The conference site

 

On March 20, 2021, the inaugural conference of Peking University Sichuan Law Alumni Association and the First Tianfu Law Forum were held in Chengdu. Lu Jiangnan, Vice Party Secretary of PKULS, Peng Yongchen, President of Peking University Sichuan Alumni Association, Tian Wanguo, Director of Legislative Committee of NPC in Sichuan Province, Gao Shaolin, President of Peking University Tianjin Alumni Association, Duan Lin, Executive Vice President of Peking University Sichuan Law Alumni Association, Yang Li, President of the Third court-leet of the Sichuan Higher People’s court, Liu Zhewei, Dean Assistant of PKULS and A.P., Shuping and Lu Xinxin, Director and Deputy Director of PKULS Alumni Affairs Office, other dozens of distinguished guests from Tsinghua University Law School Sichuan Alumni Association, China University of Political Science and Law Sichuan Alumni Association, Southwest University of Political Science and Law Sichuan Alumni Association, Southeast University of Political Science and Law Sichuan Alumni Association, and nearly 100 alumni who work and live in Sichuan attended the conference.

 

Duan Lin, Preparatory Committee Leader of the PKU Law Alumni Association, who was on behalf of the committee, did a report of preparatory work at the conference. He introduced the preparation process, purpose, organization, fund management and follow-up work arrangements of the Law Alumni Association, and appreciated a lot to the PKU Sichuan Alumni Association, the PKULS Alumni Association, alumni and friends of PKU who provided enthusiastic support and instruction.

 

 

The committee leader Duan Lin did the preparatory work report

 

In the warm applause, the conference deliberated and adopted the resolution of council candidates. It recommended Peng Yongchen (history undergraduate of 1978) and Gao ShaoLin (law undergraduate of 1979) as Honorary President, Duan Lin (law undergraduate of 1980) as the President, Zhou Chao(law undergraduate of 1983), Ding Sanwang (law undergraduate of 1985), Xia Qiang (master of law of 2006) and Yang Hui (master of law of 2008) as Deputy President, Zhang Kaixiang (STL master of 2009) as the Secretary-General, Wang Xuefeng(law undergraduate of 1979) and other 16 alumni as directors.

The President Duan Lin pointed out that Roberto Unger has said “What law students want is not just a job, they hope to find a realistic way to achieve revolutions.” “The Alumni Association will launch various academic forums, career salons and public service activities actively, which are guided by the spirit of Peking University and based on practice, to cultivate alumni relationships and promote communication and cooperation, hoping that every alumnus can make a contribution to PKU and Sichuan Province in their own way and through their own talent”, he said. 

 

 

Awarding ceremony

 

Also, Lu Jiangnan, Vice Party Secretary of PKULS, and Peng Yongchen, President of Peking University Sichuan Law Alumni Association, awarded the title to Peking University Sichuan Law Alumni Association together.

 

 

Speech by Vice Party Secretary Lu Jiangnan

 

Lu Jiangnan delivered a speech on behalf of the Law School. He expressed warm congratulations on the establishment of Sichuan Law Alumni Association and sincere thanks to the preparatory committee for their hard work and to the men of law in Sichuan for their strong supports. He said, the grand occasion of Sichuan Law Alumni Association inaugural conference reflects the cohesion of the men of law in Sichuan. “A local alumni association is not only a bond among alumni, but also can serve as a platform which is able to contribute to local social and economic development. As a strong and passionate alumni association, which has an excellent structure and has launched colorful activities, we unite alumni and can try to promote college-local cooperation at the same time, to make contributions to the cultivation of talents and the social and economic development. Through the efforts of all the alumni, develop the Peking University legal person community strenuously.”

 

 

A.P. Liu Zhewei delivered a lecture

 

After the establishment ceremony, an academic report was held at the conference.

Liu Zhewei, the A.P. of Peking University Law School delivered a lecture. Based on some specific cases, he introduced twofold judicial means of the rate regulation and then deeply analyzed the risks thereof from two aspects: the Supreme People's Court of the People’s Republic of China and the district court. At the same time, he proposed an improved solution: define the boundary of the judicial interpretation regulation of the interest rate.

 

 

The alumnus Yang Li delivered the lecture

 

The alumni Yang Li, President of the Third court-leet of the Sichuan Higher People’s court, delivered a speech named as  Judicial practice of punitive damages for infringement of intellectual property rights . She said that innovation is the most important incentive to promote the development, and protecting intellectual property rights is protecting the innovation. She deeply analyzed the problems of the difficulty of proof, long circle, and low compensation, which lie in intellectual property cases, and carefully explained how to implement the punitive damages institution of intellectual property in the judicial practice so as to solve these problems.

The lectures delivered by Liu Zhewei and Yang Li focus on the field which has great influence on the judicial practice in entire society. The lectures have a large content of details and clear interpretations, explain profound theories in a simple way and are sticky to the reality, making the alumni deeply feel that law is a kind of social sciences needing both of theory and practice once again. The Peking University legal persons are a community containing a lot of knowledgeable academic scholars and the senior experts on the front judicial practice line.

 

 

Dang Shuping introduced the work situation of law school alumni

 

After the academic lectures, Dang Shuping, Director of the Alumni Affair Office of PKULS, introduced the development of the PKULS alumni work and the organization situation of the law alumni in various places. She said that the alumni work based on activities, unites local alumni, and provides docking work according to the actual needs of local alumni, to help alumni grow up and promote the local legal construction.

 

 

The alumnus Zhang Kaixiang did a speech

 

The alumnus Yang Bihe did a speech

 

Yang Bihe, who is stationing in the village, introduced the advanced deeds of Ding Meng, who obtained an award of the Commendation of national advanced individuals in poverty alleviation, combining with his own personal practice. Some alumni, such as Zhang Kaixiang, shared their work feelings in Sichuan and expressed that legal persons of PKU should not only have lofty aspirations, but also should focus on reality practice to accumulate experience and make contributions to social progress. 

We hope that the Alumni Association will become a spiritual home for each alumnus to share success and happiness, become an emotional link of contacting the Alma mater and alumni, and furthermore, become an important medium to promote school-local cooperation and local economic and social development. 

 

Group photo of Peking University Sichuan Law Alumni Association

 

 

Translated by Wu Renhao

Edited by Renee