The seminar on “the Chinese Practice of Modernization of State Governance” Held in Beijing

 

The seminar on “the Chinese Practice of Modernization of State Governance” and “Study and Implementation of the Spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth CPC Central Committee”, sponsored by CASS Law Institute and CASS Institute of International Law and organized by the Center for Marxist Law Science Studies of CASS Law Institute, was held in Beijing on November 17, 2019. The seminar, aimed at deepening the study and implementation of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth CPC Central Committee, summarizing China’s glorious history, great achievement and precious experience in state governance in the 70 years since the establishment of the People’s Republic, fully exhibit the historical achievements made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core in advancing the modernization of the state governance system and capacity since the Eighteenth Party Congress, was attended by experts and scholars from the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the Social and Legal Commission of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China Law Society, the Party School of CPC Central Committee, the State Governance Institute of Tsinghua University, CASS National Institute of Social Development, CASS Law Institute, CASS Institute of International Law, as well as journalist from various mass media, including People’s Daily and Guangming Daily.

At the opening ceremony, presided over by Professor Chen Su, Director of CASS Law Institute, Professor Zhang Wenxian, the chairman of the Academic Committee of China Law Society, gave a keynote speech entitled “adhering to and perfecting the Party’s leadership”; Professor Lu Zhongmei, Chair of the Social and Legal Commission of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, discussed the role played by Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the modernization of the Chinese state governance system; and Chief Justice Hu Yunteng of the Supreme People’s Court discussed the basic connotation of the modernization of the state governance system and capacity, as well as the issues to be paid attention to in the modernization process.

In the main part of the seminar, presided over by Professor Mo Jihong, Director of CASS Institute of International Law, Professor Li Lin gave a keynote speech entitled “the Constitution as the foundation of the state institutional system”; Professor Zhuo Zeyuan from the Party School of CPC Central Committee shared with the participants his experience in the study of the Decision of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth CPC Central Committee; Professor Wang Zhenmin from Tsinghua University discussed the issue of the modernization of the state governance system and capacity from two aspects: the meeting system of the National People’s Congress and the adoption and revision of the Constitution; Professor Zhang Ji, Director of CASS National Institute of Social Development, discussed the concrete role played by academic research in promoting the modernization of the state governance system and capacity; Mr. Chen Guogang, Deputy Director of the State Law Office of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, pointed out that one of the important tasks of China in the modernization of the state governance system and capacity is to adopt legislation to bring the various systems of state governance under the rule of law; Professor Mo Jihong pointed out that the Decision of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth CPC Central Committee especially emphasized that China should “perfect the mechanism for the comprehensive implementation of the Constitution” and “strengthen the research on and application of the international law”, thereby raising higher demand on Chinese constitutional and international law scholars; and Professor Liu Huawen, Deputy Director of CASS Institute of International Law, mainly discussed the guiding significance of the Decision of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth CPC Central Committee to further strengthening the research in the field of international law. At the closing ceremony, Professor Chen Su gave a summarization of the seminar.