From December 16 to 17, 2023, the Fourth International Conference on the Future Rule of Law and Digital Law was successfully held, hosted by the Law School of Renmin University of China and JD Group, and organized by the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, Teaching and Research Center for Digital Law of Renmin University of China Law School, and the JD Legal Research Institute. More than 200 experts and scholars from legislative bodies, administrative agencies, courts, universities, research institutions, and enterprises from both China and abroad attended the conference on site, with tens of thousands of viewers watching the forum online.

The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by Professor Wang Yi, Vice President of Renmin University of China and Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute. Speeches were delivered at the opening ceremony by Professor Lin Shangli, President of Renmin University of China; Jiang Wei, Vice President of the China Law Society, President of China Law Society Cyber and Information Law Society, and Deputy Director of the Advisory Committee of the Supreme People's Court; and Hu Huangang, Head of the Legal Compliance and Intellectual Property Department of JD Group and Vice President of JD Group.

At this conference, the founding ceremony of the International Digital Law Association was held. Professor Du Huanfang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Dean of the Law School of Renmin University of China, presided over the founding ceremony. Vice President Wang Yi introduced the association and its members and announced the official establishment of the International Digital Law Association. Professor Zhang Wenxian, Director of the Academic Committee of the China Law Society and Senior Professor of Philosophy and Social Sciences at Jilin University, and Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger of the Oxford Internet Institute delivered video speeches as representatives of the association's members.

The conference was divided into six units: Keynote Speeches, Dean's Roundtable Forum, Future Rule of Law and Technology Openness & “Green Supply Chain Technology Sharing Platform” Launch Ceremony, International Perspectives on Future Rule of Law, Platform Governance and Fair Competition, and Data and AI Governance. More than seventy experts and scholars from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Brazil, and other countries and regions participated in the discussions of each session.

Finally, the conference was moderated by Zhang Jiyu, Associate Professor at the Law School of Renmin University of China and Executive Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute. Concluding speeches were delivered by Professor Ding Xiaodong of the Law School of Renmin University of China and Vice Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute; Li Li, Executive Dean of the JD Legal Research Institute; and Professor Huang Wenyi, Dean of the Law School of Renmin University of China. The forum concluded successfully.

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

Wang Yi, Vice President of Renmin University of China and Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over the opening ceremony.

Lin Shangli, President of Renmin University of China, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

Jiang Wei, Vice President of the China Law Society, President of 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.

Hu Huangang, Head of the Legal Compliance and Intellectual Property Department of JD Group and Vice President of JD Group, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

Du Huanfang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Dean of Renmin University of China Law School, presided over the founding ceremony of the International Digital Law Association.

Wang Yi, Vice President of Renmin University of China and Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, introduced the founding background, emblem, and initial members of the International Digital Law Association.

The founding ceremony of the International Digital Law Association was held.

Zhang Wenxian, Director of the Academic Committee of the China Law Society and Senior Professor of Philosophy and Social Sciences at Jilin University, delivered a video speech at the founding ceremony of the International Digital Law Association.

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of the Oxford Internet Institute delivered a video speech at the founding ceremony of the International Digital Law Association.

Ding Xiaodong, Professor of Renmin University of China Law School and Vice Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over the first session.

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

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 a keynote speech.

Feng Xiaoqing, Professor at 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.

Wang Xixin, Professor of the Law School of Peking University and Vice President of China Law Society Cyber and Information Law Society, delivered a keynote speech.

Shen Weixing, Professor of the Law School of Tsinghua University and Vice President of China Law Society Cyber and Information Law Society, delivered a keynote speech.

Yang Dong, Dean of the Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies at Renmin University of China and President of the Beijing Society of Digital Economy and Digital Governance Law, delivered a keynote speech.

Thiago Reis, Professor of the São Paulo Law School of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) delivered a keynote speech.

Bryant Walker Smith, 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 keynote speech.

Shi Jianzhong, Vice President of China University of Political Science and Law, delivered a keynote speech.

