The Tenth Roundtable on Cyberspace and Information Law and the Seminar on the Regulation of Unfair Competition in Cyberspace was held in Beijing on April 20, 2018. The event was jointly sponsored by CASS Law Institute, China Industry and Commerce Press, and Cyberspace and Information Law Research Committee of China Law Society and jointly organized by the Editorial Board of the Biweekly Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cyber and Information Law, the Team of the Innovation Project “Construction of Big Cyber Power and Legal Innovation” and CASS Center for Cultural Law Studies. It was attended by experts and scholars from State Administration for Market Regulation, the Higher People’s Court of Beijing Municipality, Shanghai Bureau of Industry and Commerce, Quanzhou Bureau of Industry and Commerce, CASS Law Institute, Central University of Finance and Economics, and China University of Political Science and Law.
The event was presided over by Professor Zhou Hui, Vice Secretary General of Cyberspace and Information Law Research Committee of China Law Society and Executive Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cyber and Information Law. Professor Zhou Hanhua, Executive Vice Chairman of Cyberspace and Information Law Research Committee of China Law Society, Director of CASS Center for Cultural Law Studies, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cyber and Information Law, and Mr. Hong Dan, President of China Industry and Commerce Press, each gave a speech at the opening ceremony.
Next, the experts and scholars gave keynote speeches and carried out discussions on various issues relating to the regulation of unfair competition in cyberspace from such perspectives as market regulation, the innovation of the operational mechanism of administrative regulation, the boundary of the application of the provision on “malevolent incompatibility”, law enforcement, regulation by cyber platforms, and the protection of consumer rights, and put forward their suggestions on further improving the relevant systems and mechanisms. At the closing ceremony, Professor Zhou Hanhua gave a summarization of the seminar.
The roundtable was sponsored by the Cyberspace and Information Law Research Committee of China Law Society, and jointly organized by CASS Center for the Study of Culture and Legal System, Cyberspace and Information Law Department of CASS Law Institute and the Alliance of New Governance Think Tank. It is an interdisciplinary and cross-cutting small pragmatic meeting mechanism participated by the government, the internet and information industry, the academic circle and the mass media. Its purpose is to facilitate discussions on major issues in the development of the legal system of cyberspace and information and to provide advices and suggestions to the government on dealing with these issues.