From November 2 to 3, 2024, the Fifth International Conference on the Future Rule of Law and Digital Law was successfully held. The conference was hosted by the Renmin University of China Law School, the Jilin University Theoretical Law Research Center, and the JD Group, and hosted by the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, the Centre for Jurisprudence Research of Jilin University, the JD Legal Research Institute, and  the Collaborative Innovation Center for Judicial Civilization. More than 200 experts and scholars from legislative bodies, administrative agencies, courts, universities, research institutions, and enterprises, both domestic and international, attended the conference in person.

The opening ceremony was presided over by Professor Huang Wenyi of the Renmin University of China Law School and Editor-in-Chief of China Legal Science. Delivering speeches at the ceremony were Jiang Wei, Vice President of the China Law Society, President of the Cyber and Information Law Society of China, and Deputy Director of the Advisory Committee of the Supreme People's Court; Zheng Shuiquan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University of China; Han Xiping, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Jilin University; Hu Huangang, Vice President of JD Group; and Wang Yi, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of People's Public Security University of China.

The conference was divided into six units: Keynote Speeches, Dean's Forum, Theoretical Development of Digital Law, Frontier Exploration of Future Rule of Law, Development of the Digital Economy and Legal Safeguards, and Digital Platforms and AI Governance. More than seventy experts and scholars from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and other countries and regions participated in the discussions of each unit. Finally, the conference was presided over by Professor Ding Xiaodong of the Renmin University of China Law School and Deputy Director of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute. Concluding speeches were delivered by Associate Professor Zhang Jiyu of the Renmin University of China Law School and Executive Director of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute; Professor Liu Hongzhen of the Jilin University Law School and Deputy Director of the Theoretical Law Research Center; and Li Li, Executive Director of the JD Group Law Institute. The conference concluded successfully.

The Venue of the Fifth International Conference on the Future Rule of Law and Digital Law

Huang Wenyi, Professor of the Law School at Renmin University of China and Editor-in-Chief of China Legal Science, presided over the opening ceremony

Jiang Wei, Vice President of the China Law Society, President of the China Law Society Cyber and Information Law Society, and Deputy Director of the Advisory Committee of the Supreme People's Court, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony

Zheng Shuiquan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University of China, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony

Han Xiping, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Jilin University, delivered a speech via video at the opening ceremony

Hu Huangang, Vice President of JD Group, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony

Wang Yi, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the People's Public Security University of China, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony

Du Yanlin, Director of the Theoretical Law Research Center of Jilin University and Vice Dean of the Law School of Jilin University, presided over the session of invited speeches

Ding Xiaodong, Professor of the Law School at Renmin University of China and Vice Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over the session of invited speeches

Zhang Wenxian, Member of the Party Leadership Group of the China Law Society, Director of the Academic Committee of the China Law Society, and Senior Professor of Philosophy and Social Sciences at Jilin University, delivered an invited speech

Wang Liming, Vice President of the China Law Society, President of the Civil Law Research Association of the China Law Society, and First-Level Professor at Renmin University of China, delivered an invited speech

Giancarlo Frosio, Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, and Director of the Centre for Global Intellectual Property and Technology, delivered an invited speech

Shi Jianzhong, Vice President and Professor of China University of Political Science and Law, Director of the Data Rule of Law Laboratory, and Dean of the Institute of Data Rule of Law, delivered an invited speech

Mei Xiaying, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of the University of International Business and Economics, and Professor at the Law School, delivered an invited speech

Song Jianli, Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property Prosecution Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, delivered an invited speech

A group photo of some guests was taken

Liu Mingzhao, Executive Editor for the Law Discipline at the Information Center for Social Sciences (Book and Newspaper Materials Center) of Renmin University of China, presided over the first session

Lan Lizhuan, Senior Editor of the People's Court Press, Director of the Series Editorial Department and the Editorial Department of Digital Rule of Law, presided over the first session

Ma Changshan, Professor of the Law School of East China University of Political Science and Law and Dean of the Institute for Digital Rule of Law, delivered a keynote speech

Zhang Xinbao, Professor of the Law School of Renmin University of China and Vice President of the Cyber and Information Law Research Association of the China Law Society, delivered a keynote speech

Shen Weixing, Professor of the Law School of Tsinghua University, Dean of the Institute for Intelligent Rule of Law, and Vice President of the Cyber and Information Law Research Association of the China Law Society, delivered a keynote speech

Gabriele Mazzini, Head of the Drafting Team for the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act, delivered a keynote speech.=

Feng Xiaoqing, Professor of the Civil, Commercial and Economic Law School of China University of Political Science and Law and Vice President of the Intellectual Property Law Research Association of the China Law Society, delivered a keynote speech

Fan Mingzhi, Professor of the Institute of Data Rule of Law at China University of Political Science and Law, delivered a keynote speech

Yang Dong, Dean of Renmin University of China  Law School, presided over the second session

Song Yushui, Vice President and Director of the Political Department of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, presided over the second session

Cai Shaogang, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province, delivered a speech

Fan Chuang, Deputy Director of the Trial Management Office (Research Office) of the Xicheng District People's Court in Beijing, delivered a speech

Yang Dejia, Chief Judge of the Fifth Civil Trial Division (Intellectual Property Trial Division) of the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing, delivered a speech

Guo Li, Secretary of the Party Committee and Dean of the Law School at Peking University, delivered a speech

