On October 1, 2025, at the invitation of the Renmin University of China Law School, the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, and the Intellectual Property Academy of Renmin University of China, Dr. Daria Kim, Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Germany), attended the "Frontier Forum on Future Rule of Law and Digital Law" and the "Global Honorary Lecture Series". She delivered two featured lectures themed "Complementarity and Trade-offs in Genome Editing Innovation and Regulation" and "On the Role of Regulation in Overcoming Lock-in in Al Modeling Techniques". During the lectures, Dr. Kim explored the mutual complementarity and trade-offs between the regulatory framework and the intellectual property system in the development of genome editing, a frontier technology. She also discussed the risks of technological lock-in that may arise from the current "scale-up" trend in the field of artificial intelligence, as well as the regulatory tools for overcoming such lock-in effects.

       Professor Zhang Jiyu (Professor of Renmin University of China Law School and Executive Director of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute), Associate Research Fellow Peng Yaojin (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), and Postdoctoral Researcher Wang Saifei (Jilin University School of Law) attended the lectures. Professor Zhang Jiyu presided over the sessions.

Daria Kim, Senior Research Fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Germany

Peng Yaojin, Associate Research Fellow of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zhang Jiyu, Professor of Renmin University of China Law School and Executive Director of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute