is law school security super conventional development; seventh is the social support, financial support, experience the community to provide support, human resources support and various development opportunities is an important condition for the smooth growth necessary to law school. Looking back five years, our school has made good progress in the above seven aspects.

First of all, teachers construction with remarkable results. In five years, the college actively introduced a number of first-class scholars with great influence in domestic and potential academic rookie, improve the guidance teachers academic environment, the formation of a reasonable age structure, knowledge background, academic skills, multiple responsible professional teachers. At present, the law school has 43 full-time teachers (including Taiwan nationality teacher 1 people, USA teacher 1 people, the Canadian teacher of 1 people), teachers with "benign structural characteristics of high education, high professional title, the low age": the teachers with doctor's degree accounted for 90%, teachers with senior titles accounted for 72%, while the the average age of teachers with high professional title is only 41 years old, lay a good foundation for the law school sustainable academic space expansion. Not only that, overseas study, visit or exchange experience our teachers in the proportion is as high as 80%, a work of judges and prosecutors, lawyers and other legal practitioners, experienced teachers also accounted for 80%. A law professor at many domestic famous teachers, young scholars are more of a large number of potential. Among them, there are members of the Ministry of education and Social Science Committee of 1 people; 4 people as the vice president of the club in the law Chinese belong to the National Association of legal subject, 7 served as executive director of the national outstanding youth jurist; ten nominees in 1; the national 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation award 2, Shanghai city ten outstanding youth jurist 3. In addition, there are many teachers in scientific research, teaching for Distinguished Achievement Award by national ministries and provinces and cities.

Secondly, the breakthrough of discipline construction. How many strong advantage of disciplines and subjects are the key factors to measure the overall strength of the law school and the comprehensive level. As the priority among priorities law school construction, School of planning, integration of resources, in batches, to focus on promoting discipline and academic platform construction. 1 master of law from 2002 to 2006 when the school was set up, covering all the two subjects of law law postgraduate master's degree authorization to declare success, and PhD degree authorization point of constitutional law and administrative law to declare success, to make our law school has become one of the 35 home with doctoral Law School of law, in the subject construction has realized the leap frog development stage. At present, the actual college opened master professional outside division law history and military law all legal disciplines two, opened a doctorate of constitutional law and administrative law specialty, obtained the training of high-level compound talents of legal professional master's degree authorization, and Aetna in my school, School of economics and management, support began to accept postdoctoral stint research. In the two level discipline level, set up the research on criminal law, constitutional and administrative law, civil and commercial law of urban law research center, Institute of environmental and Resources Law Research Institute, Institute of international law, civil law and Civil Procedure Law Research Institute, Institute of economic law, Research Institute, in human rights law, intellectual property law research center and other research institutions, on this basis, in the vast majority of disciplines organized the formation of a high academic standards, the age structure is reasonable, covering the major research field of teachers, professional or has formed a distinctive, in one or several research direction is in the leading position in domestic academic team.

Third, personnel training system and mechanism is preliminary form. Method determine the occupation and excellent target of law education, provides the high quality teaching resources, the theory of knowledge, academic exploration and practical skills training combined, training students to think independently and solve problems, improve the legal literacy, has initially formed a distinctive talent training mode. At present, the law school students, undergraduates, master of law graduate, full-time graduate degree in law majors, to pursue a master's degree in law graduate and PhD graduate of the total number of students has been in more than a thousand people, graduate students and undergraduate students the proportion of various types and levels of about 3:1, a reflection of the law college education of the professional and high-end orientation, embodies the basic characteristics of research university. The law school has always stressed that teaching is the first duty of teacher of the people, encourage and promote teachers as teaching and research of double excellent teaching experts and the backbone of scientific research. At present, senior teachers rate reached 100%, reform and exploration of examination of 50% teachers to participate in the course, 2 courses by the school bilingual teaching competition one or two prize, Professor Zhang Shaoqian for the first time in our university by the students voted out of the 10 "most popular among students of teachers" ranked the first, two core courses in the undergraduate respectively. By Professor Ye Bifeng and Professor Zhou Wei was named the Shanghai City, excellent course. In the process of organization and implementation of teaching work, law school attaches great importance to students' legal thinking and practical ability training, introduction of case teaching, trial teaching, new teaching method, at the same time, encourage students to actively participate in all kinds of lectures, to broaden the students' academic vision. In 2006, for example, school year held a total of 75 academic and practical workshop, an average of 2.1 per week; 147.6% of the teachers in PRP project, 50.6% of the students participate in the completion of our hospital; 06 full-time Master of laws by the national judicial examination ratio reached 72.9%, far higher than the national average pass rate of about 12% of the school of law. These data reflect our culture has made a good start in the talent.

