On October 10-15, 2018, an eight-member delegation of CASS Law Institute and CASS Institute of International Law visited Canada under the framework of cooperation between CASS and Center of China Studies of Montreal University.
On October 11, the delegation attended the Seminar on Modern Times and Digital Regulation at the Center of China Studies of Montreal University. The seminar was attended by over 60 experts and scholars, including the Vice-president of University of Montreal, Professor Guy Lefebvre, Dean of the Law Faculty of University of Montreal, Professor Jean-Francois Gaudreault-Desbiens, and Professor Jiao Jie from the Center of China Studies.
The seminar was divided into four panels at which the participants gave speeches and carried out discussion on various issues around the following topics: development of Internet Technology and legal reform, legal regulation on sharing economy, opportunities and challenges of digital economy, and e-commerce and law.
At the end of the seminar, a specially invited guest, Ms. Natalie Lichtenstein, General Counsel at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and a professor at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, gave a speech entitled “the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank from the Perspective of Comparative Law” and carried out discussions with the participants of the seminar on such issues as the rise of the discourse power of developing countries, challenges faced by AIIB, China-US relation, the attitudes of US, Japan and EU towards AIIB, political and economic risks of investment projects.
On October 12, the delegation visited the OsgoodeHal Law School and the Intellectual Property Center of York University and held a meeting with Professor Dan Priel of the Law School, Professor Daithi MAC Sithigh, a visiting scholar at the Law School, Ms. Sharon Wang, a librarian of the Law School, and Ms. Heather Moore from the Graduate Program of the Law School. At the meeting, members of the delegation introduced the development of the Internet legal system in China and the results of their own recent research in this field and carried out discussions with their Canadian colleagues on their respective advantages and possible fields of cooperation. Later, the delegation visited the library of the law school and exchanged opinions with staff members of the law school on the utilization of the historical literature in the library.
On October 13, the delegation visited the Law School and the Center for Ethics of University of Toronto and later exchanged opinions with Professor Nuotio Kimmo, the former Dean of the Law School of University of Helsinki and current visiting scholar at Toronto University, on the technological, ethical and legal issues relating to the development of AI.