Zhang Jiyu, Associate Professor of Renmin University of China Law School and Executive Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over the second session.

Photo: Dean's Roundtable Forum

Mei Xiaying, Professor and Dean of the Law School of the University of International Business and Economics, delivered a speech.

Cong Lixian, Professor and Dean of the Intellectual Property School of East China University of Political Science and Law, delivered a speech.

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

Song Yushui, Vice President of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, delivered a speech.

Cai Shaogang, President of the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court, delivered a speech.

Jiang Ying, President of the Beijing Internet Court, delivered a speech.

Shao Shan, Vice President of the Guangzhou Internet Court, delivered a speech.

Shan Zuguo, Vice President of the Daxing District People's Court of Beijing, delivered a speech.

Photo: Group photo of the Dean's Roundtable Forum

Fan Yanwei, Director of Intellectual Property of the Legal Compliance and Intellectual Property Department of JD Group, presided over the third session.

Yang Dongqi, Director of the Beijing Intellectual Property Office, delivered remarks.

Du Shaozhong, Vice Chairman of the All-China Environment Federation and Chairman of the Green Supply Chain Committee, delivered remarks.

Photo: Launch Ceremony of the Green Supply Chain Sharing Platform

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

Yao Jia, Researcher at the Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Director of the Editorial Department of Global Law Review, delivered a speech.

Zhe Wenming, Vice President of JD Logistics, Head of Smart Parks, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Green Supply Chain Committee, delivered a speech.

Wang Ying, Professor of Renmin University of China Law School and Vice Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over the fourth session.

Eric Hilgendorf, Professor of the Law School of the University of Würzburg, delivered a speech.

Andrew Murray, Professor of the Law School of the London School of Economics and Political Science, delivered a speech.

Nadezhda Purtova, Professor of the Law School of Utrecht University, delivered a speech.

Jean-Christophe Plantin, Associate Professor of the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, delivered a speech.

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

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

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

Xiong Bingwan, Associate Professor at the Law School of Renmin University of China and Director of the Platform Governance Research Center of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, delivered discussant comments.

Wu Shenkuo, Associate Professor at the Law School of Beijing Normal University and Deputy Director of the Research Center of the Internet Society of China, delivered discussant comments.

Meng Yanbei, Professor of Renmin University of China Law School and Director of the Digital Economy Competition Law Research Center of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over the fifth session.Lu Yan, Division Director of the Development Research Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation, delivered a speech.

Zhao Peng, Dean of the Institute of Rule of Law Government, China University of Political Science and Law, delivered a speech.

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

Liu Yun, Assistant Researcher at the Think Tank Center of Tsinghua University, delivered a speech.

Xu Ke, Associate Professor of the University of International Business and Economics and Director of the Center for Digital Economy and Legal Innovation, delivered discussant comments.

Gao Qing, Associate Professor of the School of Master of Laws, China University of Political Science and Law, delivered discussant comments.

Ren Yan, Associate Senior Editor of China Legal Science Press, presided over the sixth session.

Yi Mingqun, Executive Editor-in-Chief of China Law Review, presided over the sixth session.

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 speech.

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

Wang Qinghua, Professor of the Law School at Beijing Normal University delivered a speech.

Cheng Ying, Senior Engineer at the Policy and Economics Research Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, delivered a speech.

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

Liu Xiaochun, Executive Director of the Internet Rule of Law Research Center at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech.

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

Cui Congcong, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Law Research Center at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, delivered discussant comments.

Yao Zhiwei, Professor of the Law School at Guangdong University of Finance and Economics delivered discussant comments.

Zhang Jiyu, Associate Professor of Renmin University of China Law School and Executive Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, presided over the conference summary session.

Ding Xiaodong, Professor of Renmin University of China Law School and Vice Dean of the Renmin Law and Technology Institute, delivered a concluding speech.

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

Huang Wenyi, Dean of the Law School at Renmin University of China, delivered a concluding speech.