Fourth, the fruitful achievements of academic research. The law school has emphasized academic hospitals, efforts to promote the academic research level, the quality of the. At present, the academic influence in our hospital has been close to the domestic law school rankings, and is becoming an important base of academic research and exchanges at home and abroad. In five years, college teachers in the "law", "law" and other legal Chinese mainstream core journals published more than 200 papers; published academic works more than 60; more than 80 scientific research projects, including national social science fund, the focus and the general topic 9 items, the provincial Ministry of education issues, the Ministry of justice, the Supreme People's Procuratorate Shanghai social science fund, 20 projects, provincial and ministerial level academic achievement awards 12. Our teacher is also actively involved in government legislation, consultation and decision-making, many important achievement was reproduced, reference and adoption, made significant social benefits. In 2006 my courtyard teachers guide students work also received the National College "Challenge Cup" contest prize two.

Fifth, system development. The healthy development of a school is highly dependent on the system and mechanism of protection, so, after repeated discussions, formulated the development strategy planning and feasible, to create a conducive to produce results, is conducive to the achievement and the loose environment for young talent talent showing itself, establishing the reasonable evaluation and distribution system, and provides the necessary condition for the long development of school. In recent years, the college has formulated, revised the "scientific assessment methods", "subject", "the use of funds to staff assessment methods", "distribution", "teaching management", "management measures" academic lectures, "law school academic conference management approach", "Management Scholarship", "employment part-time professor and adjunct associate professor of implementation measures", "academic secretary regulations" and "academic monographs funding approach" and so on more than 10 management system, the formation of a system is relatively mature and operational law school system, to strengthen the management and service system, create a good environment for the rapid growth of talents.

Sixth, international cooperation and exchanges gradually entering blissful circumstances. Top law school is an International School of law, must take the global vision to foster talents and to explore new knowledge. In five years, the college actively promote and participate in education and research of law of international cooperation and exchange, to establish a stable and lasting cooperation and exchange relationship with New York University, University of Montreal, University of Sydney, Pace University, tenth University, University of Hannover, Nagoya University, the University of Lyon in France and other more than ten famous foreign University School of law. Since its establishment, we have with the World Conservation Union co sponsored the establishment meeting of World Conservation Union environmental law, the Supreme People's court and co hosted the twenty-second session of the World Congress on the law of Shanghai branch and the 2006 International Symposium on judicial review, authoritative and education and judicial fields in USA law American lawyers Association - USA law with extensive influence co sponsored the Academy first foreign USA law lecture series international academic conference, Pace University and American environmental law subjects ranked first jointly set up the environmental law in us, teaching and Research Center, and the comprehensive strength of the top five America law New York University jointly set up the Law School of New York University and law research center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University law school -. These important international exchanges and cooperation, not only greatly enhance the law school's international academic influence, also contributed to the introduction of international quality education resources, only in 2006 75 academic and practical, for example, among them, more than half are from academics expert at Hong Kong and Taiwan and foreign countries, the average weekly lectures abroad more than once. According to incomplete statistics, 2005 and 2006 years, my courtyard to short lectures, visit and discuss cooperation overseas experts and scholars from more than 150 passengers, to come to our school to attend a summer workshop on learning China method of foreign students more than 60 people. In the "please come in" at the same time, the college also support and encourage teachers and students "go out", in law school more than 40 teachers, 17 in 2005 28 time abroad, outbound academic activities, in 2006 14 people abroad 25 times, from academic activities, which, by the invitation to provide full funds accounted for more than 90%. In addition, teachers in our hospital in recent years in overseas famous academic journals published nearly 30, I graduated from the college students have been studying in University of Cambridge, New York University, University of Michigan, the world's top law school, all of these are good to enhance the international reputation of the school. Can say, only five years of history in Shanghai Jiaotong University School of law, is the breadth and depth of internationalization, and some even have decades of history of a famous school of law, also is inferior.

