"Seminar on prospects and challenge" Chinese law held in Washington

   [Bo Lao Ge Washington Reporter Zhu Shouzheng] recently, Peking University professor He Weifang's worksIn the Name of Justice: Striving for the Rule of Law in China("because the name of Justice: in the China promote the rule of law") published by America Brookings Institution Press, to take this opportunity to,2012Years11Month28Day, the Brookings Institution held seminar on "prospects and challenge" Chinese law in American Washington, celebrities more than attend as spokesman, expressed deep concern China law construction.

   "Because of the name of justice" a book author an important paper, over the past ten years, the speech dialogue, open letter, content involves the constitutionalism, judicial reform, legal occupation, legal education, the death penalty. Thornton (Chairman of the Brookings InstitutionJohn Thornton) the preface to the book, Chinese political expert Dr. Li Cheng wrote a lengthy introduction. The book is "a Thornton center Chinese Thinkers series". Books publishing purpose is for Western readers to understand the academic and policy research Chinese scholars made for each domain, and to deepen the social problems facing literature provide direct. It is reported, this is the first foreign language version of Professor He works.

   Experts, scholars to participate in seminars and celebrities including Cohen (Professor of law at the New York UniversityJerome CohenHarvard University, Professor An Shoulian (Law)William AlfordYale University, Professor Ge Weibao (Law)Paul Gewirtz), the Federal Supreme Court justice Breye (Stephen BreyerAmerican), former ambassador Jon Huntsman (Jon Huntsman),"Foreign policy" (vice president IndikMartin Indyk) and Thornton of the Brookings Institution, Professor Li Cheng and Dr. Thornton Chinese center executive director Pollack (Jonathan Pollack). In addition, Chinese law expert Lu Sili famous (Stanley LubmanGuo Danqing (,)Donald Clarke) also attended the meeting. The conference attracted more than two hundred people from all walks of life enthusiasm. America political television C-SPAN for the entire meeting live.

   He Wei direction in the opening speech and subsequent conversations with Li Cheng introduced the rule of law in the near future and China encountered some obstacles, discussed the future to promote the rule of motivation. Jon Huntsman and ANN Shoulian emphasized the special cultural context of the construction of rule of law China need attention and its practical significance. Cohen presented importance to deal with the relation between the ruling party and judicial organs, that is to abolish the reeducation through labor system is an important index to detect new leaders are sincere or not to carry out the law. Ge Weibao believes that although the China law there are many unsatisfactory, but the administrative procedure and administrative licensing system has been established or changed the old traditional country governance. Justice Breye for what he do efforts affirmed in the demonstration China legal ways. He combined America experience, emphasizes the importance of developing national rule of law and the rights awareness. He spoke in June this year to Chinese speech feeling, say to where young people to the rule of law shows impressed him. He said in answer to the question, the demand for justice, China cannot override the human nature; when more and more people when a larger long governance patterns are not normal, the opportunity of the reform came to.

   After the end of the conference, he also conducted at the New York University, Institute of International Relations (Council on Foreign Relations), Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and other institutions speech or held a forum, and conducted extensive exchanges with people from all walks of life.

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He Weifang talked about Chinese judicial reform in America

   Recently, Professor He Weifang of Peking University law school for the first English works "in the name of Justice: in the Chinese promote the rule of law" by the Brookings Institution press. Because He Weifang the bold "has attracted scholars at home and abroad respect, which also opened some America scholars once again to China judicial independence and judicial reform discussion.

   When the peak spring of 2011 in Chongqing mode in all China pandemic, he is an obvious disharmonious sound. He pointed out that in an open letter to the law society of Chongqing in Chongqing, "black" intervention of judicial independence, in violation of legal procedures. This open letter is tantamount to Bo Xilai and following a blow and a shout. On the outside, he was almost dead, a friend reminded him out to watch out for cars, and he was always optimistic and humorous, says he is in the later issued an open letter but safe, because if he had anything, Chongqing be the first to bear the brunt.

   He Weifang held for the Brookings Institution in Washington November 28th book published and China judicial conference, He Weifang said, he has a deep feeling to Chongqing, because of his alma mater in Chongqing, his open letter is not malicious criticism and attack, but with a twelve point sincerity. He said, was "caught" in the "Li Zhuang case" has appeared on the lawyers to suppress, the law and trample, Bo Xilai after the incident, the same regardless of legal procedures to his trial process. He hopes to follow judicial trial Bo Xilai, let thin see should not to return evil for evil, but also let the world see can get a fair trial in Chinese Bo xilai.

   He Weifang in his speech pointed out, Chinese these years of legal construction has made some achievements, such as the recognition of the whole society to the increasing importance of judicial system; China political system reform judicial reform is brought into schedule; the judge selection criteria to improve, especially the intellectual property court for its professional and highly technical, its independence is also relatively strong; a new generation of leaders in the legal professionals of multiple origin, change of knowledge structure may bring about changes in ideology and so on.

   How to evaluate a number of senior politicians old classmates as secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Zhou Qiang, director of the office of the central dimension stability, the Ministry of public security vice minister Yang Huanning, he said, contact with old friends at official, but the civil law origin week strong impression is pragmatic, serious and open, the new central committee level. Have a look.

   However, he also pointed out, don't ask on-the-job China officials say people want what they said, but the academic circles is OK and bold expostulation, and political "collaborate from within with forces from outside", perform their respective duties. As for whether officials will take seriously the recommendations of scholars and incorporated into the policy making level, he said: "they expect sometimes particularly large, look through the circles of different sounds, and intellectuals to understand the real evaluation of professional issues, including the general people in the end how evaluation policies related to them, they want to understand, they don't want to hear all that are particularly good, especially good, in fact, many people feel unhappy in the heart. Sometimes the public opinion to the important role of this country, the network era of hundreds of thousands of people feel very angry things at the same time, they will be very nervous."

   However, he also mentioned that the fundamental nature of socialism, let justice could not be independently, China has not changed to a degree, practical have been unable to find the theory, but the theory without practice can only rely on violence to solve problems, and to carry on the reformation of the theoretical foundation of the Communist Party of Chinese, let the more inclusive of social conflict. He Weifang thinks, the Communist Party of Chinese into Western Europe Social Democratic Party is one of the feasible choice.

   At the mention of China political system reform, he believed that premise is the legitimacy of Communist Party of China must recognize the legitimacy of the other party, the people's rights, such as freedom of speech and of the press, and the army is not a party to control but loyalty to the country.

   For everyone concerned China political reform timetable, he said, Chinese political change will not occur, because China is not ready, the "ready" including future Chinese to what direction development. At present Chinese "seems to be the only let people live a good life" one goal, spiritual goals are not clear. He Weifang thinks, China political reform does not plan to follow, the need to find slowly in the reform.

   For China political reform possible breakthrough, He Weifang told reporters: "my own idea is the realization of promoting judicial reform, to promote a fair system of courts, let the lawyers more independently, make the program more just, I feel particularly important. Worried about the conflict of interest particularly large resulting in transformation process is not smooth or even collapse, revolution."