Yin Fei, Dean of the Law School at the Central University of Finance and Economics, delivered a speech

Peng Chengxin, Dean of the KoGuan Law School at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Director of the Data Law Research Center, delivered a speech via video

Yang Dong, Dean of Renmin University of China  Law School, delivered a discussant speech

Zheng Weiwei, Associate Professor of Renmin University of China  Law School and Researcher of the Renmin Institute for Future Rule, presided over the third session

Liu Peng, Director of the Editorial Department (Research Office) of Social Sciences in China Press, presided over the third session

Cao Xianfeng, Professor and Vice Dean of the Law School of Jilin University, delivered a speech

Yao Jia, Senior Editor of the Institute of Law at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Director of the Editorial Department of Global Law Review, and Professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech

Xiao Youdan, Researcher at the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Science and Technology Development Strategy, and Professor at the School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a speech

Zhou Hui, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the Cyber and Information Law Research Association of the China Law Society, and Deputy Director of the Cyber and Information Law Research Office of the Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech

Wang Qicai, Associate Professor of the School of Philosophy, Law and Political Science, Shanghai Normal University, delivered a speech

Cheng Ying, Senior Engineer of the Policy and Economics Research Institute at the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and Secretary-General of the Policy and Legal Working Group of the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance, delivered a speech

Du Li, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Macau, delivered a speech

Professor Yang Jianjun, of Northwest University of Political Science and Law and Editor-in-Chief of Legal Science, delivered a discussant speech

Zhang Wenliang, Associate Professor of the Law School at Renmin University of China and Director of the Research Center for Cyberspace International Governance of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over the fourth session

Assistant Professor Célia Matias of the Faculty of Law at the University of Macau delivered a speech

 Xiang Wen, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen delivered a speech

Zhang Xin, Professor of the Law School at the University of International Business and Economics delivered a speech

Chen Xueping, Professor of the Law School at South-Central Minzu University delivered a speech

Shen Weiwei, Associate Professor of the Law School at China University of Political Science and Law delivered a speech

Qi Yingcheng, Associate Professor of the Law School at Jilin University delivered a speech

Wang Wenhua, Professor of the Law School at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Director of the E-commerce and Cybercrime Research Center delivered a discussant speech

Liu Jinrui, Deputy Secretary-General of the Cyber and Information Law Research Association of the China Law Society and Researcher at the Rule of Law Research Institute of the China Law Society, delivered a discussant speech

Yuan Fang, Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Director of the Editorial Department of China Law Review, presided over the fifth session

Orly Lobel, Warren Chair Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, delivered a speech

Xu Shiying, Professor of East China University of Political Science and Law delivered a speech via video

Lu Yan, Division Director of the Development Research Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation, delivered a speech

Xu Ke, Associate Professor of the Law School at the University of International Business and Economics, and Director of the Center for Digital Economy and Legal Innovation, delivered a speech

Liu Xiaochun, Associate Professor of the Law School at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Director of the Internet Rule of Law Research Center, delivered a speech

Liu Yun, Assistant Researcher at the Think Tank Center and Law School of Tsinghua University, and Assistant to the Dean of the Tsinghua Institute for Intelligent Rule of Law, delivered a speech

Meng Yanbei, Professor of the Law School at Renmin University of China, Researcher of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, and Director of the Research Center for Digital Economy Competition Law, delivered discussant comments

Wang Qinghua, Professor of the Law School at Beijing Normal University, and Director of the Digital Law Research Center, delivered discussant comments

Li Jianhua, Professor of the Law School at Jilin University and Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Law Review, presided over the sixth session

Bryant Walker Smith, Associate Professor of the University of South Carolina School of Law, Courtesy Professor at the University of South Carolina College of Engineering, and Invited Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University, delivered a speech

Zheng Ge, Professor of the KoGuan Law School at Shanghai Jiao Tong University delivered a speech

Zhang Linghan, Researcher of the Institute of Data Rule of Law at China University of Political Science and Law and Expert at the UN High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, delivered a speech

Karman Lucero，Researcher at the Paul Tsai China Center of Yale Law School, delivered a speech

Gilad Abiri, Associate Professor of Peking University School of Transnational Law, Visiting Scholar at the Information Society Project of Yale Law School, delivered a speech

Zhi Zhenfeng, Researcher of the Institute of Law at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences delivered a speech

Dai Xin, Associate Dean and Tenured Associate Professor of Peking University Law School, delivered a speech

Zhou Xuefeng, Associate Dean of the Law School at Beihang University, delivered a speech

Yu Wenguang, Associate Professor of the Law School at Renmin University of China, Executive Director of the Sino-German Institute for Regulatory Law at Renmin University of China, delivered a speech

Ding Xiaodong, Professor of the Law School at Renmin University of China and Vice Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over the conference summary session

Zhang Jiyu, Associate Professor of the Law School at Renmin University of China and Executive Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, delivered a concluding speech

Liu Hongzhen, Professor of the Law School at Jilin University and Deputy Director of the Center for Theoretical Law Research, delivered a concluding speech

Li Li, Executive Dean of the Legal Research Institute of JD Group, delivered a concluding speech

Yang Dong, Dean of the Law School at Renmin University of China, delivered a concluding speech

The Fifth International Conference on the Future Rule of Law and Digital Law concluded successfully