Seventh, in the acquisition of social support to achieve good results. Without the strong support from all sectors of society, any law school to a rapid and sustained development. Therefore, since its establishment, has always attached great importance to the introduction of social resources. For the law school construction, from all walks of life of funds is resource, manpower support, empirical support and provide opportunities are also important resources. In five years, thanks to all sectors of the community support, the law school running strength continued to improve. At present, the scholarship, the social friends from all walks of life to the law school established grants a total of 10, respectively, as the "alpha Leader Scholarship", bump technology scholarship "," Xinhua intellectual property scholarship "," Shen Hao scholarship "," Kang Jun Wan scholarship "" Zhu an Scholarship "," Dong Yongsen scholarship "," Li Xiaohua criminal law scholarship "," bump technology grants "," Xinhua intellectual property grants ", last year 40 students won awards and funding, this year with grants new project started, there will be more excellent in character and learning and students with financial difficulties receive rewards and assistance. Japan's famous Gast law firm pay for law school established legal lecture series of large enterprises, Chinese famous Deheng Law firm pay for law school established frontiers of legal forum, America famous' international law firms for two consecutive years to fully fund Charlie Mai J Erwin taught for law school students core curriculum USA law school, American General Electric company funded the law school students legal negotiation business training, School of law, Seattle University America donated 300 copies English original books to my courtyard, China famous Kindu law office, JUNHE law firm funded Assistance Law College held national conferences, these valuable support to law school students can often have the opportunity to share a large Multi-National Corporation. The business elite and the science teacher's experience and wisdom. The Supreme People's Court Administrative Tribunal, Shanghai City Industrial and commercial bureau, real estate bureau, Planning Bureau, Shanghai Arbitration Commission respectively with the law school signed a cooperation agreement, the Shanghai Municipal Higher People's courts, second intermediate people's court, the people's Court of Xuhui District, Minhang District people's court, the people's Procuratorate of Shanghai City People's Procuratorate, Xuhui District, Shanghai, Shanghai City Bureau of justice the City Bar Association and other units were also in various forms and method of long-term cooperation, these important social support, greatly contributed to the rapid development of law school. In addition, there are more than 70 proficient in legal practice of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and other legal professionals as a law Master's tutor jobs, there are more than 20 senior legal elite as a part-time professor of law school, they made a great contribution to the cultivation of talents of law school and academic research. Here, on behalf of all the teachers and students of law school, to express my deep appreciation to all the concern, support the growth of friends from all walks of life law school!

Review the course that law school five years, all the teachers and students have reason for our common efforts made proud achievement, all the strength for the school of law and development of leaders at all levels and friends from all walks of life also had reason for your contribution and happy.

According to the development planning of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the legal position is the University's future strong advantage of disciplines and subjects, is an important part of the construction of the world first-class university of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Chiao Tung University liberal arts construction "is one of the focuses on the selection of the pursuit of excellence". Corresponding with this, law school in the year before the "use of 5-10 years, the law school built in domestic law school rankings, the leaping development of legal research and legal personnel training base" has great influence in the international. In the face of school expectations and our own goals, law school, all the teachers and students of five years has achieved results must be aware of the.

Law school was founded in five years, despite the rapid pace of development, but compared with the most outstanding law school, the gap between the more than miles! The school of law in China swarms of giant tree in front of our school, was just a young tree, compared with the international first-class school of law, we have achieved more cannot be mentioned in the same breath with. The Shanghai Jiaotong University School of law construction to become the domestic first-class law school and eventually make it among the world's top law school on the list, is our common dream, in order to realize this dream, we have a long way to go. Therefore, we must in the teaching faculty, subject construction, talent training, academic research, system perfection, international cooperation, and strive for social support, to redouble their efforts to. For our country under the rule of law during the period of Nanyang dream about one hundred years ago, we regain dreams, Tuo Xu Zenghua successor; for decades after the university legal person, we are pioneering work, in order to open mountain forest entrepreneurs. The history entrusts with our responsibility is major, can undertake the important responsibility is both an honor, but also an honor.

Constant progress, Fen Ji xian! The initial development of five years, the law school has made a good start, as long as we work together, hand in hand, Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University will be faster, more robust growth. Let each of us to care for the school of law, School of law, School of law, care, support, because, this is our common spiritual homeland.