On October 2, 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, Professor Silke von Lewinski, Senior Research Fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Germany, and Associate Professor Burton Ong from the National University of Singapore, attended the "Frontier Forum on Future Rule of Law and Digital Law" and the "Global Honorary Lecture Series", and delivered insightful keynote speeches centering on "Current Controversial Copyright Issues in Europe" and "Overlapping Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law in the Field of Component Parts". During the lecture, Associate Professor Burton Ong elaborated on how Singapore leverages the synergistic effect of two legal instruments—restricting the scope of intellectual property protection and intervening in the market through the application of competition law—to foster competition in the automotive component aftermarket and safeguard consumer rights and interests; Professor Silke von Lewinski probed into prominent legal issues currently debated in Europe, such as generative artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright law.

      Zhang Jiyu, Professor of the Renmin University of China Law School and Executive Director of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over this lecture. In attendance were Wan Yong, Professor of the Renmin University of China Law School, Vice Dean of the Law School, and Director of the Research Center for Technology Transfer and Investment of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute; Guo He, Professor of the Renmin University of China Law School, Vice Dean of the School of Intellectual Property, and Executive Vice President of the Intellectual Property Law Association of China Law Society; Liu Kongzhong, Professor of the Renmin University of China Law School and Singapore Management University YONG PUNG HOW School of Law; Sun Jingzhou, Assistant Professor of the Renmin University of China Law School and Research Fellow of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute; Zhao Xinyang, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Tsinghua University’s Law School; and Li Zishuo, Lecturer of the School of Economics of Renmin University of China, among other scholars.

Zhang Jiyu

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

Wan Yong

Professor of Renmin University of China Law School , Vice Dean of the Law School, and Director of the Research Center for Technology Transfer and Investment of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute

 Burton Ong

 Associate Professor of the National University of Singapore

Silke von Lewinski

Senior Research Fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Germany

 Liu Kongzhong

Professor of the Renmin University of China Law School and Singapore Management University YONG PUNG HOW School of Law

Wan Yong

Professor of Renmin University of China Law School , Vice Dean of the Law School, and Director of the Research Center for Technology Transfer and Investment of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute

Guo He

Professor of Renmin University of China Law School, Vice Dean of the School of Intellectual Property, and Executive Vice President of the Intellectual Property Law Association of China Law Society

Li Zishuo

Lecturer of the School of Economics of Renmin University of China

Zhao Xinyang

Postdoctoral Fellow of the Tsinghua University’s Law School

Sun Jingzhou

Assistant Professor of  Renmin University of China Law School and Research Fellow of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute